Learn Korean Online - Simple Explanations in PLAIN English

Hey Rob

Great class. I can finally understand how to construct the sound of the combined vowels. Thank you. I have one suggestion though but I’m not sure if you’ve already tried it and it hasn’t worked. But here goes. Sometimes I find the on-screen notes you add to video hard to read. I think maybe a colour other than black will help. Perhaps a Royal Blue or something like that will help. Anyhow, everything else is great. Thanks again.

hi Rob,

great class, enjoyed it a lot, answered some of my questions, here’s another one though, I noticed that the “n” get’s pronounced like a “d” quite often, like “neh” (yes), I hear it pronounced “deh” (sorry for the phonetics, but I don’t have a program that allows me to type in Korean and I’m not in Korea), is that a dialect thing, or is it a pronounciation rule of some kind?

Thanks and looking forward to the third class

John

hii Rob
thank you for the great class…
good job!

Hi Rob
I had a question about the “Simply for Survival” worksheet. I noticed that on certain questions like “How much is it?” you have a little section of words with parentheses around it and then you put the actual question. I know in some Korean learning books they just skip the parenthesized section. I wanted to know if that little section is a necessary part of the question/answer when saying it or does it have some other meaning?

Hi Rob,
I enjoyed learning class #2 and I have a question about the “Simply For Survival” worksheet.
I know that when asked: “안녕하세요?” the answer is also:” 안녕하세요” , is it the same with: 안녕하십니까? or does the “까” become “다”? what would be the correct reply for this?
Thank you.

I’m only on lesson 2, but I already know I’ll be registering for your full online course when it is available. You explain things so well that i don’t have any questions by the time I finish watching the class. This is really the best online Korean class I have found. Thank you!

I was noticing you write the “h” is written as a circle with a horizontal line above it, then a small vertical line above that. But on the worksheets the circle has a horizontal line above it, then a small horizontal line above it… is it commonly written both ways?

Hi Rob!
When do you use the primary subject marker 은/는, and when do you use the secondary subject marker 이? In the Simply for Survival sheet, under What’s your name?, you use 이 름 이, but when you answer My name is___, you use 내 이 름 은 ___. Is there a rule for this?

Wow, this is great. From just these 2 lessons I’ve already understood so much. I listen to a lot of K-pop music, and watch Korean TV shows, so it’s really cool for me to be able to make connections. Thanks a ton ^_^

HI Rob! I’m enjoying the lessons! I just have a question. When I watch Korean dramas (my guilty pleasure), sometimes I hear 붜 instead of 뭐 but the translation is still ‘What?’ so is 붜 another way of saying what?

Hi An,

Yeah, I didn’t get into the pronunciation of that too much for that reason. Very often it will sound like either 이 or 애. I wish I had a better answer as to exactly when it’s what but unfortunately I don’t.

I’d say let experience take care of that one. As you come across an example, take note of it, and as time goes on and you come across more examples, just take note of them and see if some kind of pattern emerges.

That’s pretty much how I did most of my learning, but never really applied it too much to this particular case.