Core Grammar Level 3


"Communicate With Ease in Everyday Situations!"

LevelLevel 3
TypeAudio
Duration5.5 total hours
Lessons 31
Language English & Korean

 

Sample Lessons

 

Main topics of the Level 3 course:

  • Politeness levels in Korean (존댓말, 반말)
  • Future tense
  • Essential verb-endings
  • Basic expressions for making guesses
  • How to conjugate irregular verbs

 

Table of Contents

Average lesson length: 11 minutes


Lesson 1. Too much, Very / 너무

Lesson 2. Linking Verbs with -고

Lesson 3. In front of, Behind, On top of, Under, Next to / 앞에, 옆에, 위에, 밑에, 뒤에

Lesson 4. Shall we? / I wonder / -(으)ㄹ까요?

Lesson 5. Approximately, About / 쯤, 약, 정도

Lesson 6. Future Tenses / -(으)ㄹ 거예요 vs -(으)ㄹ게요

Lesson 7. Linking Verbs With -아/어/여서

Lesson 8. To look like, To seem like / 같아요

Lesson 9. To seem like, To look like (with verbs) / -ㄴ 것 같아요

Lesson 10. Before -ing / -기 전에

Lesson 11. ㅂ irregular / ㅂ 불규칙

Lesson 12. But still, Nevertheless / 그래도

Lesson 13. Making Adjectives / Descriptive Verbs + -ㄴ 명사

Lesson 14. Making Adjectives / Action Verbs + -는/(으)ㄴ/(으)ㄹ + 명사

Lesson 15. Well then, In that case, If so / 그러면, 그럼

Lesson 16. Let’s / -아/어/여요 (청유형)

Lesson 17. In order to, For the sake of / 위하다, 위해, 위해서

Lesson 18. Nothing but, Only / 밖에 + 부정형

Lesson 19. After -ing / 다음에

Lesson 20. Even if, Even though / -아/어/여도

Lesson 21. Linking Verbs with -는데 / noun + -인데, adjective + -ㄴ데

Lesson 22. Maybe I might… / -(으)ㄹ 수도 있어요

Lesson 23. Word Builder 1 / 학(學)

Lesson 24. 르 irregular / 르 불규칙

Lesson 25. Verb Ending / -네요

Lesson 26. ㄷ irregular / ㄷ 불규칙

Lesson 27. Politeness Levels / 반말 and 존댓말

Lesson 28. “Let’s” in casual language / 반말

Lesson 29. ㅅ irregular / ㅅ 불규칙

Lesson 30. Word Builder 2 / 실(室)

Review What You’ve Learned in Level 3


 

What you can find in this course:



Lesson notes




Sample dialogues




Review quizzes




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Reviews

  1. Marrow712,

    Hello again. I’m full of questions.
    In Lesson 20, there is the sample sentence “냄새는 이상해도 맛있어요.” Would it be OK to use 냄새가 in this sentence instead? If so, would it mean something like “as for this smell, compared to others…”. Thank you in advance!

  2. Marrow712,

    Hello. I have a question about Lesson 17. If using 위해/위해서 in a sentence makes it sound very formal then what do people typically use instead to convey the same concept in casual conversation?

    • ME AND MY BIG FAMILY,

      It is (으)려고.
      For example
      저는 한국어를 공부하려고 한국에 왔어요.
      저는 영어를 잘하려고 미드를 자주 봐요.
      Hope this help.

    • · Fernanda ·,

      When you say you go or come to a place to so something, you use only (으)러. For example, the first sentence would be “저는 한국어를 공부하러 한국에 왔어요.” because you’re saying that you came to korea to learn korean 🙂 I hope this helps.

    • Guinna Irinco,

      Cool. Thanks

  3. Kerrie (이채원),

    안녕하세요 여러분, 저는 Kerrie 입니다. I have been studying Korean for a while now, and I’m currently studying level 3, lesson 18 of TTMIK’s curriculums. Please add me on Instagram and be my study buddy, as I wish to speak fluent Korean someday, but I’m struggling with my pronunciation. I would also like to learn some Korean idioms as well if anyone here knows any please let me know…My Instagram acc: kl_chaewon_95 감사합니다!!

  4. Catie Duncan,

    Hi friends! I’m on Level 3, lesson 11 and I can’t remember when to use (으)ㄴ 것 vs. 는 것 when changing a verb into noun form and how it applies to the ㅂ irregular rule. Anybody have some insight for me? Thanks in advance!

    • fillyy_,

      Hi!

      For the ㅂ irregular rule, it works a little differently for the usage of (으)ㄴ 것 vs. 는 것.

      For ㅂ irregular verbs, including describing verbs, you look at the verb stem and replace the ㅂ with either 오 or 우.
      If the vowel before ㅂ is 오, change ㅂ to 오.
      If the vowel before ㅂ is not 오, change ㅂ to 우.

      Now let’s take 어렵다 as an example. It means “to be difficult”.
      The verb stem is 어렵 and the vowel before ㅂ is not 오 but is instead ㅕ so you must replace the ㅂ with an 우.
      Once you do that, the new verb stem is 어려우 and then you use that new verb stem to follow the rule for (으)ㄴ 것 vs. 는 것.
      Since 우 is a vowel, you use ㄴ 것. Therefore “어려운 것 같아요” means “I think it’s difficult”.

      Hope this helps! I’m not always the best at explaining things.

  5. Angela Galvis,

    Right now, I feel that I don’t understand when to use verbs as adjectives and nouns and verbs. ??? Do you guys (or someone) have like… sample sentences or short readings in which these three friends are combined? I really need something like that. Thank you!

  6. Lilou Clt,

    Hi everyone. I’ve created a group in instagram. The purpose is to help each other to learn korean and practice the language together. If u want to be add in this group, please add me in instagram: @lilx0u

    • Teni,

      I added you can you add me to the chat my istagram is tenny_t0mi btw

    • Shenna Ramos,

      Hi Lilou. Count me in! 🙂 I just followed you on instagram @shennabanana47

  7. Marrow712,

    Hello again,
    In Lesson 8’s sample dialogue, the conversation ends with “그래서 좀 무섭기도 해요.”
    Did we already learn the ~기도 해요 part in a prior lesson? I would like to review this because I blanked when I read that part of the sentence. Thank you.

    • Angela Galvis,

      Yep. The verb is in its noun form. You can review Lesson 14 – Level 2. I hope it’s useful!

    • Marrow712,

      Thank you!

  8. Iuliana Levent Julie,

    안녕하세요.i wonder if i got this one right. K-pop 들은후에 한국어공부 리삭 했어요.

  9. gee,

    One of the sample sentences on lesson 5 is “100명쯤 왔어요.”
    I’m wondering why it’s pronounced [BAENG-myeong-jjeum wa-sseo-yo] and not [BAEK-myeong-jjeum wa-sseo-yo]. I thought 100 is pronounced as “baek”? Did I miss something?

    • Kieu Le,

      Yup. ㄱ is a hard sound, so if the following word’s beginning consonants is a soft sound such as ㄴ, ㅁ and ㅇ, the ㄱ sound would become the similar soft sound => ㅇ. Even though it was “baek myung”, people tend to pronounce it as “baeng myung” for more natural flow.
      ㄱ, ㅋ=> ㅇ
      ㅂ, ㅍ=> ㅁ
      ㄷ,ㅈ,ㅅ,ㅌ,ㅊ=> ㄴ

    • gee,

      Ah, that makes sense! 고맙습니다!

  10. Wewe Sief,

    제가 질문이 있어요 :
    왜 새롭다 과거 시제에서 새로워요 왜 새로와요 아니예요??

    • Kieu Le,

      새롭다 is a ㅂ irregular verb. Therefore, when you want to conjugate it, you have to remove the ㅂ from the verb stem and add ㅜ to it. As a result, the conjugated 새롭다 would be 새로우. In the polite present form, it would become 새로우 + 어 (because the ending vowel is ㅜ) =>새로워요. Hopefully, it makes sense enough. 🙂

  11. Paula T.,

    Hi, I just listened to the second lesson of the third level about the linking Verb 고.
    Here my question: If I want to use the verb 싶다 with a verb before it, how where is the 고?
    For example :
    읽고싶어요. 그리고 쓰고싶어요.
    Is it
    읽고 쓰고싶어요.
    Or
    읽고싶어고 쓰고싶어요.

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      읽고 쓰고 싶어요. 읽고 싶고 쓰고 싶어요. Both are fine.

    • Kieu Le,

      고맙습니다

  12. Marrow712,

    Hi, for lesson 7 why is 모으다 turned into 모아서 when the verb stem ends the way it does? Is it irregular? Thank you in advance for any help.

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Yes. You are right. It’s irregular.
      모으다. 모으고. 모아서. 모았어요. etc

    • Marrow712,

      Thank you!

  13. Jennifer,

    So I wanted to ask, if someone has tips on how to use korean in my everyday life, even if I can’t talk/text with someone in korean? ^^ thanks

    • Angela Galvis,

      Hellotalk is a really nice app where you get to record your voice and chat with Korean people. I usually write down what I do during the day and people correct me!!! Another thing that I do is talking to myself in Korean. So, instead of saying in English (or your native language) phrases like: oh, I’m gonna study Korean now, I say: 지금 한국어 공부할 거예요.

  14. Angela Galvis,

    Hi, there! I was checking the sample dialogue for lesson 7: Linking Verbs With -아/어/여서 when I noticed that the content was not related to the topic. Am I wrong? The dialogue was basically:

    A: 한국어보다 중국어가 더 쉬워요?
    B: 네, 중국어가 더 쉬워요.
    A: 왜요?
    B: 영어랑 비슷해서요.

    I can’t see the structure here. Is 비슷해서요 part of the 4th usage, the fixed expressions?

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      It’s the first usage.
      영어랑 비슷해서요 = Because it’s similar to English.

  15. vale azofeifa,

    안녕하세요, TTMIK 정말 감사합니다! Without you the quarantine would be 재미 없어요. (?)

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you! : )
      Without you guys, everything would be 재미없을 거예요 too.

  16. Igor Oliveira,

    안녕하세요, 누군가 한국어를 연습하고 싶으면, 이 제 카카오 아이디 ig00ri 예요.
    Hi guys, If someone would like to practice Korean, this is my kakao id ig00ri.

    • Igor Oliveira,

      if ig00ri does not work, try with the capital letter “I” ^^

  17. Shaila,

    hi guys! I have made a new Instagram based on my korean studies and would love your support and follow, and also we could help each other learn korean by becoming buddies! my Instagram username is tangerinestudies_

  18. Marjorie Saar,

    오늘은 사무실에 사장님가 안와써요. 우리가 치킨 먹었요. 5시에 집에소 다들가써요

    Hi. I just finished level 2 and abt to start with level 3. I tried to write some of the things I did today in korean. But it seems that i’m still terible in constructing sentences. I tried to translate it in google but the trans seems not right. Or maybe google is not reliable. Anyways, TTMIK 선생님, 정말 감사합니다. 수업 너무 재미있어요. 저 한곡어 진짜 하고싶어요. 화이팅 여러분!!!!

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      오늘은 사무실에 사장님이 안오셨어요(안왔어요). 우리가 치킨 먹었어요. 모두(다들) 5시에 집에 갔어요. Keep working on it 🙂 한국어 공부 화이팅!!

  19. Iuliana Levent Julie,

    I think lesson 18 밖에 should have been tought at the same time as lesson 15 in level 2 with 만.in order to avoid confusion . If you listen to level 5 lesson 15 you think the only way to say only is 만.

    • Talk To Me In Korean,

      Thank you for your comment, but there were reasons to teach them separately like avoiding confusions for beginners. Hope this helps 🙂

    • Iuliana Levent Julie,

      👍👍👍

  20. Siena Armstrong,

    I’m just starting level 3! If anyone wants to be a studybuddy, please add me on kakaotalk! My ID is ladysi20 🙂 Just let me know that you found my ID from here!

    • Женя Моисеева,

      I wanna start with level 3 now
      Try to find you in kakaotalk, but couldn`t

  21. ,

    “이 드라마 몰라는데 재미있네요.” Is this sentence correct?especially ‘몰라는데’

    • 마이클,

      이 다라마 잘 모르는데 재미있네요 <-- sounds more natural to me. When you conjugate with ㄴ/는 데 you have to use the base form of the verb.

    • Jungsu,

      이 드라마 몰랐는데 재밌네요