Learn Korean Online - Simple Explanations in PLAIN English

Hi,

Today was a fairly light class in terms of content, and that was on purpose. The main objective was to just get a bit more practice conjugating different verb forms, as well as give you a bit wider use of the expression ‘주세요 (jusayo)’.

If you have any questions about today’s class, or would like to leave a comment, just reply to this post.

Cheers!

Rob…

P.S. If you’re reading this and are just new to Korean, the first thing I’d do is learn how to read. If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big, red “FREE” sign. Below that will explain how to get over 70 minutes worth of videos explaining exactly how to read and write Korean. And if you’d care to learn more Korean online, although it doesn’t say it now, you’ll also get the next 3 classes of my online course totally free, which will go over the basic Korean sentence and how to manipulate it to ask and answer questions using arguable the most common verb. Cheers..

Hi,

So today’s class is officially the last class of the ‘nuts and bolts’ of Korean. In this class, as well as last class, I’ve been trying to introduce new sentence structures in and effort to show exactly WHY the ‘nuts and bolts’ are so important.

So that has lead to a fairly heavy load in terms of new material in the last couple of classes, so if there are any questions you’d like to ask, either now or a bit down the road, just reply to this and I’ll have your answer up as soon as possible.

Cheers,

Rob…

P.S. If you’re reading this and just starting to learn Korean and would like to learn Korean online, then just to the right of this, you should see a big red sign that says ‘FREE’. Stick your name and email into there and you’ll get an email sent to you right away with over 70 minutes worth of videos taken from class#1 of my in-class course teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet.
You’ll also get the exact hand-out we use in class so that you can follow along with everything we’re doing. (And as a tip, if you are looking to learn Korean, I fully suggest that the first thing you do is learn how to read and write. It doesn’t take long and will honestly make it SO much easier in the long run!)

P.P.S. Although in the first P.S. it says over “70 minutes”, that’s going to change soon. So by sticking your name and email into there now, very soon, you’re actually going to be getting nearly 20 videos totaling almost 4 hours worth of material, what I like to call “easily the best damn free gift and any Korean learner can get” which includes everything mentioned above and down the side, plus a bunch more.

Hi,

We’re now more than half-way through what I call the ‘nuts and bolts’ of Korean – the skill you absolutely have to have in order to get to a higher level in Korean – and I think we’re starting to pick up on the pattern, so today I decided to do a couple groups of verbs together, specifically the ‘우-verbs’ and the ‘어-verbs’.

Now, on top of the conjugation of those verbs, we also introduced quite a few new sentence structures as an example of what Korean is getting into, and showing exactly why the ‘nuts and bolts’ are so important.

I fully understand there is A LOT OF content in this class, so please, if you have a question, ask it.

Cheers,

Rob…

P.S. If you’re just starting to learn Korean and would like to learn Korean online, then just to the right of this, you should see a big red sign that says ‘FREE’. Put your name and email into there and you’ll get an email sent to you right away with over 70 minutes worth of videos taken from class#1 of my in-class course teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet.

You’ll also get the exact hand-out we use in class so that you can follow along with everything we’re doing. (And as a tip, if you are looking to learn Korean, I fully suggest that the first thing you do is learn how to read and write. It doesn’t take long and will honestly make it SO much easier in the long run!)

Hi,

If you’ve just started to learn Korean, then here’s a question that was asked about some basic things to say in Korean. Check out the video for the answer (my apologies for this vid, it’s my first time using youtube and it doesn’t seem to load and play as quickly as the way I normally embed these vids, so if it takes a bit to buffer, or even stops buffering, just slide the cursor back a bit, and it should start buffering from that point again and be fine. And if you’re not in a real rush to watch this vid, I should have it changed back to my usual way in a couple days. Cheers…)

Well, I hope that helps. Keep the questions coming!

Cheers,

Rob…

P.S. If you’re just starting to learn Korean and would like to learn Korean online, then just to the right of this, you should see a big red sign that says ‘FREE’. Put your name and email into there and you’ll get an email sent to you right away with over 70 minutes worth of videos taken from class#1 of my in-class course teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet.

You’ll also get the exact hand-out we use in class so that you can follow along with everything we’re doing. (And as a tip, if you are looking to learn Korean, I fully suggest that the first thing you do is learn how to read and write. It doesn’t take long and will honestly make it SO much easier in the long run!)

Hi,

The main focus of today’s class was ‘우 (ooh)-verbs’, but we actually ended up getting into so much more, so if there was anything you didn’t quite take in or understand, but would like to, go ahead and reply to this post.

We are also now half-way through the ‘nuts n’ bolts’ of Korean, so good work. Keep it up!

Cheers,

Rob…

P.S. If you are super new to Korean, interested in trying to learn Korean online, and can’t yet read, I fully recommend you learn how to read and write first as it will make the rest of your learning journey so much easier (Korean can already be frustrating enough at times, and if you try to learn it without knowing how to read first, it’ll just be that much harder). If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big RED sign saying “free”. Put your name and email into the box just below there and you’ll get class #1 (over 70 mins of video – with hand-out – teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet) emailed to you right away, and that should get you started off on the right foot. Cheers!

Hi,

Learn Korean Online class #15 is our second class of our ‘nuts and bolts of Korean’ mini-series. We took an in depth look at what ‘ah-verbs’ are, and how to use them and conjugate them into our 3 levels – ‘honorific’, ‘common’, and ‘casual’ – as well as into the past tense.

If there is anything you need cleared up on any of this, go ahead and post your question in the comment box below this, and I’ll try to have it answered as soon as possible.

Cheers!

Rob…

P.S. If you are super new to Korean, interested in trying to learn Korean online, and can’t yet read, I fully recommend you learn how to read and write first as it will make the rest of your learning journey so much easier (Korean can already be frustrating enough at times, and if you try to learn it without knowing how to read first, it’ll just be that much harder). If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big RED sign saying “free”. Put your name and email into the box just below there and you’ll get class #1 (over 70 mins of video – with hand-out – teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet) emailed to you right away, and that should get you started off on the right foot. Cheers!

Hi,

Today’s class was the first of what I like to call ‘the nuts and bolts of Korean’ – the skill that you absolutely have to have if you want to be able to move any further into more complex Korean.

More specifically, in today’s class we did what I call ‘ㅗ-verbs’ (’oh-verbs’). The skill you’ll need to take from this is to know (and be able to change between) the base/root form of a verb, and the ‘changed’ or conjugated form of a verb, and it will become more clear as to exactly why in a few classes as we start bringing in more examples using both.

So, if you have any questions, please reply to this and ask away.

Cheers!

P.S. If you are super new to Korean, interested in trying to learn Korean online, and can’t yet read, I fully recommend you learn how to read and write first as it will make the rest of your learning journey that much less frustrating (’cause it can already be frustrating enough at times). If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big RED sign saying “free”. By putting your name and email into the box just below there, you’ll get class #1 (over 70 mins of video – with hand-out – teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet) emailed to you right away, and that should get you started off on the right foot. Cheers

Hey,

Today’s class was an extension of the previous class where we focused on how to use what we already know to talk about things that are happening now, and also to commands or orders.

Next class is when we really start to dive in and learn the #1 skill you’ll need to really be able to speak Korean. We’ll focus the next 5 or 6 classes on this idea (using different groups of verbs).

If you have any questions about ha-da verbs, or anything we’ve done up to this point, go ahead and post them before we move into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of speaking Korean.

Cheers!

Rob…

P.S. If you are super new to Korean, interested in trying to learn Korean online, and can’t yet read, I fully recommend you learn how to read and write first as it will make the rest of your learning journey that much less frustrating (’cause it can already be frustrating enough at times). If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big RED sign saying “free”. By putting your name and email into the box just below there, you’ll get class #1 (over 70 mins of video – with hand-out – teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet) emailed to you right away, and that should get you started off on the right foot. Cheers

Hey,

So today’s class was a big one. It’s the first time we didn’t focus on one particular verb, rather a group of verbs, more specifically, the ‘ha-da’ verbs and a few of the uses and special characteristics that go along with them.

This class is actually the first of when we really get into the ‘nuts and bolts’ of Korean and begin to learn (what I consider) to be the single most important skill you can have if you really want to speak Korean with any kind of fluency.

Ha-da verbs, being as useful and as important as they are, I decided to break into two classes, so next class we’ll look at a few more uses and how just off pure context alone (meaning you don’t have to learn any new grammar), you can actually get two new grammatical tenses (although that’s not unique to ha-da verbs, but that will be the first time we introduce them).

So if you have any questions about class #12, go ahead and post them before we move on to class #13 (ha-da verbs – part 2).

Cheers!

Rob…

P.S. If you are super new to Korean, interested in trying to learn Korean online, and can’t yet read, I fully recommend you learn how to read and write first as it will make the rest of your learning journey that much less frustrating (’cause it can already be frustrating enough at times). If you look up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big RED sign saying “free”. By putting your name and email into the box just below there, you’ll get class #1 (over 70 mins of video – with hand-out – teaching exactly how to read, write, and pronounce the Korean alphabet) emailed to you right away, and that should get you started off on the right foot. Cheers!

Hey,

Today’s class was a heavy one no doubt. It started off as more of a concept class (rather than introducing any new grammar or too much vocab), but we also did our first introduction to speaking in the past tense.

This was also the last class we’re going to have that focuses on the verbs ‘있다’ and ‘없다’ (next class we’re getting into our first ‘group’ of verbs, 하다-verbs), so if you have any questions you’d like cleared up before moving on, ask them here.

Cheers,

P.S. If you already know how to read, but are still stuck in the “basic” grammar stage (and having trouble getting out it), by entering your name and email above to get the free reading classes, you’ll (not too far in the future) also find out how you can get the first four classes to the online Korean course totally free, which may help explain a few things that aren’t quite clear regarding the way the basic sentence builds.