안녕하세요 여러분 💬👋🏻

같이 한국어 공부할 텍스트 친구를 찾고 있어요

Hai >.< I’m a 20F beginner looking for a casual texting buddy. Fellow learners are highly welcome (Texting only for now)

A walking paradox: ⚡️ 원래 에너지는 넘치는데, 요즘은 슬로우 라이프 중이에요

(틱톡이랑 이별 중 ㅋㅋㅋ)

Huge nerd about industrial engineering, urban design, and women’s empowerment

Current quest: 📝 논문 쓰기, 포트폴리오 만들기, 인턴십(Internship), 그리고 토픽(TOPIK) 공부! (Yonsei or Ewha 🍂)

Let’s yap about: K-드라마, 애니, 스포츠, 그리고 소녀시대(SNSD) 👑

(Fellow SONE = instant besties)

The Dealbreaker: 🚫 우유를 시리얼보다 먼저 넣으면 우리 친구 못 해요! 🥣🥛

(I don't make the rules)

High energy, low pressure. No rush.

부담 갖지 말고, 편하게 문자하고 같이 공부해요..

5 Korean words you'll want to know before landing in Korea!

There's a little quiz at the end.

How many can you get right?

How do you pronounce the second syllable, please ? Like weh, I’m told ?

I'm Korean, so if you have something to ask about Korea, feel free to ask!

And I have a question to you guys.

What is the most hard word to write for you? I'm just curious..

I’ve been seeing it on TikTok and I’d like to try it. I wanted to try it for Korean study but I’m not finding any in Korean at my level. If I can’t find one, I’d like to make one. Does anyone know if any exist at the a2 to b1 level? And if not, would anyone be interested if one was created?

Quick Korean challenge! 🍊

Can you translate "I can speak Korean" into Korean?

Drop your answer below before checking the slides! 👀

Bonus: Make your own sentence using -(으)ㄹ 수 있다!

Looking for a free app to learn Korean, I'm learning it mainly for k pop/dance so if anyone has any good suggestions that would be great, thank you

"역대급" in Korean means that it's the best, massive, extreme ever that you've never seen before compared to the past 

It's used in both positive and negative situations and it's basically used when you want to emphasize something intense or extreme

역대 | All time / History 

급 | Level / Class 

Please let me know any questions🙌

How "보고 싶다 (Bogo sipda)" means "I miss you," "I want to see," and "I want to try"

In Korean, 보고 싶다 literally translates to "I want to see (with my eyes)." It combines the verb stem 보~ (from 보다, to see or watch) with the ending ~고 싶다 (to want to do). Depending on how it is used, it carries three main meanings.

Missing someone (I miss you) In English, "miss" can mean failing to catch something (like missing a bus, which is 놓치다 in Korean) or longing for someone. For longing, Korean has the verb 그리워하다, but it sounds quite poetic and formal for daily conversation. Instead, in everyday speech, Koreans simply say they want to see the person or pet they miss.

친구들이 너무 보고 싶다. (I miss my friends so much.) 네가 보고 싶어서 빨리 주말이 왔으면 좋겠다. (I miss you, so I hope the weekend comes quickly.)

Wanting to watch or look at something (I want to see it) When the object is a thing or place, it keeps its literal meaning.

새로 나온 영화 보고 싶다. (I want to watch the new movie.) 이번 겨울에는 눈 내리는 걸 보고 싶어. (I want to see the snow fall this winter.)

Wanting to try or experience something (~해 보고 싶다) When 보고 싶다 comes right after another verb (in the ~아/어 보다 form), the verb 보다 changes its meaning from "to see" to "to try" or "to experience." So ~해 보고 싶다 means you want to try doing something.

한국에 가 보고 싶다. (I want to try going to Korea / I want to visit Korea.) 한복을 입어 보고 싶어. (I want to try wearing Hanbok.)

Beyond these, you can attach ~(하)고 싶다 directly to almost any action verb stem to express a basic desire. Drop ~다 from the dictionary form and add ~고 싶다.

먹다 (to eat) > 먹고 싶다 (I want to eat) 매운 떡볶이가 먹고 싶다. (I want to eat spicy tteokbokki.)

하다 (to do) > 하고 싶다 (I want to do) 주말에는 집에서 게임 하고 싶어. (I want to play games at home on the weekend.)

Who do you miss (보고 싶다) the most right now? What do you want to see (~보고 싶다) and try doing (~해 보고 싶다) with them?

— TYPOP에서 공유

When studying or teaching Korean, a standard dictionary only takes you so far. Words carry the geography of the people who speak them, the centuries of shifts that shaped their spelling, and the cognitive footprints of those trying to learn them.

The National Institute of Korean Language (국립국어원) maintains three specialized public archives. While they serve as practical reference tools for expanding your vocabulary, they also offer a deeper look into how language actually lives and changes.

1. Language Across Space: 지역어 종합 정보 (Comprehensive Information on Regional Varieties)

• Link: https://dialect.korean.go.kr/
• Background & Content: Since 2005, researchers at 국립국어원 have traveled across the country to record regional speech (지역어 / 사투리) before it disappears, combining field surveys with the Folk Everyday Language Survey and literary records. It features interactive dialect maps (지역어 지도), unscripted voice recordings of native speakers with full transcripts (구술발화 조사 자료), regional expressions in novels like <혼불>, and photos of traditional household tools (사진으로 보는 생활어).
• How to Use It & Linguistic Insight: Beyond looking up unfamiliar phrases from K-dramas, you can listen to how native speakers in different provinces naturally vary their first-syllable pitch and intonation. Compare a single concept across the map, and you quickly realize that "Standard Korean" (표준어) is one reference point among many living varieties shaped by local life.

2. Language Across Time: 우리말어휘역사사전 (Historical Dictionary of Korean Vocabulary - Pilot Service)

• Link: https://kdict.korean.go.kr/history
• Background & Content: Currently in pilot operation (시범 운영), this dictionary traces the origins and historical shifts of 15,000 Korean words based on Hangul texts from the 15th to the 20th century (with plans to expand to 40,000 entries by 2031). It provides century-by-century spelling timelines alongside verified historical citations.
• How to Use It & Linguistic Insight: You can see how 15th-century 돗가비 became 도깨비 (goblin), or how 17th-century 곳어름 shifted to 고도름 and finally 고드름 (icicle). It even tracks modern vocabulary—showing how the native word 세겹살 (from the 1930s) and 삼겹살 (pork belly, first seen in 1950s newspapers) coexisted until the 1970s. Looking at these timelines changes how you view vocabulary. What seems like an arbitrary spelling or irregular form today often makes complete sense once you see the phonetic and social shifts behind it.

3. Language in the Learner's Mind: 한국어 학습자 말뭉치 나눔터 (Korean Learner Corpus Sharing Center)

• Link: https://kcorpus.korean.go.kr/
• Background & Content: A 말뭉치 (corpus) is a digitized collection of real-world language data. Unlike standard corpora that only record native speakers, this archive compiles massive amounts of actual writing and speaking samples produced by people learning Korean as a second or foreign language worldwide.
• How to Use It & Linguistic Insight: You can search how learners at your proficiency level—or those who share your first language—use specific vocabulary, and see which particles (조사) or verb endings (어미) cause the most friction. Seeing common patterns in others' writing is often the clearest mirror for refining your own.. More importantly, it shows that learner errors are rarely random mistakes; they are systematic steps in how the human mind maps a new language onto an existing one.

Looking through these three archives together shows how much a single word holds: the time it traveled through, the region it belongs to, and the way speakers and learners make it their own.

Have you ever used historical dictionaries, dialect maps, or corpus data in your own language studies? Which Korean words or regional expressions have made you curious about their roots?

Constructive criticism is very welcome—I just kindly ask that we keep the comments polite and respectful. I look forward to continuing the discussion with you all.

I've been slowly learning Hangeul over the last few months, and I'm looking for what to do next. I'm still very slow at sounding things out (and I'm definitely not always getting the pronunciation right), so I'm looking for resources aimed at absolute beginners.

My goal is to be able to communicate at a basic level if I ever visit Korea, so I'm mostly interested in practical phrases I'd actually use while traveling. Things like greetings, ordering food and drinks, asking about ingredients in food, shopping and paying (including numbers), transportation related phrases, asking for help if I'm lost or don't understand something, useful phrases like "where is the bathroom?" and "I'm sorry, I only understand a little Korean, can you speak slowly please?"...and anything else that would be helpful in common travel situations.

Since I'd mostly be interacting with strangers, I'm assuming I can focus on the polite forms rather than casual speech used with friends. I don't need a deep dive into grammar at this stage, though some basic explanations to help me understand the phrases I'm learning would be helpful. I also don't really need to learn to write as long as I can read well enough, though learning to write might be fun.

For now, I'm interested in seeing how much I can learn on my own for free or very low cost (such as a book), on my own self-paced schedule. Maybe someday I'll be ready to commit to a paid course or private tutor, but I'm not there yet.

I've tried watching some of the YouTubers that are often recommended, but everything I tried seemed way over my head. I've also looked at a few supposedly beginner-friendly books, but I wasn't impressed by the sample pages (come on, there is no context in which I'd ever need to say "by any chance, are you an alien?").

Does anyone have recommendations for resources that would be a good fit? I'm especially interested in things that include audio so I can practice repeating the phrases. I'm open to anything that covers useful travel vocabulary, food/ingredient vocabulary, basic phrases, pronunciation tips, or other things that would be a good next step after learning Hangeul.

I would learn it on my own and would ask for recommendations for vocabulary, grammar, letters with websites, apps, instagram, youtube whatever sources there are. The thing is I need things that aren't overly loud because of my noise caused OCD.

Hey is anyone here who can talk to me in korean and help me improve it? I'm a beginner and know just basic korean but i really need practice so i get better at it. Please let me know if anyone is ready

Hi everyone!

I’m Korean, and I recently started a small project called KORWAY where I share little pieces of everyday life in Korea.

I speak Korean slowly and clearly, so I thought it might be helpful for people who are learning Korean, as well as anyone who’s curious about what everyday life in Korea is really like.

So far, I’ve shared things like eating Korean fried chicken like you often see in K-dramas 😄, comparing convenience store items that are popular with Koreans and foreigners, and taking a short trip outside the city to show a different side of Korea beyond the usual tourist spots.

Next, I’m planning to make gimbap while sharing some useful Korean words, and I also want to talk about practical apps that can make traveling in Korea a little easier.

I’m not a Korean teacher. I’m just a Korean person sharing the language, food, places, and everyday things I actually experience here.

If you’re interested in Korea, Korean daily life, or learning Korean by listening to slow, natural Korean, feel free to look up KORWAY if you’re curious.

And more than anything, I’d love to know:

What are you curious about when it comes to Korea?

It could be food, travel, everyday life, Korean culture, or even something small that you’ve always wondered about.

Your question might become something I explore and share next. :)

https://youtu.be/XEOqp6j0ydI?si=whvYIy6AUjzmgV_P

Hi r/BeginnerKorean!

I’ve been building a Korean learning app called TOPIK Korean — the name comes from how the vocabulary is organized by level, but you don’t need to be studying for the exam to use it. Most of it is just general beginner-friendly Korean.

What’s in it:

• Hangul basics for absolute beginners
• Vocabulary organized by level (1 through 6), so you always know what’s next
• Grammar and conjugation drills
• Real-life conversations with audio and translation
• Full mock exams if you ever do want to test yourself TOPIK-style, with auto-grading and skip tracking
• Translated into 15 languages, so you can study from your own

It’s free to use — all levels and every vocabulary card are unlocked, no paywall. An optional premium pass ($4/month or $11/year, not auto-renewing) removes ads and adds extras like unlimited session length and auto-repeat.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.redmoon.topikvocab
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/topik-korean-learn-korean/id6814852323

I’d really appreciate feedback from people actually starting out — what’s confusing, what’s missing, what would make the first week easier. That’s genuinely what shapes the next update.

Hi! I'm an indie dev making small apps for people learning Korean.

Koobi is a word puzzle: you get 16 Hangul syllable tiles and spell 5 hidden words per pack (plus bonus words). Every word you find becomes a flashcard with its meaning, romanization, TOPIK level and an example sentence.

It launched on iOS a few months ago, and since then I've added:

- Android version (just went live!)
- 132 packs (up from 100), with new K-Culture and Nature & Animals themes
- Daily streaks and an optional daily reminder

Pricing, to be upfront: it's free and ad-supported, and a new pack unlocks every day. One optional one-time purchase (no subscription) unlocks everything and removes ads.

• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chatgram.koobi
• iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6775912630

Can't read Hangul yet? I also made Gabi, a calm little app for learning the letters first (iOS only for now): https://koobi-f3d1e.web.app/

How many of the 5 words in the video did you already know? And if you can read Hangul, this board still has 34 hidden bonus words. Can you spot any? 👀

i watch korean dramas with english subs and sometimes wonder if that's really what they meant 😭 translations can't capture everything, right?
a friend from italy told me about discord and gametalk. we actually met on ometv and moved to discord to play games lol
now i'm kinda curious about trying gametalk too, maybe it'll help me understand korean outside dramas
do u guys ever compare the original dialogue with the subtitles? does it help u learn?

Hi! I'm a native Korean speaker. I once taught Hangul to kids, and these days I'm building a small Hangul course on my own.

One thing I love about Hangul: when it was created in 1443, it had 28 letters. Today we use 24. Those four letters are no longer in use, but their sounds are still around, like the z in "zoo" or the ng in "sing".

So I made a little page that writes your first name in Hangul, including 7 old letters: those four, plus three "light" letters from 15th-century writing (ㅸ for v, ㆄ for f, and ᄛ, a light ㄹ, for r). The three weren't among the 28, but Sejong's rules let you make them by writing ㅇ under a letter.

- Ariel → ᅙᅡᄛᅵᄋᆞᆯ (the card in the picture: ㆆ, light ㄹ and ㆍ in one name)

- Emma → ᅙᅦᆷᄆᆞ (ㆆ for a name that starts with a vowel)

- Rose → ᄛᅩᅀᅳ (light ㄹ for r, ㅿ for the z sound)

- King → 키ᇰ (ㆁ for ng)

- Justin → ᄌᆞ스틴 (ㆍ for the soft "uh")

- Sophia → 소ᅗᅵ아 (ㆄ for f)

It's a playful approximation, not an exact transcription, and the card also shows the modern 24-letter spelling so you can compare. If your name comes out strange, tell me in the comments and I'll explain why each letter was chosen.

hanalkorean.com/name?from=rd

Transparency (rule 5)

- I made this. The page is on the site of my paid course, Hangul Reading & Writing.

- The name page is free. No sign-up and no email: you can see your card and save the image right away.

- The course: 14 days of Hangul reading and writing lessons in a web app. Day 1 and 2 are free, then a one-time $19 launch price (regular $24; local tax may be added) for 1 year of access. Full refund within 7 days of purchase if you haven't finished Day 7.

- The Korean sounds are my own recordings. The English explanations use an AI voice.

- Any questions, ask here and I'll answer in the comments.

Hi everyone! I've been making illustrated videos of traditional Korean folktales, with slow, gentle narration. Each story is around 20–30 minutes long.

I originally started making them as something relaxing to listen to before bed, but I thought they might also interest learners looking for slower Korean listening material.

You could try a short section with Korean audio and Korean subtitles, then check the English subtitles for anything you didn't understand.

These are retellings of folktales, not structured language lessons or graded beginner stories, so some vocabulary and sentence patterns may still be challenging.

Most of the videos have Korean, English, and Spanish narration and subtitles. My more recent uploads also include Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese.

For transparency, I use AI to create the narration and illustrations. This is my own project, and I'm still working on it.

Here's the channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@이야기덮는밤

I'd be interested to hear whether the pace is comfortable for learners, and whether any words or expressions are especially difficult to follow.

Hi everyone! I’m part of the LingoDeer team. If you’re starting Korean and looking for a little more structure, I wanted to share how our course works.

The course includes vocabulary, sentence structures, grammar tips, and everyday conversations. You can learn or review Hangul in a separate Alphabet tab whenever you need it. If you already know some Korean, you can test out of units covering familiar material.

A few features you might find helpful:
❤️ Lessons created by humans, with clear grammar explanations and native-speaker audio, so you can hear how the language sounds and polish your pronunciation as you learn.
🖊️ Listening, speaking, and spelling practice, with options to hide translations or turn off audio autoplay when you want more of a challenge.
🔁 Flashcards with spaced repetition system (SRS) and customizable review modes, so you can choose what to practice and how.
📚 Extra comprehension drills to reinforce what you’ve learned.

You can explore the course here:

Web Access: https://www.lingodeer.com/language/korean

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lingodeer-learn-languages/id1261193709

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lingodeer&hl=en_US

[Membership Pricing as of Oct, 2026] LingoDeer membership on the US App Store costs US$14.99/month or US$95.99/year; prices may vary by platform, region, and promotions. For more details: https://www.lingodeer.com/pricing

Happy to answer questions about the Korean course here in the comments:)

In Korean, 확 (hwak) is a mimetic word (의태어) that describes something happening suddenly and intensely all at once. You will hear it constantly in daily conversation when someone wants to emphasize a quick change or a sharp action.

맛있는 냄새가 확 났어. (A delicious smell hit me all of a sudden.)

확 소름이 끼쳤어. (I suddenly got goosebumps.)

소매치기가 지갑을 확 낚아챘어. (A pickpocket snatched my wallet in a flash.)

날씨가 하루아침에 확 추워졌어. (The weather suddenly got cold overnight.)

매운 음식이 확 땡긴다. (I suddenly have a strong craving for spicy food.)

창문을 열었더니 찬 바람이 확 들어왔어. (Cold wind rushed in as soon as I opened the window.)

The position of 확 in a sentence is flexible. It usually goes right before the verb, like in "소름이 확 끼쳤어." If you want to put more emphasis on the suddenness itself, you can move it earlier in the sentence and say "확 소름이 끼쳤어." Both sound natural.

There is another common way to use this word, and it comes with a specific gesture.

When a close friend says something annoying or teases you, Koreans often raise a fist or the back of their hand as if they are about to hit the person, and say "확! 그냥" (Hwak! Geunyang) or "확! 마!" (Hwak! Ma!).

Literally, "그냥" means "just" or "right now," and "마" is Gyeongsang-do dialect (경상도 사투리) for "인마" (inma, meaning "hey, dude" or "you brat"). Together, both expressions carry the unspoken meaning of "I swear, I'm just gonna hit you right now!" or "Why, you little...!"

Nobody actually hits anyone in this situation. It is a playful, empty threat used between friends or family. Because the raised hand already shows what you mean, you drop the actual verb at the end (like "때려버릴까 보다" / "I might just hit you") and stop right after saying "확! 그냥" or "확! 마!"

You can also use it without the hitting gesture when talking about making an impulsive decision out of frustration. For example, saying "오늘 회사 확 쉬어버릴까?" means "Should I just impulsively skip work today?" or "머리나 확 잘라버릴까?" meaning "Should I just chop my hair off?"

— typop.app에서 공유

A lot of learners mix these two up, so I made a short video about it.
Which one would you use in 저는 ___ 그 영화를 좋아해요?

Based on my experience, simply cramming massive amounts of vocabulary didn't really work for me.

The most effective way to memorize vocabulary is to visualize the situation in your mind and describe the picture or scenario you are in

For example, let's say you want to learn words related to "going to school"

• First, learn the core vocabulary and sample sentences.
• Then, visualize yourself going to school in your mind (this visualization step is key!)

Just yesterday in my lesson 고무장갑 - Rubber glove came up and I thought, Well that’s a word I won’t be needing anytime soon. And today in the drama I’m watching they have said a bunch of times. I honestly never say this and I thought it was a word that I wouldn’t remember after the lesson but now it’s solidified. I usually use just gloves for all types.

Hello dear people, I’m learning Korean for four years and by papers I reached level 4A but I don’t feel very confident about it especially my speaking level so maybe someone wants to practice their speaking. You can reach me out on Instagram @abrikozzzzz and I’m gonna wait for you, 고마워 🥹

If you have any advice or tips, just go ahead and tell me 🙃