Level 1- Lesson 1

안녕하세요= Hello/Hi/Good afternoon/Good evening

When somebody greets you w 안녕하세요, you can greet the person back w 안녕하세요.
감사합니다 means Thank you.

Level 1- Lesson 2
In Korean, yes is 네 and no is 아니요 in polite language. For example, someone asks you “you don’t
like coffee?” 커피 안 종아 해요? And if your answer is “No, I don’t like coffee” you have to say 네
커피 좋아해요? = Do you like coffee?
네. 좋아해요. = Yes, I like coffee.
커피 좋아해요? = Do you like coffee?
아니요. 안 좋아해요. = No, I don’t like coffee.
커피 안 좋아해요? = You don’t like coffee?
아니요. 좋아해요. = Yes, I like coffee.
커피 안 좋아해요? = You don’t like coffee?
네. 안 좋아해요= No, I don’t like coffee.

맞아요
This is in order to express more strongly and clearly that you are saying “You’re right.” rather than
sounding like you are just passively listening, while nodding.

Level 1- Lesson 3
In Korean, when you say Good-bye there are two type of expressions that have the word 안녕 in
them:
One is when you are the one who is leaving.
And the other is when you are the one who is staying.

IF YOU ARE LEAVING, and the other person is staying, you can say:
안녕히 계세요 -> Stay in peace
But, if YOU ARE STAYING and the other person is leaving, you can say:
안녕히 가세요 -> Go in peace

Level 1- Lesson 4
In Korean, if you want to say “I’m sorry” or “I apologize”, you can say:
죄송합니다
But this expression is NOT ALWAYS “I’m sorry”
Even though 죄송합니다 is BASICALLY “I’m sorry”, you can’t use 죄송합니다 when you want to
say “I am sorry to hear that.”
This is because you are not apologizing in this case.

Knowing this, you can use:

 저기요-> Excuse me
You can use it for:
 When you want to get someone’s attention and talk to them or let them know something
 When you want to call the waiter in a restaurant or a cafe to order something

Other words
잠시만요 -> “Just a second.”
죄송합니다 -> “I am sorry.”
잠깐만요 -> “Just a second.”

Level 1- Lesson 5
이에요/예요-> Verb to be
When there’s a final consonant, the phrase form is: Fc + 이에요
When there’s NOT a final consonant, the phrase form is: Fc + 예요

Sample sentences
물이 에요. = 물 + 이에요 (It’s) water.
가방이에요. = 가방 + 이에요 (It’s) a bag.
사무실이 에요. = 사무실 + 이에요 (It’s) an office.
학교예요. = 학교 + 예요 (It’s) a school.
저 예요. = 저 + 예요 (It’s) me.

뭐 = what
뭐 예요? = What is it? What’s that?

Level 1- Lesson 6
이거 -> This one
이거 is a combination of 이 [This] and 것 [thing], but is often used as 이거 for ease pronunciation.

Sample sentences
이거 책이에요-> This is a book
이거 카메라 이에요 -> This is a camera
이거 커피예요 -> This is a coffee
이거 사진이에요-> This is a dictionary

이거 뭐에요? -> What is this?

이거 뭐에요? -> What is this?
이거 핸드폰이에요 -> This is a cellphone
이거 뭐에요 -> What is this?
이거 물이에요 -> This is water

이거 커피예요? -> This is coffee?

아니, 물이에요-> No. this is water

이거 커피예요? -> This is coffee?

네. 맞아요, 이거 커피예요 -> Yes, that’s right, this is coffee

Level 1- Lesson 7
이 -> This (near to you)
그 -> The/that (near to the other person)
저 -> That (over there)

이 -> 이거
그 -> 그거
저 -> 저거

Examples
사람 = Person
이 사람 -> This person
그 사람 -> The person/That person
저 사람 -> That person

Level 1- Lesson 8
아니에요 -> To be not, it is not, you are not.
Whenever you want to say that something is not something, you can say a subject and 아니에요.

NOUN + 아니에요 = TO BE NOT + NOUN

저 아니에요 -> It’s not me

우유 아니에요 -> It’s not milk
물 아니에요 -> It’s not water

This is not milk = 이거 우유 아니에요

I’m not a student= 저거 학생 아니에요
That’s not liquor = 저거 술아니에요
That’s not a cat = 그거 고양이 아니에요

Level 1- Lesson 9
Topic marking particles:

은/는
The main role of topic marking particles is letting the other people know what you are talking about
or going to talk about, and topic marking particles are attached after nouns.
Words ending with a last consonant + -은
Words ending with a vowel + -는

Examples
가방 -> 가방은
나 -> 나는

저 -> I
저는
저는 학생이에요-> I’m a student
Here, the word 저 (I) is both the topic of the sentence (talking about “I” here) and the subject of the
sentence (“I” is the subject, and “am” is the verb.”)

But the uniqueness of the Korean language can be found in the following sample sentence.
내일은 저는 일해요 = “As for tomorrow, I work.”
Here, 내일, tomorrow, is followed by 은, is a topic, but not the subject of the verb 일하다, “to work”
because it is not “tomorrow” that works but “I” that work.

Subject marking particles

 이/가
The role of subject marking particles is relatively simple compared to that of role of topic mark-
ing particles.
Words ending with a last consonant + -이
Words ending with a vowel + -가

Examples
가방 -> 가방이
학교 -> 학교가

So, basically,
topic marking particles (은/는) express what the topic of the sentence is,
and subject marking particles (이/가) show what the subject of the sentence is, but that’s not
everything.

In addition to marking topics, 은/는 has the nuance of “about” something, “as for” something, or even
“unlike other things” or “different from other things.” For example:
이거 사과예요 -> This is an apple
이거는 사과예요-> (The other things are not apples but, THIS is an apple)
이거는 물 이에요
이거는 오렌지 주스예요
이거는 뭐에요?

1) 오늘 날씨 좋네요-> The weather’s good today.

2) 오늘은 날씨 좋네요-> (The weather hasn’t been so good lately, but TODAY, it’s good.)
3) 오늘 날씨는 좋네요 -> (Today, not necessarily everything else too, but at least the weather is
good.)

In addition to marking subjects, 이/가 has the nuance of “none other than” “nothing but” and also,
when used inside a complex sentence, the role of marking the subject without emphasizing it too
much. For example:

좋아요= it’s good

뭐= what
이/가= Subject marking particles

Imagine somebody said “좋아요”, but you want to ask what is Good, you can ask:
뭐가 좋아요?
Here, the Word 가 emphasize what the subject od the verb is

If one says,
ABC 좋아요, and if you desagree and you think XYZ is better you can say:
ABC 좋아요? XYz 가 좋아요!

Level 1- Lesson 10
있어요-> Comes from 있다, and it basically expresses that something exists.
If you’re talking about someone or something existing in a specific place, it means “to be”
I am here/Its over there/ I am at home now.

If you are talking about something or someone in your possession it means “to have”
I have a sister/I have eleven dogs/Do you have a private airplane?

없어요-> Comes from 없다, means the opposite, sth taht doesn’t exist.
Examples
물 있어요 = There is water. / Water exists. / I have water. / They have water.
물 있어요? = Is there water? / Do you have water? / Do they have water?
친구 있어요 = I have friends. / I have a friend. / There are friends.
친구 있어요? = Do you have friends? / Do they have friends?
시간 있어요 = There is time. / I have time. / They have time.
시간 있어요? = Is there time? / Do you have time? / Do they have time?

시간 없어요 = There is no time. / I don’t have time. / We don’t have time

친구 없어요 = I don’t have friends.

시간은 없어요-> I have other things but just TIME is not what I have.
And if somebody asks you what is that you don’t have, you can say:
시간이 없어요

재미-> Fun
재미 + 있어요 = 재미있어요 literally means “fun exists” but it means “to be interesting”

Level 1- Lesson 11
주세요-> Please give me, I’d like to have… please
can be used in many different situations: when you ask someone to hand something over to you, when
you are ordering something in a restaurant, when are asking for an item in a shop, or, when attached
to a verb (which we will learn how to do in a later lesson) , to ask someone to do something for you.

Examples
사과 있어요? = Do yo have apples?
네. 사과 있어요 = Yes, we have apples
사과 주세요 = Give me (an/some) apple(s).

아이스크림 주세요
햄버거 주세요
김치 주세요
 불고기 주세요
밥 주세요

Level 1- Lesson 12
맛-> Taste
맛있어요-> It’s tasty/Delicious
이거 맛있어요-> This is Delicious
저 케익 맛있어요-> That cake is Delicious
뭐가 맛있어요? -> What’s Delicious?

맛없어요 = It’s not tasty. It’s not delicious. It tastes awful.

이거 맛없어요? = Does this taste awful?
이 차 맛없어요 = This tea tastes awful

잘 먹겠습니다-> “I’ll eat well”

Koreans use it when they’re about to start eating.

잘 먹었습니다-> ”I have eaten well”/”Thank you for the meal”.

Level 1- Lesson 13
To thank for the meal in general.

-고 싶어요-> I want to
Frequently used Korean verbs:
가다-> To go
보다-> To see
먹다-> To eat

You have to drop the 다 and add 고 싶어요

To go= 가다 -> 가 + -고 싶어요

가고 싶어요 -> I want to go

To see= 보다 -> 보 + -고 싶어요

보고 싶어요 -> I want to see

To eat= 먹다 -> 먹 + -고 싶어요

먹고 싶어요 -> I want to eat

Sample conversation

뭐 먹고 싶어요? -> What do you want to eat?

햄버거 먹어 싶어요 -> I wanna eat hamburger
 더 means “more” in Korean
더 먹어 싶어요 -> I want to eat more

Level 1- Lesson 14
More verbs:
하다 -> To do
사다 -> To buy
마시다 -> To drink

하고 싶어요-> I want to do
사고 싶어요-> I want to buy
마시고 싶어요-> I want to drink

A: 이거 사고 싶어요 = I want to buy this.

B: 이거요? = This one?
A: 네. 이거 먹고 싶어요 = Yeah. I want to eat this
B: 이거 뭐예요? = What is this?
A: 이거 김밥이에요 = This is gimbap

읽다 -> To read
자다-> To sleep
늘다 -> To hang out, to play
쉬다 -> To rest
일하다 -> To work

Level 1- Lesson 15
Sino Koran numbers
일 -> 1
이 -> 2
심 -> 3
사 -> 4
오 -> 5
육-> 6
칠 -> 7
팔 -> 8
구-> 9
십 -> 10
백 -> 100
천 -> 1000

Level 1- Lesson 16
 Present tense

In order to conjugate a verb into the present tense you have to take the verb stem and add one of these
endings:
아요 어요 여요
If the verb stem’s last vowel is 아 or 오 its follows by 아요
If the verb stem’s last vowel is NOT 아 or 오, it is followed by 어요
And the only stem which is 하, is followed by 여요

Examples

가다 -> Verb stem 가, last vowel is ㅏ so you add 아요

It first becomes 가 + 아요 but naturally, it becomes:
가요-> I go, she goes, he goes, it goes

먹다-> The verb stem is 먹, and its last vowel is ㅓ, so you add 어요
So it becomes 먹 + 어요:
먹어요-> I eat, you eat, she eats, he eats, it eats

보다->
Verb stem 보
Followed by 아요
It becomes 봐요

보이다-> To be seen to be visible

Verb stem: 보이
Followed by: 어요
So it becomes: 보여요

하다-> To do
Verb stem: 하
Followed by: 여요
So it becomes: 해요

Level 1- Lesson 17
Past tense
Is similar to present tense but here, the endings are:
았어요 었어요 였어요
Verb stems ending with vowels ㅗ or ㅏ are followed by 았어요.
Verb stems ending with vowels other than ㅗ or ㅏ are followed by 었어요.
Verb stem 하 is followed by 였어요.
 Examples

사다 = to buy
Verb stem = 사
Past tense = 사 + 았어요 = 샀어요= I bought / you bought / she bought / he bought / they bought /
etc.

오다 = to come
Verb stem = 오
Past tense = 오 + 았어요 = 왔어요 = I came / you came / he came / they came / she came / we
came / etc.

적다 = to write down
Verb stem = 적
Past tense = 적 + 었어요 = 적었어요 = I wrote / you wrote / he wrote / she wrote / they wrote / we
wrote / etc.

하다 = to do
Verb stem = 하
Past tense = 하 + 였어요 = 했어요 = I did / you did / he did / they did / etc.

멋있다 = to be cool, to be awesome

Verb stem = 멋있
Past Tense: 멋있었어요

Level 1- Lesson 18
어디 = where, which place
어디 가고 싶어요? = Where do you want to go?
There are many location marking particles in Korean, but let us look at the two most basic particles,
에 and 에서.

에 = at, to
Examples

Let’s say “I went to school.” in Korean.

I went = 가 + 았어요 = 갔어요
school = 학교
to = 에
I went to school. = 학교에 갔어요
Let’s say “I came to Korea.” in Korean.
I came = 오 + 았어요 = 왔어요
Korea = 한국
to = 에
I came to Korea. = 한국에 왔어요

Where do you want to go? = 어디에 가고 싶어요?

 Where are you? = 어디에 있어요?
Where are you now? = 지금 어디에 있어요?
어디에 있어요 지금?

에서 = at, in, from

에서 expresses:
1. a location where an action is taking place (ex. I studied in the library. / I met my friends in Seoul.)
2. the meaning of “from” a place (ex. I came from Seoul. / This package came from Spain.)

에 expresses a location where something “is” or “exists” or a direction that you are going toward, for
example:
집에 있어요. = I am at home.
집에 가요. = I’m going home.

에서 expresses a location where some action is taking place, for example:

집에서 일해요. = I work at home.
집에서 뭐 해요? = What are you doing at home?

Level 1- Lesson 19
언제 = when
(This Word doesn’t need any particle, it can be used by its own)

Examples:

“When did you do (it)?”

when = 언제
you did (it) =했어요
did you do (it)? = 했어요?
When did you do it? = 언제 했어요?
“When did you arrive?”
to arrive = 도착하다
you arrived = 도착했어요
did you arrive? = 도착했어요?
When did you arrive? = 언제 도착했어요?

“When did you come?”

to come = 오다
you came = 왔어요
did you come? = 왔어요?
When did you come? = 언제 왔어요?

“When do you get up?”

to get up = 일어나다
you get up = 일어나요
do you get up? = 일어나요?
 When do you get up? = 언제 일어나요?

USEFUL WORDS
오늘= today
어제= yesterday
내일= tomorrow
지금= now
아까= earlier (today), a while ago (today)
나중에= later

Level 1- Lesson 20
1. When you tell the time, you have to use native Korean numbers to say the hour and sino-Korean
numbers to say the minute.
2. When you say your age in everyday conversations, you use native Korean numbers, but in some
very formal settings like in the court of law or in a formal report, sino-Korean numbers are used
to express your age.
3. When you are counting years, you can use either sino-Korean numbers or native Korean
numbers, but the words that you use for counting the years change depending on whether you use
sino-Korean numbers and native Korean numbers.

Native Korean numbers:

하나 [1]
둘 [2]
셋 [3]
넷 [4]
다섯 [5]
여섯 [6]
일곱 [7]
여덟 [8]
아홉 [9]
열 [10]

열 (10) + 하나 (1) = 열하나 (11)

열 (10) + 아홉 (9) = 열아홉 (19)

20 -> 스물
30 -> 서른
40 -> 마흔
50 -> 쉰
60 -> 예순
70 -> 일흔
80 -> 여든
90 -> 아흔
100 -> 백

101 -> 백 + 하나
205 -> 이 + 백 + 다섯
 When you want to say your age in Korean you have to add 살, but there are some kind of exceptions:
하나 -> 한
둘 -> 두
셋 -> 세
넷 -> 네
스물 -> 스무

Examples:

한 살 -> One year old

열다섯 살 -> 15 years old
마흔 살 -> 40 years old
백 살 -> 100 years old

한 살이에요-> Im one year old

열 살이에요 -> I’m ten years old
스무 살이에요 -> I’m twenty years old
서른 살이에요 -> I am thirty years old

Level 1- Lesson 21
If you want to make negative sentences in Korean you have two options:
1. Adding 안 before a verb
2. Using the negative verb ending 지 않다
Examples using 안
집에 가요 -> I go home
집에 안가요 -> I’m NOT going home

그거 버렸어요 -> I threw it away

그거 안 버렸어요 -> I didn’t throw it away
그거 아직 안 버렸어요 -> I didn’t throw it away yet

Examples using 지 않다
지 않다 is the basic form, so you’ll need to conjugate it according to the tense
Present tense -> 지
않아요
Past tense -> 지 않았어요

가지 않다 -> To not go
가지 않아요 -> I DON’T go
가지 않았어요 -> I DIDN’T go

버리지 않다 -> To not throw away

버리지 않아요 -> I DON’T throw it away
버리지 않았어요 -> I DIDN’T throw it away
 Dialogues
A: 아파요?
B: 안아파요
A: 안아파요? 진짜 안아파요?
B: 안아파요

A: 안 먹어요?
B: 안 먹어요!
A: 정말 안 먹어요? 맛있어요
B: 안 먹어요. 배 안고파요

A: 이거 매워요?
B: 아니요. 안 매워요
A: 진짜 안 매워요?
B: 네. 안 매워요

Level 1- Lesson 22
하다 -> To do
해요 -> Present tense
했어요 -> Past tense
Many of the Korean nouns that indicate or describe some action or behavior can be combined with
하다, and they become verbs

Examples
공부 -> Studying
공부하다 -> To study
공부해요/ 공부 했어요

일 -> Work/ job

일하다 -> To work
일해요/ 일했어요

기억 -> Memory
기억하다 -> To remember
기억해요/ 기억했어요

청소 -> Cleaning
청소하다 -> To clean
청소해요 /청소했어요

요리 -> Cooking/ dish

요리하다 -> To cook
요리해요/ 요리했어요

이사 -> Moving
이사하다 -> To move into a DIFFERENT HOUSE
 이사해요/ 이사했어요

노래-> Song
노래하다-> To sing
노래 해요/ 노래했어요

노력 -> Effort
노력하다 -> To make an effort
노력해요 /노력했어요

동의 -> Agreement
동의하다 -> To agree
동회해요/ 동의했어요

인정 -> Admitting/ acknowledgment

인정하다 -> To admit
인정했어요/ 인정해요

후회 -> Regret
후회하다 -> To regret
후회해요/ 후회했어요

운동 -> Exercise
운동하다 -> To exercise, to work out
운동해요/ 운동 했어요

사랑 -> Love
사랑하다 -> To love
사랑해요 /사랑했어요

말 -> Words, language

말하다 -> To speak
말해요 / 말했어요

생각 -> Thought, idea

생각하다 -> To think
생각해요/ 생각했어요

if you want to make negative sentences using these verbs you have to add the 안 between the noun
and 하다, for example:
생각하다 -> 생각 안하다
노력하다 -> 노력 안하다

Level 1- Lesson 23
누구세요? -> When sb is knocking at the Door
요부세요 -> To answer a call
 누구 -> Who
When you want to emphasize you need to add 가
누구 + 가 -> 누구가 -> 누가
This is only when you are emphasizing “who” as the subject of an action or state

Examples
“It is who” -> 누구예요?
(Among these people, none other than) Who is Jane? -> 누가 제인이에요?
“Who did it?” -> 누가 했어요?

누가 전화했어요? -> Who called?

이거 누구예요? -> Who is this?
어제 누구 왔어요? -> Who came yesterday?
그거 누가 만들었어요? -> Who made that?
누가 샀어요? -> Who bought it?

Level 1- Lesson 24
어떻게 -> How
왜 -> Why
얼마 -> How much MONEY
얼마나 -> How + adjective / adverb
Examples
어떻게 찾았어요? -> How did you find it?
어떻게 왔어요? -> How did you get here
왜 전화했어요? -> Why did you call?
왜 안 왔어요? -> Why didnt you come?
얼마예요? -> How much is it?
얼마나 자주 와요? ->How much did you pay?
자주 -> often
얼마나 커요? -> How big is it?
Big = 크다
얼마나 무거워요? -> How heavy is it?
To be heavy = 무겁다

Level 1- Lesson 25
에서/부터 -> Both means “from”
에서 -> is more associated with places
부터 -> is more associated with time
Literally means “Starting from”
까지 -> Means “to” or “until”
Examples

From Seoul = 서울에서

서울부터 = “starting from Seoul”

From now = 지금부터

From (or Since) yesterday = 어제부터
(From somewhere else) to Seoul = 서울까지
Until now = 지금까지

From here to there

= 여기에서 저기까지
= 여기부터 저기까지

From morning until evening = 아침부터 저녁까지

From Seoul to Busan = 서울에서/부터 부산까지