#intermediate korean

안녕하세요! Hey everyone! I recently got an ask about my old masterlist, which is the same as my broken-down masterlist except it has all of my lessons on one page, rather than on multiple separate posts. Some may find this expanded version easier to navigate, so I’ll keep this up for y’all! My broken-up masterlist, of course, will still be available for those who find that more helpful :)

Hangul Lessons

Consonants

Vowels

Writing/Reading Korean Syllables

Some 받침 Rules

Diphthongs

Stroke Order

Some More 받침 Rules

Irregular Verbs

The Basics

Common Phrases

Numbers

Sino-Korean vs. Native Korean Numbers (Instagram Post)

Sentence Structure and Particles

Present-Tense Conjugations and Formal Language

Adjectives

Questions

Honorifics and Casual Language

Beginner

Negative Sentences

잘 and 못

Past Tense

Future Tense (-ㄹ / 을 것이다)

-ㄹ / 을 까요? (Shall we…? / I wonder…?)

-(으)세요 (Giving Commands / Asking Questions)

Telling Time

-고 싶다 (I want to…)

How to Say “And”

-지만 (However)

아/어/여서 (So…)

Negative Commands

Spacing (띄어쓰기)

Adverbs

ㅂ Irregular

Comparatives and Superlatives

난, 날, & 내가

Upper-Beginner

 -(으)면 (If…)

아/어/여도 (Even though…/Even if…)

(으)면 되다 / 아/어/여도 되다 (I can…/You may…)

-아/어도 되다: Asking for and Giving Permission (Instagram post)

-(으)면 되다 & -(으)면 안 되다 (Instagram post)

아/어/여야 되다 and 아/어/여야 하다(Have to / Should)

Present Progressive (-고 있다)

How to Say “Or”

-아/어/여하다

All About 중

How to Use -(으)로

Before & After

-ㄴ/은 채로

Intermediate

Describing Nouns with Verbs (-는 것)

Describing Nouns with Verbs - Past & Future Tense (-ㄴ/은 / -ㄹ/을 것)

Nominalization

것 같다 (I think… / It seems…)

-러 가다 / -러 오다

-(으)려고 (In order to…)

-기로 하다 (to Decide to do Smth)

척하다 (To Pretend)

-게 되다 

-군요 / -구나

아/어/여 보다 (to try…)

-은/ㄴ 적 있다 / 없다 (I have / have not)

-ㄹ/을 게요 (Future Tense)

겠다 

-ㄹ/을 수 있다/없다 (I can / cannot)

-ㄹ/을 때 (When…)

-ㄴ/는다면 (If)

-(으)면서 and -(으)며

-(으)니까 (Because / So)

-아/어/여주다

-(ㄴ/는)다 (Narrative Form)

Quoting

Let’s…

Quoting continued

(으)ㄹ래요? (Wanna…?)

-죠

-대로

More Quoting - 대 & 래

잘하다 & 못하다 vs. 잘 하다 & 못 하다 

-아/어 가지고

-(으)려면

-는 길에 & -는 길이다

-(으)면 vs. -ㄴ/는다면 (Instagram Post)

-았/었을 것이다

-느라고

-는 데(에)

-ㄹ/을 뻔하다

Upper-Intermediate

-ㄴ/는데

-(으)ㄴ/는지 (Whether or not)

-(이)라는…

All About 아무리

-잖아요

Expressing Surprise

-시 (Honorific)

Making Comparisons

-아/어/여지다

I might…

So that…/To the point where…

Causative Verbs

시키다

Passive Verbs (part 1)

Passive Verbs (part 2)

-ㄴ/은가 보다 & -나 보다 (I guess…)

-ㄹ/을수록

Other Meanings of 싶다

-자마자 & -는 대로(As soon as…)

-긴 하다

-치고

-김에

차라리 (Rather)

-(으)ㅁ Nominalization

-기는 무슨 & -기는 개뿔

-고 보니까

-듯(이)

버리다

-(으)면 좋겠다 & -(으)면 하다

-길 바라다

Advanced

-거든(요)

-줄 알다/모르다

-ㄹ/을 테니까 and -ㄹ/을 텐데

-았/었던

아니라 and 대신에

-ㄹ/을 리가 없다

편이다, 별로, and More

-지 그렇다 (Why don’t you…?)

-ㄹ/을 걸

-ㄹ/을 까 보다

-다면서요

-다니 part 1 

-다니 part 2

뜻이다 & 말이다

-다가

-더라고(요)

-더니

Some colloquialisms: 아니시에이팅 and 뭐 이렇게

-(으)ㅁ Sentence Ending

 -다 보니까

What does 따위 mean?

-ㄴ/는데도

Korean Idioms

Vocabulary

Must-Know People

Must-Know Places

Must-Know Things

Must-Know Verbs

Must-Know Adjectives

Countries

Months, Days of the Week, and More

Clothing (옷)

School (학교)

Autumn (가을)

Autumn (w/Pictures!)

More Questions

House / Apartment (집 / 아파트)

Emotions / Feelings ( 감정)

Animals (동물)

Loan / Konglish Words

Food and Drink (먹을 것과 마실 것)

Parts of the Body (몸)

Counters

Modes of Transportation (교통 수단)

Colors (색깔)

Colors (with Pictures!)

Weather (날씨)

Winter (겨울)

Music & Instruments (음악과 악기)

Baking Gingerbread Cookies

Emergency (비상)

Hygiene & Bathroom (위생 & 화장실)

Indefinite Pronouns

Work / Office (일 / 사무실)

Spring (봄)

Coronavirus Prevention (코로나바이러스 방역)

How to Wash Your Hands (손을 씻기)

Time (시간)

Korean Cuisine (한식)

Summer (여름)

Summer (여름) w/Pictures!

Graduation (졸업)

Identity (독자성)

Korean Text Slang

Similar Words

Makeup w/Pictures! (화장품)

Family (with Pictures!)

Pronouns

How to Say “Still” and “Already” in Korean

Tastes & Textures (맛과 질감)

K-Pop Audition

K-Pop Fandom Terminology

Different Ways to Say “Change”

Flower Names

What Does 원래 Mean?

What does 오히려 Mean?

College

Hanja Lessons

최

수

악

식

급

동

부 & 불

애

출

퇴

예

음

중

학

습

연

생

대

입

인

문

감

과 

원

특 

만

후 

무

Charts

Present, Past, and Future Tense

Question Words

잘 vs. 못 and Negative Conjugations 

Future Tenses 

-았/었던 vs. -던 (at end of lesson)

Particles

Some 받침 Rules

Gifving Commands

Conjunctions and -아/어/여서 vs. -(으)니까

-(으)면 vs. -다/라면 and Different Ways to Say “And”

How to Say “Or” (at end of lesson)

Telling Time (at end of lesson)

Comparatives and Superlatives

잘하다 & 못하다 vs. 잘 하다 & 못 하다 (at end of lesson)

Comparing 잘하다/못하다, 잘 하다/못 하다, & 수 있다/수 없다

Irregular Verbs

Pop Quizzes

Level 1

K-Pop Breakdowns

TXT - “Cat & Dog”

Twice - “Feel Special”

Enhypen - “Fever”

2NE1 - “Go Away”

Lee Hi - “Only”

“기억을 걷는 시간 (Time Spent Walking Through Memories)”

KCM - “An Old Love Story (흑백사진)”

Taeyeon - “Can’t Control Myself”

Epik High - “Lost One”

Colde - “A Song Nobody Knows”

IU - “My Sea”

Enhypen - “Polaroid Love”

유라 (youra) - “하양 (RAL 9002)″

BTS - “Ddaeng”

Stray Kids - “For You”

Woozie - “어떤 미래 (What Kind of Future)

TXT - “Eternally”

LOONA - “Heart Attack”

Stray Kids - “Muddy Water”

LOONA - “Girl Front”

Pentagon - “Daisy”

BTS - “Sea”

Semester in SK

Nami Island (남이섬)

Things to Buy at Daiso

Shopping Phrases

Ordering Coffee

Signs in Korea

Ordering at a Restaurant

Riding the Seoul Subway

Things at the 편의점

Korean Curse Words

Etiquette in South Korea

Drinking Culture

Hanja in Real Life

Holidays in South Korea

Korean Cuisine

Concert Ticketing in South Korea

K-pop Comebacks in Korea

Summer in South Korea

My main goal with this blog is to share reading material that can be helpful for intermediate Korean learners and more advanced readers.

I mostly post news articles, usually from kids magazines or just ones that aren't too dense. You might also see some vocabulary, and just some random things I find interesting!

HOW TO SPEAK KOREAN

Intermediate Korean Conversation Practice

DIALOGUE:

아차, 라면 끓일 때 수프부터 넣었어야 했는데 또 잊어버렸어. Oh, I should have put in the soup base first when boiling ramen but I forgot again.


넣는 순서가 중요해? 면부터 넣으나 수프부터 넣으나 다 똑같은 맛 아니야?

Does the putting-in order matter? Whether you put the noodles first or the soup base first it all tastes the same.


수프를 먼저 넣으면 면발이 더 맛있어진다고 하더라고. 
I heard that if you put the soup base in first, the noodles will taste better.

국물의 간이 면발에 잘 배서 그런가?

Is it because the soup's seasoning permeates well into the noodle?

그건 아니고 수프 때문에 물의 끓는점이 상승해서 더 높은 온도에서 끓으니까 면발이 쫄깃해지는 거래. 
It's not like that and It's because the boiling point of the water rises because of the soup base. As the water boils at a higher temperature, the noodles get chewy.

그럼 나처럼 약간 퍼진 면발을 좋아하는 경우에는 면부터 넣으면 되겠구나. 
Then if someone likes little soggy noodles like me, he can put the noodles in first.

🍚Vocabulary List🍜

라면 - ramen

끓다 - boil

수프 - soup

넣다 - to put, place

또 - also, again

잊어버리다 - to completely forget

순서 - turn, order

중요하다 - to be important

면 - noodle

다 - all

똑같다 - to be the same

맛 - taste

아니다 - to not be

먼저 - first

면발 - noodle strips

더 - more

맛있어지다 - to become delicious

국물 - soup

간 - seasoning

잘 - well

배다 - permeate, soak into

점 - point

상승하다 - rise, increase

높다 - high

온도 - temperature

쫄깃하다 - chewy

약간 - a little

~거리다 (그런 상태가 계속됨) - suffix that means "continuously being in that state" and makes the word a verb.

중얼거리다 to mumble

투덜거리다 to grumble

까불거리다 to speak and act carelessly

깔깔거리다 to laugh loudly

반짝거리다 to sparkle

깜박거리다 to twinkle

방실거리다 to smile brightly and softly

출렁거리다 to be sloshing

흔들거리다 to be shaking

머뭇거리다 to hesitate

두리번거리다 to look around

끈적거리다 to be sticky

찐득거리다 to be gluey

허우적거리다 to flounder

꼬르륵거리다 to be growling (sound in the stomach to be made when one is hungry)

갸웃거리다 to tilt one's head

조잘거리다 to keep talking quickly with a small voice

끙끙거리다 to suffer from an anxiety

뒹굴거리다 to fool around

☆ grammar point : ~다면서요?

Used to confirm with another person over something (e.g. a plan or a rumour) heard previously from a third party or other source

Equivalent to I heard that ... / is it true that ...?

♡ verb examples

과거 : ~았/었다면서요? 먹다 → 먹었다면서요? - I heard that you ate? 결혼하다 → 작년에 마크 씨가 결혼했다면서요? - I heard Mark got married last year?

현재 : ~(느)ㄴ다면서요? 먹다 → 오늘에 학교 급식실에 먹는다면서요? - I heard that you are eating in the cafeteria today? 이사하다 → 주말에 새 집으로 이사한다면서요? - I heard that you’re moving into your new house this weekend?

미래 / 추측 : ~(으)ㄹ 거라면서요? 운동하다 → 나중에서 공원에서 운동할 거라면서요? - Is it true that you will work out in the park later?

♡ adjective examples

과거 : ~았/었다면서요? 춥다 → 어젯밤에 서울에 추웠다면서요? - I heard it was cold last night in Seoul? 아프다 → 지난주에 너무 아팠다면서요? - I heard you were very sick last week?

현재 : ~다면서요? 작다 → 재은씨의 기숙사 방은 작다면서요? - Is it true that Jaeeun’s dorm room is small? 비싸다 → 호주에는 생활비가 너무 비싸다면서요? - I heard that living costs are very high in Australia?

미래 / 추측 : ~(으)ㄹ 거라면서요? 많다 → 빵이 많을 거라면서요? - Is it true that there will be a lot of bread?

♡ 이다 examples

과거 : 였다면서요? / 이었다면서요? 시험이다 → 어제는 시험였다면서요? - I heard there was a test yesterday?

현재 : (이)라면서요? 생일이다 → 대니씨, 오늘은 생일이라면서요? - Danny, I heard that today is your birthday, right?

♡ extra notes

A. Directly saw / experienced something

Example 진씨가 기타를 잘 쳐요 (correct usage) - Jin plays guitar well 진씨가 기타를 잘 친다면서요? (incorrect usage)

B. Restate or reconfirm something said

Example a. 저 합격했어요! - I passed! b. A씨, 합격했다고요? (correct usage) - You passed? b. A씨, 합격했다면서요? (incorrect usage)

C. Casual form

Good Morning Everyone~~! Today I wanted to talk about:

TTMIK: My Daily Routine in Korean (매일 하는 동작을 한국어로)

I have used this book a lot when talking to my Korean friends (I’ve had it for two years now and it’s a little worn down - as you can see from the corners of the book). This book is extremely helpful in a number of ways.

1. NO ROMANIZATION!      ~ if you have been a follower of mine for a long time, you know that I absolutely despise romanization at any level higher than absolute-beginner-just-started-that-day. This book is considered in the intermediate level, but I don’t think there are concepts or any vocabulary that is too difficult to understand. 

2. Pictures This book not only gives you the vocabulary, but it also shows how it’s used. If you remember this ask, I talk about how it’s really important to associate words with their meaning rather than their translation (in terms of fluency and speaking more naturally). I think that it’s really important to understand a words context, as well as use, and this book does that perfectly!

3. Everything it covers!!      ~ When / If any of my followers plan on going to Korea, it’s really important to understand what you’re doing and how you can express that to someone else. This book has a wide range of daily activities (thirty-two (32) to be exact), which can help your fluency when talking to someone, writing in your Korean diary, or even speaking to yourself. 

4. The Index      ~ Now, if you’re like me, and you like to make sticky notes for everything, or flashcards to help you remember, the index will be your best friend. It is labelled neatly, goes over ALL the vocabulary you learned in the book, and is easy to follow. When looking through the index, it can help you memorize the vocabulary if you take a sheet of paper and cover the translation.

I seriously recommend this book to anyone who wants to strengthen their Korean and know their Korean daily activities! It’s only $14USD ($18CAD //  £11 // ₩16444) and is a really REALLY good investment.

My only con? You can’t hear the sentences in a conversation - which is fine! This can help improve your reading, writing, and understanding. I hope to make a video on the vocabulary in the future.

Sorry it’s not a lesson, but I’ve been obsessed with this book recently and thought I could share. Hope it helped! Happy Learning :)

I first came across these books on the Talk To Me In Korean online store while searching for reading recommendations. I thought the pictures were so cute and loved that they were written completely in Korean so I decided to buy them!

They’re great resources for every day Korean vocabulary and prefect for reading practice. They’re fairly simple and straight forward. Each word has a short description in the top right corner and multiple example sentences that give situations corresponding to the main expression.

1. 아홉 살 마음 사전 (A 9-Year-Old's Dictionary Of Feelings)

2. 아홉 살 느낌 사전 (A 9-Year-Old's Dictionary Of Experiences)

Both of these books are available for purchase individually or as a set on TTMIK’s online store.

I personally bought mine in Korea at a store called Kyobo Book Center 교보문고 in Jamsil 잠실점. They were much cheaper at Kyobo than on the TTMIK store. I highly recommend anyone living in or visiting Korea to purchase them at Kyobo. There are multiple Kyobo locations around Korea and also an online store.

There are two more books in the series that aren’t offered on TTMIK yet but maybe they’ll be available in the future.

Here are some videos explaining a few of the books from the series (Some Korean speaking videos for listening practice👍🏻):