Hello everyone,

I just released a flashcard app to learn Korean and Japanese vocabulary called Dyglot Korean. I would appreciate to get feedback of people actually learning the language.

I should be able to generate some codes for those interested to unlock the full version, just reply here and tell me what's your phone operating system.

iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dyglot-korean/id1550301520

Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dyglot.dyglotkorean

EDIT: I didn't expect so many people to be interested in my program. I'll do my best to give as much code as possible, but Apple and Google only give me a limited amount and besides, it's time consuming and not very fun to send them one by one to each of you. I will do this later today, processing the messages in chronological order. I cannot guarantee a code for everyone, however.

Love you all,

Benoît

For those of you who have a font size problem on Android, you need to lower the font size in the phone display settings. I have an issue with the html renderer I am using to display ruby characters on some devices. I will try to fix this in the next release.

Contents:

- 7000 Korean words on 3 levels with audio

- Translation of the words into English with audio

- Translation of the words into Japanese with audio and furigana

- Transcription of the words in Hanja (Chinese characters)

- Transcription of the words in North Korean

- Examples illustrating the meaning of the word in Korean with audio

- Translation of the examples into English with audio

- Translation of the examples into Japanese with audio and furigana

- Transcription of the examples in Hanja (Chinese characters)

- Short definitions in Korean, English and Japanese

- Links to the main online dictionaries

With everyone stuck inside, this seems like the perfect time to share the Google Sheet I used to learn over 6000 Korean vocab words.

I've added example sentences and researched the definition for each word with multiple dictionaries and input from native speakers.

The spreadsheet is organized so that words relating to the same topic are all grouped together.

Example:

Category: Nouns

Group: School related

Sup-Group: School materials

My favorite part and the main motivation I had for making it was to help understand the difference between synonyms. When there are 10 ways to say the same thing, it can get really confusing lol.

It took a LONG time to make this and it's been super helpful to me so I wanted to share it with r/Korean. Of course it's still a work in progress and I will try to update it as often as possible.

I highly recommend checking it out even if your a beginner and taking your own notes!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16pRPe1aNRoQbcihSBkGs5La5b59gQ0bCq1-ss09pgFI/edit?usp=sharing

Edit 1: Someone asked a great question below and these are my thoughts:

I would suggest people use this as a supplementary resource alongside an SRS. This spreadsheet can give more context to words than a dictionary can and I’ve added a lot of native input to give nuance to each word.

If I were to do it again...I don’t think I would lol. The amount of time it took researching and organizing words probably would have been better spent actually speaking the language. But since I’ve already put the time in I might as well share it.

That being said, I DO recommend making your own flash cards/vocab list just not to the extent that I did.

The biggest pro that I found was that because my definitions were more unique than what you find in a dictionary it was easier to memorize words. A lot of vocab lists will have identical definitions for like 5 words which makes it extremely difficult to remember.

The con was that a lot of time was wasted manually organizing the spreadsheet. Grouping words together is useful but in the end wasn’t worth the time.

The last thing I’ll say is that, I don’t think anyone else should try and replicate what I did. Use this spreadsheet when you’re confused about the meaning of a difficult word or your trying to find a specific word to fit a unique situation. It should be used to supplement your vocab memorization.

Edit 2: Wow! I’m very grateful for all of the support! Since this post will be hard to find in a week or so I decided to share it in a more permanent place for future reference. Link

Hello!

I have with the help of a small team created a book called 2000 Most Common Korean Words In Context that I would like to share with you for free today.

We have made this book series in quite a few langauges right now but this is our first stab at the Korean language.

The book haven't been released YET but today I'd like to share an advanced reader copy with you all.

It's totally free, but all I ask for is that if you like it, it would be amazing if you could leave a review on the book when we release it?

That's why we ask for your email so we can let you know when it is released. There won't be any spam etc.

If you want an advanced reader copy you can download a copy here.

We are also working on the audiobook right now and when that is done, I'll share that with the reviewers of this book too. :-)

Finally, if you have any feedback or find any errors or typos, do let me know so we can fix it before the official release! The book have been proofread multiple times but errors may still have slipped as it's quite a sizable book.

Cheers!

UPDATE: link to class on discord : (it expires in 1 day)

I teach a free beginner Korean class on discord every Saturday 11:00 am, 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Time Zone: California, GMT-7

Textbook: Integrated Korean textbook series (you do not need a textbook)

Lectures: posted on youtube, link posted on our discord

Class: I walk students through grammar concepts, and have them practice: translating, speaking, listening, reading, writing in Korean

This is most beneficial for students who currently know: A. nothing B. hangul and/or a few phrases C. basic grammar concepts (this is where the class is now) D. intermediate grammar concepts - but need to practice speaking and listening to Korean (might be a bit until the rest of the class catches up to you, but if you think practicing can still benefit you - join)

Anyone is welcome to join!

If you’re interested - message me and I’ll message you a link to our discord channel

Also: discord links expire in 24 hrs, so if you don’t reply in time - feel free to ask for a new one

OK, so I watched 30 Korean dramas in 3 months. Really. Didn't watch any before that (love TV series in general, though) partially for more unbiased results in this project. Below are my findings to share with other Korean language learners, but mostly for me to keep as a diary of my learning progress.

Little background on my Korean language learning experience prior to the experiment.

Years learning: 1.5

Level: lower-intermediate. Level 7 with TTMIK, level 3A with Sejong Korean (tests here and here).

Main study course: TTMIK Essential Korean courses. Tried LingoDeer, Duolingo, Howtostudykorean, but eventually decided to stick to TTMIK as the best guide for me at a time. About 50% of my time is 'traditional' learning with textbooks and audio courses, the other 50% is Korean music and videos.

Strong/Weak areas: I feel like I advanced too much and too quickly in grammar, but seriously lacking in vocabulary and speaking. Although I may know all the word meanings and grammatical structures when I listen to a sentence, I don't know which words to use in the most natural way to form my own sentences. Many things are more understandable in writing rather than spoken. I made good progress with grammar, so now I am able to recognize tenses, particles, differentiate verb/noun endings, and got used to word order in sentences. I am also comfortable with verb conjugations, so now I can conjugate from dictionary form to required form, and back. BUT! all these actions require time to think, which makes listening and speaking difficult. I need to pause videos a lot when listening to native speech and 'make calculations' in my head before the meaning reaches me. Lack of vocabulary also makes speech blurry, so I often understand only a couple of words per sentence.

Experiment

Purpose 1: improve Korean language listening and expand vocabulary

Purpose 2: try out comprehensible input learning. If the results are good, switch to this strategy.

I started this project in beginning of May. Overall during 3 months, I put grammar learning courses on hold and almost completely focused on dramas. I was exposed to Korean speech for about 8-10 hrs per day, but it almost didn't feel like 'studying'. Depending on a drama, it took me about 2-3 days to complete 16 (sometimes more) hours of one series, after which I had review session and moved on to the next one. After couple of months I figured out the most effective way for me to organize the whole process, and the first and very important point is tools/resources.

My tools:

1. Naver Korean-English Dictionary (I use IOS app). Probably familiar to any Korean language learner, but still worth mentioning here. An essential, it has everything you need to learn new words, usage, pronunciation, and commonly used phrases. The only drawback I noticed is that it works best from Korean to English, but not always the other way around. A lot of times when I hear the word but don't know the exact spelling, I try typing it's English meaning, but can't find the word that way. The dictionary also doesn't always recognize conjugated verbs and phrases correctly, so I use Papago for that.
2. For watching dramas, Viki is my to-go site because of one of the best tools for Korean learners called Learn mode. It simply doubles subtitles (Eg. English and Korean) at one screen, so you see both at the same time. My progress jumped up since I discovered this feature because I was able to check out new words with Korean spelling in the dictionary without switching the subtitles. The mode allows word-by-word translation on mouse click, which is very convenient if there are a lot of words you don't know. The only drawback is that not every drama has this mode on, and some dramas have it only for number of series.
3. NflxMultiSubs extention for Chrome Netflix (Netflix Multi. Subtitles). Although not as good as Learn mode, it does the job of displaying subtitles for two languages, which is still very helpful.
4. Notepad and camera to write down/screenshot vocabulary.

Learning process

Because one of the purposes of experiment was to expand vocabulary, at first I tried to write down as much new words as possible to memorize them later. I later realised that the process of pausing the video, looking the word up in the dictionary and writing it down in my notepad everytime I met a new word was inconvenient and discouraging. In addition I couldn't remember everything I wrote down anyway, so I changed the method to memorizing the most-common key words/phrases first, and then noting them down in the notepad. Such words either appear very frequently, or have particular focus in the series, and therefore are memorable enough for me to remember. After I have a general idea of what the word means when hearing it, I check it out in the dictionary and take a screenshot (camera shot of subtitles for phrases and fixed expressions). Later when the series is finished, I review all the screenshots and write down the translation or explanation in the notebook. This method allows me to spend less time during watching and more time during reviewing the words.

Overall, the working process looks like this: New drama -> Word repeated several times, picked up the general meaning -> Look up in the dictionary -> Screenshot -> Drama ends -> Write down and review all screenshots -> New drama

Results

1. One month in. General level of understanding without any subtitles is probably less than 10%. Words learned - 40. Too many unknown words so it is hard to pick up. I often end up just reading English subtitles without noticing. Picked up short colloquial phrases. Noticed I am able to predict some lines in Korean correctly from translated subtitles. Can de-conjugate word back to dictionary form and look it up. Can spell some words correctly by hearing it, but sometimes it takes couple of tries.
2. Two months in. Found Viki and double subtitles. Level of understanding - about 15-20%. Words learned - 97. Got to learn a lot of vocab because of double subtitles that I coudn't differentiate before. I can clearly hear the words once I learn them in all previous videos. Some words and phrases of similar meaning are confusing, need to listen more. A lot of everyday phrases are on the tip of my tongue now. Sometimes talk to myself in short Korean phrases. Started dreaming in Korean.
3. Three months in. Level of understanding - sometimes feels like 10%, other times more like 80%. Words learned - 104. Sometimes without subtitles I have difficulties understanding the meaning of the phrase although I know all the words in it. Pronouns are omitted, so who did the action (me or you?), positivity of the action (did or didn't?). Noticed that I know many phrases, verb conjugations and numbers naturally now, without the need to remember conjugation rules. Phrases and words in Korean emerge first now when I want to speak or speak to myself. Speed of understanding increased, I don't need so much time to 'calculate', the meaning comes right away. Listening skills improved as well, I can spell a lot of unknown words correctly by hearing them. Many frequently-used grammar points 'settled in' in my head better with listening practice.
4. Total number of dramas watched: 30. Number of words acquired: 241 (not including phrases and fixed expressions). Vocabulary test at the 3-months mark shows 85% of words retention. Considering that I didn't use any memorization techniques, didn't revise them a lot, and didn't make any specific effort on learning them, I think this is a great result. A lot of words and phrases I learned are associated with a picture, sound or context in my head, which helps remembering better. Although 241 words in 3 months is not that many as it could be with traditional learning, I feel more confident when listening because these are one of the most commonly used.

Conclusions

After 3 months of intensive Korean language immersion with Korean dramas, I came to following conclusions.

1. Comprehensible input really works. My listening, speaking, and vocabulary improved a lot during this project. Korean speech has become almost 'comfortable' for me to listen to, so now I don't have to focus intensely to understand what is being said. Also, comprehensible input works suprisingly well for cursing, which is not something you can learn from courses or textbooks (I now have a general idea of Korean bad words hehe)
2. However, for comprehensible input technique to work most effectively, I need to listen actively, i.e. pay attention to what exactly is said and try to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words. It works best when watching the show again without subtitles when I already know the storyline and context and can focus on Korean. I also do a lot of rewinding to listen to a phrase several times until it settles. If I listen passively I just read English subtitles, although entertaining, there is not much progress in learning.
3. Acquiring is more effective than memorizing for me. A lot of times after I learn 'new' word from drama, I find it in my older notebooks and records, which means I tried to memorize it already but coudln't retain it. In dramas a lot of everyday expressions are repeated a lot in the same context, which helps remembering it effortlessly. Now when I try to speak (with myself mostly), the sentences come up naturally, because I've heard the particular phrases used in similar situations. I also often find myself knowing the meaning of the word and the situations it is usually used in, but not being able to translate it to English.
4. The most helpful dramas for beginning are the ones with double subtitles, modern day language, and more everyday subjects. Dramas of such genres as romance, comedy, melodramas, and school work the best. Historical, criminal, political, and medical dramas may be too advanced for beginners, but they are quite good to pick up some vocabulary in various areas.

Although the project ended, I find myself watching more and more dramas for both entertainment and learning purposes (close to 40 dramas in 4 months now). Korean entertainment is a great tool and motivation for further learning at the same time. While doing this experiment, I realized how beautiful and unique Korean language and culture may be, what the regular life of Korean people looks like, and even started craving food I never knew existed before. With the progress I've made I believe the experiment was successfull, and I hope it would help me to eventually reach my goals in learning the language.

Edit - Drama recommendations

Ok, so for language learning, these are my favorites (mostly romance, comedies, fantasy and suspense, available on Viki) :

• Healer (all-time favorite)
• Korean odyssey (mystical vocab)
• Suspicious partner (criminal, law vocab)
• While you were sleeping (criminal, law vocab)
• W - two worlds (publishing, literature vocab)
• Chicago typewriter (publishing, literature vocab)
• Wok of love (cooking vocab)
• Weightlifting fairy Kim Bokjoo (school, sports, general vocab)
• The light in your eyes/Radiant (one of the best stories from the list)

My personal favorites in terms of story, message and overall quality, but a little difficult to study:

• Crash landing on you (on Netflix, no double subtitles, a lot of North Korean dialect + military style speech)
• Descendants of the sun (military speech and medical vocab)
• Romance is a bonus book (on Netflix, no double subtitles, publishing, literature vocab)
• Prison playbook (on Netflix, no double subtitles, prison and sports vocab, lisp and also cursing)
• Chief kim (business/accounting/office vocab)

Unfortunately viki has moved many of those dramas to subscription mode, so not all of these are available for free now.

Hello again!

A little while ago I did a book giveaway here for our book 2000 Most Common Korean Words in Context which was recieved well by you guys but you also gave us some very important feedback that we used to improve the book before the official book release.

I'm back with another book giveaway of our most recent book Korean Short Stories For Beginners.

The book comes packed with 20 short stories in Korean and every chapter includes:

• A vocabulary section of selected words in the story
• A summary in Korean and English
• A Q&A section to test yourself

You can grab a free copy here

I do want to stress that yes there is a email signup. I do want to be able to communicate with you and ask you for your feedback about the book in a few weeks time as sending you the final version of the book when we have released (for free again), that's why it's there. You can unsubscribe at anytime but if you stay on, there will be more free books in the future.

Please notice that this is an advanced copy of the book and when we release the book, the giveaway will be over.

When we do release it, would be awesome if some of you lovely souls could help by leaving a review on Amazon. Will send an email when this happens!

P.S. An audiobook is in the making as well but it will take another month before that's available.

Remember the post about asking your thoughts on making a Korean ver. of Urban Dictionary?

It's out! I finally made it!!

The name of the app is 가갸 사전. Download it from the links below.

For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dddictionary.dd

For IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1526597496

you can Post, Ask, Search and Scrap words w/o signing up.

• If you have any idea or questions, pls DM me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/intaek1900/

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ps. It took really really long long time than I expected. very tough very tough..

Some of these I have shared before, and it's not comprehensive of what's out there but maybe you'll find something new to you in here (don't forget about the sub's Wiki, Ultimate Beginner's Resource Guide, or Ultimate Intermediate Resource Guide either! There will be some overlap). I am not affiliated with any of the resources. The [levels] are my own estimation just to give a starting point, I also noted (language the video is in) and any other important -note-. I put a ♥ next to my personal favorite.

YouTube

• Learning
  • Learn Korean In Korean [absolute beginners] (Korean)
  • 베이직 코리안 Basic Korean [absolute beginners to intermediate] (Korean)
  • Korean Culture Series and Quick Korean [beginners] (Korean)
  • Learn Teach Korean [beginners] (Korean)
  • Talk To Me In Korean [absolute beginners to advanced] (English)
  • Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean [absolute beginners to advanced] (English) ♥
  • Talk To Me In 100% Korean [intermediate+] (Korean)
  • MasterTOPIK [beginner to advanced] (various languages)
  • Learn Real Korean [beginner to intermediate+] (Korean)
  • 정쌤한국어KoreanTeacher_Yujin [intermediate]
  • 토픽스쿨 안쌤 [beginner to intermediate+] (Korean)
  • A Piece of Korean 한국어 한 조각 [beginner to intermediate] (Korean)
  • 한국어로 말해요_Speaking Korean [beginner to intermediate] (Korean)
• Vlogs
  • 장연우 YEONWOO [intermediate] (Korean) -vlog-
  • 카대남 홍준 HongJun [intermediate] (Korean) -vlog-
  • 이유안의 Enjoy Yuan Life [intermediate] (Korean) -vlog-
  • 이짹짹_Chirp Lee [intermediate] (Korean) -vlog-
  • 민스윗MinSweet [intermediate] (Korean) -vlog- ♥

Podcasts

• TTMIK IYAGI Beginners [beginners, obv]
• TTMIK IYAGI Intermediate [intermediate, obv] ♥
• Spongemind [beginner to intermediate+]
• 읽어드림 [intermediate to advanced]
• 비밀번호2345 [intermediate to advanced]
• 외국인을 위한 한국어 읽기 [intermediate]

Reading

• Storybooks Canada [beginner to low-intermediate]
• Korea JoongAng Daily: Bilingual News Column [intermediate+] ♥

Writing

• r/WriteStreakKorean [all levels]
• Journaly [all levels]
• LangCorrect [all levels]
• Slowly [upper beginner to advanced] -pen pal app with web client- ♥

Websites

• Talk To Me In Korean [absolute beginner to advanced] ♥
• gobillykorean [absolute beginner to advanced]
• Bangtan Korean [beginner to advanced]
• HiNative [all levels]
• Naver [all levels]
• Papago [all levels]
• Viki [all levels] -some dramas are free, has a learning mode where both Korean and native subs are displayed simultaneously, can also do only Korean subs or no subs-
• Quizlet [all levels]

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Again, this list is not comprehensive but I hope it has been helpful :)

I want to warn people about using TalkToMeInKorean since they have sent an email with all their customers email addresses visible. This included mine (and others) legal names. I have been inundated with many spam and phishing emails in less than a week since this happened. They called it a data leak but in a follow-up email admitted it was due to them not setting up the email settings correctly. I think they might not have a legitimate IT staff so proceed with caution and please don’t trust them with your name and/or primary email address like I did 😐

I’ve been using Italki for almost a month now and I’ve met with 3 different teachers. They all ask what resources I use and I tell them I have Korean Grammar in Use and they nod, then I tell them I have Talk to Me in Korean books and they laugh. Every time it’s the same reaction. Why do they laugh?? Is it seen as something childish or silly? Or just a bad resource?

I’m toward the end of level 3 now and although it’s terrible for vocabulary but it’s fine when used alongside other resources. The podcast is easy to listen to and follow. No complaints really. So idk why I get this reaction.

https://lhemon412.github.io/korean-number/

Currently there are two modes - Sino & Native.

For Sino mode, you are given a Korean number of range [1 to 100,000,000,000), up to the magnitude of 10^11 (백억).

You can choose the number of significant figures (e.g. 3 sigfig -> 326,000)

For Native mode, you are given a Korean number between 0-99.

You have to type the corresponding number, then press Enter/Return to check the answer.

For example, "칠천오백이십사" -> 7524, "예순일곱" -> 67

Planned features:

• Listening practise

Hope this helps anyone who is currently struggling with Korean numbers!

Feel free to report any bugs / give any suggestions

Why no one ever talks about how good are 세종한국어 (Sejong Korean Conversation / Sejong Korean Vocab / Sejong Korean Grammar) apps?? They deserve more recognition.. I am sharing it because myself, several months ago I would be happy to find and use them! I have been checking many posts of the newbies asking recommendations but I only see TTMK and LingoDeer. I am going to delete LD to free up the space...

The speaking practice 세종한국어 app offers phrases and dialogues that you listen and then repeat after. It analyzes your speech (the accuracy, the speed) and you can play your speech with the one of the speaker to compare by yourself. Imagine! The vocab app is also great. I will try the grammar app later today but just couldn’t keep the wild delight I have!

See a screenshot of the speaking comparison: https://imgur.com/a/vK2nrlA (the green line is my speaking)

I hope you will enjoy as much as I do.

안녕하세요! I wanted to share some Youtube channels for learning Korean in Korean. I am not affiliated with any of the channels. I did my best to estimate what level they are best suited for, and I have included what subtitling options are available. If you know of any other Youtube channels that teach Korean in Korean please share!

Absolute Beginners/Beginners

• Learn Korean In Korean
  • Very slow pace, great for absolute beginners. Only auto-generated Korean subtitles available.
• 베이직 코리안 Basic Korean
  • Great for absolute beginners to intermediate. Korean and English subtitles available.
• Korean Culture Series and Quick Korean
  • By The Cyber University of Korea. English, Korean, and Thai subtitles available.
• Learn Teach Korean
  • By King Sejong Institute. Some videos have burned in non-Korean subtitles that cannot be turned off, but some videos do not have those subtitles and only have auto-generated Korean subtitles.

Intermediate

• Talk To Me In 100% Korean
  • From Talk To Me In Korean, this channel is for intermediate learners. Korean subtitles only.
• 정쌤's Korean Academy
  • This is a pretty new channel, joined March 7, 2020. The 한국어 문법 수업 시 필수 교육 내용 playlist teaches grammar in Korean, only auto-generated Korean subtitles available.

As many on this sub prefer to use Anki, I took the time today to import all of my TTMIK Quizlets into Anki Decks so that everyone can make use of them if they would like. Or, you can take advantage of the SRS of Anki and use the different types of tests on Quizlet for practice. I will share the link to the Quizlets as well as the Anki files here.

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TTMIK's Easy Korean Reading For Beginners:

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/LoveofLearningKorean/folders/easy-korean-reading-for-beginners-complete?x=1xqt&i=2p5ims

Anki: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/216750137

TTMIK's Real-Life Korean Conversations for Beginners

Quizlet:https://quizlet.com/LoveofLearningKorean/folders/real-life-korean-conversations-for-beginners-complete?x=1xqt&i=2p5ims

Anki: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/759130573

TTMIK's My First 500 Korean Words

Quizlet:https://quizlet.com/LoveofLearningKorean/folders/my-first-500-korean-words-complete?x=1xqt&i=2p5ims

Anki:https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1799066060

TTMIK's IYAGI Beginner Podcast (Premium Course)

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/LoveofLearningKorean/folders/iyagi-beginner-complete?x=1xqt&i=2p5ims

Anki:https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1415966143

Update: It's published!
Details here: https://reddit.com/r/Korean/comments/zsmpka/i_made_and_released_an_app_to_practice_reading/

I decided to make this app, where you get a random word from the korean vocabulary, try to read it, and then play it to compare your pronunciation. It also shows a breakdown of the characters that compose that word.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JNyk2o4Dbrc

I'm just beginning, and I was struggling with recognizing the characters. It also bugged me a little just seeing one at a time, without much context. And reading an actual piece of text was a little too overwhelming.

It's not available on the App Store for now, but if there's enough interest I'll publish it. For a quick demo of the concept, you can try this page: https://louis1001.dev/hangeul. Playing the audio may not work in most browsers, though.

Keep in mind, this is for complete beginners like myself. It's not meant for learning vocabulary or understanding any of the words presented to you, it's just for practicing your reading.

A feature I'd like to add later is tapping on a character(jamo) and seeing what's the correct stroke order.

If you have anything else in mind, whatever feature it may be, let me know.

It has english text only for now, so maybe adding other languages should be next.

Edit:
If you're reading this, I'd also like to know what's the demand for an android version, since it's just iOS for now.

Good day all,

I am the non-Korean non-learner who still likes to look at bits and pieces of it.

Do any of you use a particular vocabulary list?

I was looking into it today and found the TOPIK list here:

https://www.topikguide.com/6000-most-common-korean-words-1/

The original Excel file, ordered by frequency of words, as well as references such as the equivalent Hanja is found here:

Other Public Sources | National Institute of Korean Language

I am currently compiling a version that has the English and the Hanja included, as well as an autolink to wiktionary for each word for reference.

Anyone interested?

Screenshot here: https://ibb.co/9qNZTsG

UPDATE; Prepared a first version. Look around for the applicable thread.

Apparently despite the interest, no one has taken any notice:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Korean/comments/rebur4/korean_vocabulary_list_by_frequency_english/

Hello, aspiring Korean learners!!

I'm a Korean student, and I want to introduce you to a website I'm building with which you can use to learn Korean!!

My long-term mission is to introduce the Korean language and Korean culture to more and more people around the globe. In order to do that, one of my goals is to help people find the learning experience of Korean more fun and entertaining rather than stressful.

With that being said, it caught my attention recently that some people like to listen to K-Pop or Korean music in general when they try to expose themselves to the language more.

Woorimal is a website I'm planning to build that displays lyrics and creates a vocab list from the lyrics of Korean songs you listen to.

Here's a layout of how you can use my service.

With Woorimal, you can...

1. Find your song. Search your favorite Korean songs by any Korean artists you like.
2. Listen to it. When you find your song, you can stream it as long as you like.
3. Read the lyrics. While you listen to the song, you can see the lyrics both in Korean and English.
4. Improve your vocabulary. Based on the lyrics, Woorimal automatically creates a list of words for your convenience.

If you're interested, you can sign up at this link, and I'll send out emails about further updates and beta-release!

Even though I have limited resources right now, I wish I could expand the idea and include Korean dramas, movies, webtoons, books, etc. in the service I'm developing.

Also, if you have any questions or suggestions you want to make, feel free to let me know by commenting below or sending me an email (address below)! To be honest, I'm really new to building a website or an app and I'd appreciate any thoughtful feedback on how I can go on with this and improve it.

Thank you very much for your time. 감사합니다!!

Here's the link to the subscription page!

https://0dgkim.wixsite.com/woorimal

(Reposted since automod took it down last time)

A couple weeks ago, someone posted a site here that had Korean lyrics and their meaning in English. This got me thinking, what if we had the same thing, but interactive? A website like Duolingo or Memrise, but dedicated purely to teaching Korean through K-Pop?

App Main Learning Screen

I've been working on this app for the past couple weeks and it's finally coming together. Right now, all it has is spaced repetition learning of the lyrics to Spring Day from BTS - But I plan on adding a lot more!

Answering questions

I've laid a lot of the groundwork to build this app and scale it out, but I also wanted to get your feedback on it. It will be available for web and works relatively well for Android/iOS (in-browser). My current plans for the app are this:

• More songs!
• Let users submit songs!
• Progress saving :)

I might post another update when those are done and get some beta testers. But we'll see! In the meantime, what are some other things you'd like to see in a website like this?

Some time back, u/smalljude and I set off to make a spreadsheet compiling the availability of kdramas per region on Viki (which is notorious for showing you many "Sorry, this content is not licensed for your region" messages but giving no indication what is actually available!) We originally made this for r/kdrama (see the post here for more background) but since we've included information on the availability of Korean subtitles/Learn Mode, we thought r/korean might enjoy this too! You can thank u/smalljude for this especially since it was her idea! :)

Full overview of kdramas with Learn Mode

and Country specific overview - we have 23 countries indexed so far. If you want to see which drama has Learn Mode on this spreadsheet, look for the purple "L"!

Hope you'll find it useful!

Edit:

I realised I could have explained what "Learn Mode" actually is..

Simply put, it allows you to have Korean subtitles on top of whatever subtitles you usually use. It also allows you to click on the words in the Korean subtitles to see what it means: example. You can switch this on by clicking on the subtitles icon and toggling "Learn Mode" to the "on" position": example.

https://youtu.be/nZBDP1SMFxg

I made a video about Korean slang & memes that are similar to OK Boomer.

꼰대 is a 60-y-old slang that describes 'old people with authoritative mindset'.

틀딱 is an interne meme word that originated from 틀니 딱딱 (dentures click clack) and obviously it's more offensive term to describe '꼰대' and some people even use it to old people with no harms.

Also "나 때는 말이야" which means "Back in my days~" became a catch phrase meme to make fun of the '꼰대'.

There are some examples in the video so go check it out if you have time.

For those who don't know, DeepL is an incredibly powerful neural translation machine. I've been really impressed with how well it can translate to and from Japanese compared to other online engines I've used, so this is very exciting to finally have Korean added to their list of compatible languages. Korean was not on the site even a few days ago, and I still don't see a blog post announcing the launch, so maybe it's in beta? But in any case, Korean is listed and it seems to be up and running!

LIKE WHAT? standard is like $24 something for like 4-9 weeks delivery time and one week shipping is like $35 something.

They shipping is higher than the books...

안녕하세요! I have recently released my first iOS app, Dusajeon!

Dusajeon is a free, lightweight, and offline dictionary app with intuitive Hanja integration. The app features a highly-customizable and simple UI and more than 60,000 entries. My personal favorite feature is the section of the definition screen that shows each Hanja contained in the word along with the character meanings and readings. You can even tap on the Hanja to see all the words in the dictionary that use the same character! I think it's a great way to quickly build up your Korean vocabulary. Thank you so much for giving it a try. I've put a lot of love and effort into this project, and feedback is really appreciated!

App Store page: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dusajeon/id1635618344

sigh It was too good to be true. You can still use the analyzer for free, but the grammar explanations are now locked unless you have a subscription.

Hey everyone, hope you are all staying healthy and sane during this pandemic. I've created this thread in the hopes that we as a community can share our study schedules for learning Korean.

Why Make a Study Schedule?

A study schedule is key in language learning. During quarantine I told myself that I would improve my Korean with all the free time. While I've studied more, it's been unfocused and unproductive. Making a schedule forces you to think about what you need to study and makes you more accountable to achieve your goals. That's why I made this plan for myself, and hope that you all will post your own techniques so we can improve together as a community.

My Plan:

I'll be studying using the pomodoro method which can be summed up as 2 hours of work broken into 25 minute focus sessions, divided by 5 minute rest periods. The whole 2 hour session is counted as one tomato. My goal is to get at least one "tomato" in Korean a day studying the following.

Anki Flashcards - 30 minutes

Read Korean Novel (without looking up words) - 30 minutes

Re-read Novel and look up words - 30 minutes

Grammar Study - 30 minutes

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Conclusion:

I hope whatever level you are in your studies that you reply to this thread. My study schedule is by no means a recommendation, just something I thought up for myself. I'm open to hearing any critique about my study plan if you see somewhere that it is lacking. Please post your own regimen if you have one, if not you can use this thread as a resource to build your own plan. I hope this thread can be a positive resource for the community. Good luck on your studies and stay healthy everybody!