Learn Korean Online - Simple Explanations in PLAIN English

Hey!


Here’s the next set of vids in the “How-to Korean series, going over some basic (and some not-so-basic) things you can say in different situations around Korea. Below each video, there’s a list of what expressions that particular video goes over. So check those out and watch the videos for basic explanations and pronunciation of each one.


I hope you find them useful, and if you have any questions you’d like answered, or any expressions you’d like to know how to say, just reply to this and let me know.


And one other thing, in the videos you’ll notice that I NEVER use English phonetics to write Korean. I personally think it’s a waste of time and creates more confusion than actually helps. So if you don’t know how to read and write, then I highly suggest that’s the first thing you do. And if you would like to, well you’re in luck! Check out this page. You can get the first four classes (just under 4 hours of videos of videos) of the online class here at LearnKoreanOnline.NET totally FREE. Classes 1 and 2 will show you everything you need to know to be able to read and write.

Rob…

Hi,

Another question was asked, this one about consonant clusters (if you don’t know what those are, don’t worry, they’re explained in the video) and whether or not they are worth learning.

Check out the video to find out what I think!

Happy learning…

I hope that helps, but if you haven’t yet learned how to read or learn anything about the basic sentence and how it breaks down, then I highly suggest you head here to claim your free gift – the first four classes of the online class, just under 4 hours worth of videos along the printable handouts we use in class so you can follow along with everything we do in the videos. If you are new to Korean, then that is where you want to start. Study those videos, then you can come back to these “how-to” Korean videos.

Hey,

This’ how-to Korean’ video is actually an answer to a question by one of the students of LearnKoreanOnline.NET.  The question was about the statement ‘무수 말인지 몰라요’ which translates to “I don’t know what you’re saying”, and actually the question was more specifically, what does the ‘무슨 말인지’ part of that sentence mean?

So check out the video (down below), and if you have any more questions about it or anything else, fire away.

Cheers, and happy learning!

Rob…

p.s. If you’re new to Korean, this video will be a bit over your head so my suggestion would to head here and get the 4 hours of free videos teaching the basics. That’s where you want to start, and you can always come back to this later.

Hi,

Today’s class we got into a structure that is just amazingly common and useful when speaking Korean. It’s something that most native English speakers take for granted, ’cause students of English have a real hard time with it, but going the other direction, learning how to say those things in Korean is actually not that bad once you get the idea of it, and that’s what this class is aimed at doing.

If you have any questions about today’s class – it is a good one to make sure you have clear ’cause it’ll really help you down the road – go ahead and reply to this and ask away.

Cheers!

Rob…

P.S. If you’re reading this and don’t know how to read, write or speak Korean, or would just maybe like to find out what these online classes are all about, then just above this post and to the right, you should see a big red “FREE” sign. Although (at the time I wrote this) it says you’ll only get class #1 of the course, I’ve actually recently changed the system and so by entering your name and email address into there, you’ll actually now get the first 4 classes (a total of almost 4 hours worth of videos) in 5-day increments.

That way, you can learn how to read and write the Korean alphabet, learn how the basic Korean sentence works and how to ask and answer a few of the most common questions using arguably the most common verb, AND you can find out exactly how the online course works. 3 birds with one stone? Who’s heard of it!

Anyways, if you are just a beginner then these videos will really go a long way in helping you understand exactly how basic Korean works, and should make the rest of your Korean learning experience a lot easier to understand.

Cheers!

Hi,

Well, yet another class is down. In this class we took a look at another common way to speak about the future using a style of speech that seems to have been phased out of most styles of English these days, but is still very commonly used in the Korean language.

This class was a bit of a heavy one, and introduced a few new sentence patterns as well, so if you have any questions about the class, please feel free to reply to this post and ask.

Cheers!

P.S. If you’re reading this and are just new to learning Korean and would possibly like to try to learn korean online, if you look just up to the right of this post, you’ll see a big red FREE sign. By entering your name and email under there (although it says otherwise at the time I posted this), you’ll get access to the first 4 classes of my online course (around 20 videos totallying around 4 hours of material) which will cover exactly how to read and write Korean, and get into the breakdown of the basic sentence teaching you exactly how to ask and answer questions using arguably the most common verb there is. Finding decent resources to learn Korean from can be difficult, and those videos should help get you started in the right direction. Cheers!

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,

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,

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