Core Grammar Level 2

"Get a Solid Foundation of Your Korean!"

LevelLevel 2

TypeAudio

Duration5.5 total hours

Lessons 31

Language English & Korean

Sample Lessons

Main topics of the Level 2 course:

Future tense, present progressive
Basic Korean particles
How to read time, date, and days in Korean
Self-introduction
How to say "can/cannot" and "have to/should/must" in Korean

Average lesson length: 11 minutes

Core Grammar Level 2

Lesson 1. Future Tense / -ㄹ/을 거예요, 할 거예요

Lesson 2. Object-marking Particles / -을, -를

Lesson 3. And, and then, therefore, so / 그리고, 그래서

Lesson 4. And, with / -하고, -(이)랑

Lesson 5. Days In A Week / 요일

Lesson 6. But, However / 그렇지만, 그런데

Lesson 7. “To” someone, “From” someone / 한테, 한테서

Lesson 8. Telling The Time

Lesson 9. Counters / 개, 명

Lesson 10. Present Progressive / -고 있어요

Lesson 11. Self-introduction / 자기소개

Lesson 12. What Is Today’s Date? / 날짜

Lesson 13. Too, Also / -도 (part 1)

Lesson 14. Too, Also / -도 / (part 2)

Lesson 15. Only / -만

Lesson 16. Very, A bit, Really, Not really, Not at all / 아주, 조금, 진짜, 별로, 전혀

Lesson 17. Can, Cannot / -ㄹ 수 있다/없다

Lesson 18. To be good/poor at … / 잘하다/못하다

Lesson 19. Making Verbs Into Nouns / -는 것

Lesson 20. Have to, Should, Must / -아/어/여야 되다/하다

Lesson 21. More.. than… / -보다 더

Lesson 22. To like / 좋다 vs. 좋아하다

Lesson 23. If, In case / 만약, -(으)면

Lesson 24. Still, Already / 아직, 벌써

Lesson 25. Something, Someday, Someone, Somewhere / 누군가, 무언가, 어딘가,언젠가

Lesson 26. Imperative / -(으)세요

Lesson 27. Please do it for me. / -아/어/여 주세요

Lesson 28. Particles For Method, Way / -(으)로

Lesson 29. More, All / 더, 다

Lesson 30. Don’t do it. / -지 마세요

Review What You’ve Learned in Level 2

What you can find in this course:

Lesson notes

Sample dialogues

Review quizzes

Review lesson

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Reviews

BarbraPark, September 1, 2020

I would love to have extra worksheets or practice for Level 2. It’s much more advanced than Level 1 with the grammar. I use the workbooks and even did the Intense Review for Level 1. Is there any other materials to practice writing? I’m on Lesson 20 but don’t want to keep moving on until I’ve grasped all the lessons.
- mani, September 9, 2020
  
  https://classroom.google.com/c/MTU0MjcxMTU2MTIy?cjc=zhe3ntj
  i just created this google classroom for anyone who wants to chat with others
  and I put some free pdf textbook resources on here
  the textbooks have good grammar and writing practice 🙂
- candice, September 29, 2020
  
  hey.. i can’t join the classroom…it said something is wrong with the link …can you please check??
- mani, October 15, 2020
  
  Sorry it took so long heres the second classroom!!
  https://classroom.google.com/c/MTg3OTkyMDEyNTA1?cjc=6wwpkuh
- Fiona Sawyer, September 25, 2020
  
  Fantastic! I’m loving this course so much!
- 아미나 , September 21, 2020
  
  Not working
- mani, September 24, 2020
  
  the class if full now i’ll have to post another link
Janet, August 28, 2020

Decided to revise chapter one and two before going to three 😀 I decided to write down all the new vocabs I learn. So much information to absorb.
- Talk To Me In Korean, October 8, 2020
  
  That is such a great idea! We hope our materials continue to be helpful to you. 🙂 한국어 공부 화이팅 !
, August 19, 2020

Hello TTMIK. If I want to say: “I swam today and I’m also will go do fitness” can I say it like this in Korean? 👉 오늘은 저 수영했어요, 피트니스기도 갈거에요 👈
- Talk To Me In Korean, October 8, 2020
  
  It would be better to say ‘저는 오늘 수영을 했어요. 그리고 피트니스(gym/work out)도 하러 갈거에요’ 🙂 Hope this helps.
- Megan Ross, September 4, 2020
  
  you can say “오늘은 수영을 했고 피트니스도(운동도) 하러 갈거예요(하려고 할거예요)”
- , August 20, 2020
  
  i’m not sure about the whole sentence but i think it should be “…피트니스기도 할거에요”?
- ducheol, August 21, 2020
  
  thank you for your answer 감사합니다
Verónica Irribarra, August 16, 2020

alguien que hable español que quiera estudiar juntos , yo voy ya en el lesson 20 pero nunca esta demás repasar, aunque avanzo bien, siempre tengo dudas.
- Leomar Araujo, October 7, 2020
  
  Yo puedo ayudarte
- , September 11, 2020
  
  yo hablo español
- Gabriella, September 3, 2020
  
  quiero estudiar contigo pero no tengo instagram 🙁
- laura, August 28, 2020
  
  hola 😀 podemos estudiar juntos
- Sofia Parra, August 25, 2020
  
  hola, ya casi acabo level 3 podemos estudiar juntos
- Daniela Berber, August 22, 2020
  
  hola, si quieres podemos repasar juntos, apenas voy en la lección 8 🙂
- Leire Domeño, August 20, 2020
  
  holaa yo voy a empezar ahora level 2 podemos repasar juntas si quieres
- Ricardo Jesus Bochelen Abad, August 19, 2020
  
  Yo estoy empezando el nivel 3 pero me gustaría practicar contigo, estaría bien por instragram mi usuario es sof_boch_hzn2
- Johanna Marcillo, August 23, 2020
  
  Hola yo estoy en el nivel 3, podríamos practicar si te parece bien
- ducheol, August 21, 2020
  
  thank you for your answer 감사합니다
- , October 15, 2020
  
  Hola Verónica
  Yo también hablo español y me he creado una cuenta en Kakao Talk. Avísame para practicar! Mi nickname es Shany 🙂
Verónica Irribarra, August 16, 2020

hola, alguien me puede ayudar, no puedo recordar por que 해야 되다 su terminación ” dwae-yo” 저는 뭐 해야 돼요? cuando es una pregunta. Esta es del level 2 lesson 20
- Mario Donnadieu, August 17, 2020
  
  Hola, no se si entendi bien tu pregunta. Pero el verbo 되다 se conjuga a 돼요 en presente. ( 되 + 어 + 요 -> 돼요). Cuando es pregunta se queda la misma conjugacion pero con tono ascendente al final.
Leaf Local, August 9, 2020

안녕하세요 선생님 👐 I have a question . Is this sentence correct 👉 저는 책을 사는 것을 책을 읽는 것보다 더 좋아해요
- Maryam Ramy, August 12, 2020
  
  I’m a student too but I think the right way to say is
  저는 책을 사는 것보다 책을 읽는 것 더 좋아해요
- Giovanna, August 10, 2020
  
  I’m a student, but i will try to help…
  I understood “I like to buy books more than i like to read books”. If that was what you meant, then it is correct, i guess. Because it’s totally comprehensible.
  🙂
- Leaf Local, August 10, 2020
  
  Thank u for answering 🙂 that was what i meant
Chris Maris, August 9, 2020

안녕하세요 여러분~ 👋 저는 크리스입니다. 서른두 살이에요. 잘 지냈어요?
I’ll start Lvl2 tomorrow morning 09/08/2020. If someone’s interesting we can study together. Note/voice messages for pronunciation exercise and pass lessons reviews. GMT+3 is my time zone for the next 2 months. My Kakao ID is ChrisMaris. I can speak Greeks and English. 감사합니다 🙏
- Indi X, September 10, 2020
  
  I have a study group on instagram! Anyone who is interested please dm me @kpop.viee
- Maria Camila Escamilla De La Hoz, August 11, 2020
  
  Hola, también lo comenzaré, ¿Podemos estudiar juntos?
  Aclaro que no me fue bien con el nivel pasado, pero podemos hacerlo juntos, así aprendemos más rápido(?
Joanna Jager, August 8, 2020

Hi TTMIK! I was just wondering if someone can please tell me, from level 17 when saying can/cannot, if the verb ends in ㄹ do you have to add 을 수 etc… or would you just add 수 etc… like you would if you were conjugating the future tense. Thank you for the fantastic lessons!

I am also looking for someone to study with if anyone is interested. I am just over half way through level 2! 🙂
- Talk To Me In Korean, October 21, 2020
  
  If a word ends in 받침(final consonant), you should add 을 수 while you should add ㄹ수 if it doesn’t end in 받침.
  1. 참다(To stand/endure) ->참+을 수+없다-> 참을 수 없다(can’t stand/endure)
  2. 넣다(To put) ->넣+을 수+없다-> 넣을 수 없다
  3. 하다(To do) ->하+ㄹ수+없다-> 할 수 없다(can’t do/not able to do)
  4. 구하다(To find/look for) ->구하+ㄹ수_없다-> 구할 수 없다
- Ir E Ne, September 22, 2020
  
  hi, for the grammar “ABLE TO DO SOMETHING” ( VERB<을 수 있다/없다 ) for words ending with batchim ex: 먹을 수 있어요.... (VERB< ㄹ 수 있다/없다) for words with no batchim ex: 갈 수 있어요....
- kimmy dacquel, August 9, 2020
  
  just add 수 etc. on it
simple fitness, August 8, 2020

저와 공부고 싶어요?
If anyone is down lrt me know. I’m also a beginner, I speak Spanish as well ha ha.let me know email me if you want [email protected]
- Indi X, September 10, 2020
  
  I have a study group on instagram! Anyone who is interested, please dm me @kpop.viee
Phộm Tún, August 7, 2020

I can understand the conversation in Level 1 but the conversation in Level 2 is so difficult :3 just understand some sentences in it :v I guess there are too much grammar to learn in Level 2
- Kim Delosier, September 18, 2020
  
  IMO the use of 이번 (this), 일본 (Japan), 일하다 (to work), 일요일 (Sunday), etc. made the level 2 dialogue ridiculously confusing for a learner at this level. Those are vocabulary words, not grammar points, but the fact that they’re all practically homonyms makes the dialogue unnecessarily difficult. I’ve advanced many levels ahead now but I STILL remember how heartbroken and ready to give up I was when I’d spent so much time studying level 2, was acing all the quizzes, but was initially just baffled by this dialogue b/c of the unnecessarily confusing vocabulary they chose to use
- Indi X, September 10, 2020
  
  I have a study group on instagram, maybe we can practice together!!! Please dm me @kpop.viee if anyone is interested!
- kimmy dacquel, August 9, 2020
  
  same here
Evelyn PM, July 25, 2020

Hello TTMIK I’ve just finished Level 2 lesson 19 and i have a question ‘요즘 공부하는 것은 한국어예요 and 요즘 저는 한국어를 공부해요’ is it the same?? I’m really confused. Thanks
- Argl Aguja, August 14, 2020
  
  Yes, it’s the same. where the first sentence literally translates as “recently, the thing that I am studying is korean”, while the second is “Recently, I am studying korean
- Sakshi Balasaria, August 9, 2020
  
  Hi! I heard the word “않은데” today which means no, but I can’t seem to find the conjugation of this word or if it’s not a conjugated word. I’d really appreciate if somebody could answer this
- Argl Aguja, August 14, 2020
  
  it’s a conjugation with the use of 그런데 which means however or but
- E.F., August 11, 2020
  
  I think that’s the -은/는 데 grammar pattern. It has a confusing usage and I’m not 100% on it but from what I know I think it’s something along the lines of “even though”, or for setting up information for the next clause. It’s covered in Lesson 76 on howtostudykorean.com, I’m not sure what TTMIK level it’s on.
- 타냐니즘, July 26, 2020
  
  (correct me if im wrong) I think the first one is “What I am studying these days is Korean” the other one is These days, I study Korean” but it’s kinda same
- Salma Rachidi Vázquez, July 26, 2020
  
  Yes it is! 😉
Angel Domingo Gaoat, July 24, 2020

Im starting level 2 today and im just wondering if someone can help me out with Korean? and be like study buddys?
- Sterling Dullaghan, November 20, 2020
  
  I’ve been wanting a study buddy for a while because it’s hard to practice by myself and I need motivation. My instagram is @sterlingdullaghan. Let’s talk. 🙂
- Jane Flores, August 8, 2020
  
  Let’s make a group chat in insta 😀 @jaeinchaaan
- Argl Aguja, August 14, 2020
  
  G
- Kinanti Zahara, August 7, 2020
  
  heyy would you like to be my study buddys? dm me on instagram @kazkinanti
- Toshika C'vedi, August 14, 2020
  
  Hey metoo
- Marta gonzález fernández, July 31, 2020
  
  Me! I’m starting today too!
- sagesse mbabazi, July 31, 2020
  
  meeee tooo
- Janine Gaden, July 30, 2020
  
  Hi everyone! I am on intermediate level and have studied in Korea. I am currently brushing up my Korean and are looking for study buddies as well. We can make a group too so we can practice together. If anyone is interested, please email me at [email protected]. Thanks!
- Kun Smile, July 31, 2020
  
  Me I dont know what am doing
- Ai Mak, July 26, 2020
  
  Hi ! I can be your study buddy ＼(＾▽＾)／ you can text me on instagram @japanesgrandma
- Irene, July 25, 2020
  
  Hi !! I’m also starting this level and I’d love to have someone to talk to and practice with!
- Toshika C'vedi, August 14, 2020
  
  Hey metoo….we can chat. Im also studying 😅
- Kim NamJoon, August 1, 2020
  
  tienes alguna red social tal vez instagram para intercambiar ideas?
- Srija Bhatta, July 25, 2020
  
  Me too, I just started it today.
- Fildzah Zata Nursyarafina, July 24, 2020
  
  Me too!! I just started today!
- Park Dong In, July 24, 2020
  
  Hi there! Me too ! I just started today !
- Yelaine Aguilar, July 24, 2020
  
  hii! im starting level 2 soon as well and am also looking for a study buddy! 😀 if you’re interested e-mail me at [email protected]
Lisda Lasmaria, July 23, 2020

hi everyone its anyone can explain whats the function or meaning ‘거예요’ in this sentences ‘그건 전 남자 친구 한테서 받은 거예요’?
- lala lilulu, August 27, 2020
  
  I guess 거예요 there means like the function 은/는 것, but it drops the ㅅ ending consonant. So its literal translation is “That is something that I received from my ex boyfriend”
- Blue Arrietty, July 29, 2020
  
  It usually refers to the future tense conjugation, that is “I will” do something or I am about to do something. I hope it helps
Habibe, July 23, 2020

For lesson 11;
당 신 은 많 이 유 명 한 이 에 요. 😊
Lisda Lasmaria, July 23, 2020

hi everyone, i’ve just finished level 2 lesson 6, there is question why in this sentence ‘어제 까지는 친구 였어요. 그런데 오늘 부터는 애인 이에요.’ why is written ‘였어요’ not ‘았어요 or 었어요’??thnaks before 🙂
- Rain, July 23, 2020
  
  Hello~ if i’m not mistaken “였어요” is
  also the same as “이었어요” which is also a conjugation of “이다”. I think is/are is used in the sentence that’s why they used “였어요”
  (I’m not sure tho☺️)
- Lisda Lasmaria, July 23, 2020
  
  hii rain, thanks for ur information 🙂
  maybe to make easier to say instead of 이었어요 perhaps 이였어요 maybe well guess, same as verb 차이다 for past tense 차였어요…
Jack Aleks, July 23, 2020

I’ve just finished Level 1 and I’m a little bit confused, because I have a feeling, that I’m not moving anywhere. I guess I need some advice and I need practice so so much! If you feel the same or want to study together my KakaoTalk ID is JackAleks.
- moo wiee, August 1, 2020
  
  oooh can i practice with you too? i just finished level one too a day ago!
- Argl Aguja, August 14, 2020
  
  Me too
- Irene, July 25, 2020
  
  Hi!! I finished level one a few days ago and I’m just starting this level as well and I’d love to have someone to talk and practice with!
- Salma Rachidi Vázquez, July 26, 2020
  
  Hiii, we could practice and talk about it!! 🙂
Sierra M, July 22, 2020

Just finished Level 1 and will start Level 2 this week. So happy.Thank you TTMIK!
- Talk To Me In Korean, October 21, 2020
  
  Thank you for studying Korean with us! ^^
Habibe, July 22, 2020

For lesson 10;
어 제 처 는 차 고 있 었 어 요 그 런 데 오 늘 한 국 어 공 부 하 고 있 어 요.
Sharon Osorno, July 22, 2020

If you want a study buddy, text me at @ssgmila on Instagram, I would be happy to make friends with you!
Mira Sahawneh, July 22, 2020

nooo i cant open the pdf for lesson 11
shinedreamsmile bts, July 21, 2020

message me hello in korean at keb.31 on instagram if you need a study buddy. I just started level 2! I am also an army and moa <3
- Tan Sally, July 21, 2020
  
  Near finishing level 2..love to have a study buddy too.. Army as well💜😘can’t find your insta..
Donia Shii, July 21, 2020

I just finished level 2 🔥🔥
- Helia Agard, July 21, 2020
  
  Same! Would you like to study together?
- chimmm, August 5, 2020
  
  same… if you want to study together you can add me on disocrd (_shiri#8577) … I also want to practice with others:)
Mira Sahawneh, July 20, 2020

too*
Mira Sahawneh, July 20, 2020

aaaagggghhhh i hate the sample sentences so much they talk to fast
- Sara J., July 23, 2020
  
  I agree. I do wish they would speak a little bit slower. We don’t speak that fast in my country ㅋㅋㅋ
Laquisha Sanchez, July 19, 2020

I just finished lesson 2.03, and was wondering if i wrote this sentence correctly. Please correct me if I’m wrong💗

어제 저는 정말 피곤한, 그래서 저는 이런 잤어요.

Do I need to put a marking particle somewhere? Like maybe behind 피곤한 or something??
- Talk To Me In Korean, October 21, 2020
  
  어제 저는 정말 피곤했어요. 그래서 저는 일찍 잤어요. -> This sentence sounds more natural.
  (I was so tired that I went to bed early). For your information, you should say 피곤했어(I was tired) or 피곤해(I’m tired) to finish your sentence. Besides, we don’t use this expression of 이런 잤어요. That’s why I changed 이런 into 일찍(early). Hope this helps.
- lala lilulu, August 27, 2020
  
  I guess you may need to add the ending verb for 피곤한 to become “피곤했어”. Or you can conjugate both sentences and become “어제 저는 정말 피곤했서 이런 잤어요”