Core Grammar Level 1


"Take Your First Step into Korean Learning!"

LevelLevel 1
TypeAudio
Duration3.5 total hours
Lessons 26
Language English & Korean

 

Sample Lessons

 

Main topics of the Level 1 course:

  • Basic greetings
  • How to count numbers in Korean
  • Basic grammar for forming your first Korean sentences
  • Present and past tense
  • How to say "who", "why", and "how" in Korean

 

Table of Contents

Average lesson length: 8.5 minutes


Lesson 1. Hello. Thank you. / 안녕하세요. 감사합니다.

Lesson 2. Yes. No. What? / 네. 아니요. 네?

Lesson 3. Good-bye. See you. / 안녕히 가세요. 안녕히 계세요. 안녕.

Lesson 4. I’m sorry. Excuse me. / 죄송합니다. 저기요.

Lesson 5. It’s me. What is it? / 저예요. 뭐예요?

Lesson 6. What is this? This is … / 이거 뭐예요? 이거…

Lesson 7. This, That, It / 이, 그, 저

Lesson 8. It’s NOT me. / 아니에요.

Lesson 9. Particles for Topic and Subject / 은, 는, 이, 가

Lesson 10. have, don’t have, there is, there isn’t / 있어요, 없어요

Lesson 11. Please give me. / 주세요.

Lesson 12. It’s delicious. Thank you for the food. / 맛있어요. 잘 먹겠습니다. 잘 먹었습니다.

Lesson 13. I want to … / -고 싶어요

Lesson 14. What do you want to do? / 뭐 하고 싶어요?

Lesson 15. Sino-Korean Numbers / 일, 이, 삼, 사

Lesson 16. Basic Present Tense / -아요, -어요, -여요

Lesson 17. Past Tense / -았/었/였어요 (했어요)

Lesson 18. Particles for Location / 에, 에서

Lesson 19. When / 언제

Lesson 20. Native Korean numbers / 하나, 둘, 셋, 넷

Lesson 21. Negative Sentences / 안, -지 않다

Lesson 22. 하다 verbs

Lesson 23. Who? / 누구?

Lesson 24. Why? How? / 왜? 어떻게?

Lesson 25. From A To B, From C Until D / -에서/부터 -까지

Review What You’ve Learned in Level 1


 

What you can find in this course:



Lesson notes




Sample dialogues




Review quizzes




Review lesson



 

Why you'll LOVE our Core Grammar courses


  • All Levels Covered
    By simply following our curriculum that covers 10 levels, you can take your Korean skills from absolute beginner all the way up to advanced.

  • Short and Digestible Lessons
    Each lesson is bite-sized and easy to understand, as it focuses on one grammar point at a time and provides many example sentences.

  • Fun Story-based Reviews
    You can review the entire course through a fun story! The final lesson of each course features a fun story that allows you to review all the grammar and vocabulary introduced in the course.

  • Review Quizzes and Interactive Audio Lessons
    You can test your new knowledge through review quizzes and interactive audio lessons, where our teachers ask you questions, and you can respond and check where you need to improve.


Who teaches this course?

Hyunwoo

Kyeong-eun

 

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Reviews

  1. Ken Field,

    In Lesson 26 the conversation on SoundCloud skips “괜찮아요. 감사합니다.”, and also the transcript says “How drinks beer in a pizza place?” instead of “Who drinks beer in a pizza place?”.

    Just minor mistakes ^_^. I just finished Level 1. Great course so far, the lessons are really fun to listen to.

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for the comment!

  2. Aik Parissorn,

    Is it free ? Really?

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      FOR REAL ~ 🤟

  3. boogups- eu,

    I wanna study really ~ thank you for this 🙊😭

    • Choi Seul Gi,

      I did but I can’t send messages

  4. Emma Bertotto,

    Basically I study everyday until my brain is fried. I’m progressing really nicely! Can’t wait to complete level 1!

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Awesome! Thank you!

  5. Abner,

    Yall, im new here… If there’s a study group pleease invite me!!!

    • Angel,

      i wanna join too

    • tsering dolma,

      Hello I am also new here…let’s make a group please .

    • Angie,

      wanna make a a group chat or sum to study ?

    • ola ashi,

      yes sure , which app we gonna use ?

    • Isabella Wilson,

      yes please!

    • Marlene,

      I want to join too, how are you going to do it?

  6. Ashton Victoria Guzam,

    Just finished Level 1 and I loved it! I want to be fluent already! haha!

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Great job! Happy studying! ❣️

  7. Joe Makhoul,

    I just finished Level 1 and I am STOCKED
    This is so effective but I wish that there could be a vocabulary kind of “dictionary” so that you can save all the words you need to learn and learn them at your own speed

    • Ashton Victoria Guzam,

      Hey! Have you tried using the Quizlet app? You can make your own study sets and then get it to teach then quiz you. I use this for every new word I really want to learn.

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for studying with us and your feedback!
      We will try our best to develop our lessons!

  8. Kenzy & Izzy,

    This website is very effective. It’s feels like you are in a korean school. Really recommends this.

  9. apmoto,

    it was fun

  10. Leonor Falcao,

    hey normally how many lessons should i do in a day?

    • My Kookie,

      I personally do 1 a day, and review it every day so, each day I am adding to my vocab, while at the same time practicing what I learnt before. Maybe try doing 1 to 2 a day for starters? The lessons are about 10 minutes each so making 30 minutes a day to learn and practice would be a good start I think

    • Jennifer,

      I usually do like 2-3 a day. I am learning since almost 1 and a half year (with a big break in between) and I’m in Level book 3 now! ^^

  11. Marcus,

    I just don’t like parents forcing me to study Medicine and I just want to go to Korea or Japan to become an English Teacher/Tutor, as I have a strong penchant and affinity for cultures, food, and language. I think this is my first step to my goal, and I know this is going to be a long journey. Thank you TTMIK for these resources.

    • Abner,

      same, my parents made me study Law, and all i really want is to get out of my country.
      Good luck bro!

    • ,

      I wish you all the best in your journey! Get in touch if you need a study partner… my Kakao ID: KoreaAlessa

  12. Camille,

    I really enjoy learning with TTMIK !! they explain really well and it’s easy to understan 🙂
    Thank you so much !!

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for studying with us~ Happy studying!

  13. ,

    I’ve been trying to find somewhere to learn Korean from for the past 3 months and I only discovered TTMIK 4 days ago. I just finished level 1 and I can say that it’s really nice studying here. Thanks for the materials and I’m looking forward to level 2! :DD

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for studying with us! Go for it~

  14. Jaimee Marcial,

    This is one way to spend the time while on quarantine, learning new language, and talk to me in korean is really nice. I am starting again because I stop half way before. And I could use what I can learn from here when I plan to visit Korea, maybe next year, after this problem is over. For the meantime, I’ll use this time to be productive as possible.

    • ,

      Same here good luck !

  15. Bhoomika B,

    안녕하세요.. Today i completed my level 1 and i felt so happy because i wanted to learn korean and was trying to learn from youtube in which they were directly telling to memorize so many words but here you teach from the root and the words being used again and again in the examples helps you memorize them easily… So thankyou so much teaching for free… Looking forward to. LEVEL 2.. 감사합니다

    • Lauren Heng,

      저도요! 🙂

    • Bhoomika B,

      내.. 좋습니다 🤗

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for studying with us!
      Level 2 is waiting for you! : )

  16. Macey Pibworth,

    I’ve been wanting to learn Korean for about 5 months now I started 3 months ago and only learnt how to say 안녕하세요 (hello) and after that I just couldn’t be bothered to carry on so now I’m in quarantine I have nothing better to do so I’m happy and learning. After this level I’m going to order some of their book to carry on. Also some good tip for revising. Have two books! One for the notes to scribble out while reading and one for writing neatly so you can go back to revise on that subject. Also I started putting some of the words on my wall on post it notes one side Korean and the other English. It’s really helping me remember all the words in the morning when I need a recap. Any hope everyone is okay and keeping safe. Stay inside and learn Korean!!! 🙂

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for studying with us!!! Stay safe!! 🙂

    • Midnight,

      I have nothing else to do so I want to get better at Korean

    • vildan özer,

      bencede. uzun zamandır kurs arıyorum bu olacakmı bilemiyorum.

  17. Cheryl,

    After listening and enjoying these lessons, I just ordered my first set of books and I can’t wait to dig in a little deeper. My daughter-in-law is from Seoul and I would really love to be able to surprise her by learning Korean myself. (I’m 58 and didn’t think I would be able to remember how to study, but TTMIK has short easy lessons) Great way to spend quarantine time being productive! Stay safe – Stay home

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Wow… You are going to be the best parent ever! Thank you very much for studying with us!
      Stay safe and healthy! 🙂

  18. Nina Whittaker,

    I decided to pick up learning Korean again after about 2 years because of being stuck in quarantine. TTMIK is incredibly helpful and explains things in a simple way — a lot better than many other resources for learning Korean online.

    • Sunhee Park,

      That’s me. My school work kept getting greater and I stopped but quarantine is actually helping me learn Korean.

  19. Carmen Sempol,

    Hello! Would love to get to know some friends and study partners. Feel free to add me on KakaoTalk ID: TinyTinkerSandi

    • Leonor Falcao,

      i dont have kakaotalk tho…how about Instagram or Twitter??

    • Carmen Sempol,

      Or also with LINE: sandi_tinker

    • Sunhee Park,

      Cool

  20. Michelle T,

    감사합니다!!

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      감사해요~ 😊

  21. Claire Aizle Cempron Yarcia,

    almost done with lesson 1 🙂 감사합니다

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Yeah! Go for it! : )

  22. Hreedita Nefartithi,

    This is the best place for learning korea.
    Thank you…… TTMIK

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thanks : ) Happy studying!

  23. Alvaro Martin,

    안녕하세요!
    I have just finished level 1 and I enjoying it so much. Thanks to TTMIK for the good job! 감사합니다
    I found the final test hard to understand, the conversation goes to fast to assimilate for me but I guess is normal, do you the same problem?
    I recently traveled for 40 days throughout 한국 and I love it!
    안녕히갔에요!

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for studying with us!
      After level 2, it will be a little easier to understand~ Keep up with your Korean!

  24. Hugo Orozco,

    I just have finished this first level, and i really loved it. These courses have helped me a lot on my korean learning journey, even though somedays i didnt want to study, every single time that i came back to my korean book, i just loved it more and more, and wanted to carry on.
    I really love TTMIK, and i will continue learning with this source .

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for studying with us!