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Courses

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Three to start with, in this order. The Hangul course teaches you to read the alphabet, which takes days rather than months. The daily lessons teach you to say things. The sound changes course explains why spoken Korean does not always sound like its spelling. Everything else on the site, the charts, the reviews, the games, is free practice around them.

Open right now: the whole Hangul course, days 1 to 30 of the daily lessons and days 1 to 3 of the sound changes course, plus the Hangul chart, all 559 words, the grammar reference, the guides, the review deck and the printables. Nothing is for sale.

40 letters
Available nowBeginner
Hangul · read Korean in 10 days

Start here if you cannot read Korean yet. All 40 letters, four or five a day, each with its sound, a memory hook drawn from the letter's own design, stroke order and two goes at writing it. Then two days on reading whole words. Hangul was designed to be learned quickly, and it is.

10 days, all writtenAbout 15 minutes eachFree, every dayWriting practice included
Not started · begin with Day 1
90 days
Available nowBeginner
Daily lessons · everyday Korean

One short lesson a day covering the phrases you would actually use: hello and thank you, your name, ordering food, prices, directions and plans. Each day explains why the Korean works the way it does, then quizzes you.

30 of 90 days writtenAbout 10 minutes eachDays 1 to 30 open nowWriting practice included
Not started · begin with Day 1
10 days
Available nowBeginner
Sound changes · why 한국말 is said hangungmal

For anyone who can read Hangul and still cannot follow it spoken. Korean spelling shows what a word is made of, and the sounds change where the blocks meet. Ten days, one family of changes each, every one shown as the spelling beside what is actually said.

10 days, all writtenAbout 12 minutes eachAfter the Hangul courseDays 1 to 3 open now
Not started · begin with Day 1
Two systems
In developmentBeginner
Korean numbers

Korean counts in two systems at once, one borrowed from Chinese and one native, and uses both in the same sentence to tell the time. A course of its own on money, time, dates, ages and counters. Days 8 to 10 and 18 of the daily course cover the basics now.

PlannedDaily course covers the basics
Speech levels
In developmentIntermediate
Speech levels and Korean for work

When to say 해요, when to say 합니다 and when you can drop to 반말, plus the honorific words that change for respect, the phone, email and meetings. Every phrase shown at three levels side by side.

PlannedFollows the daily course
Listening
In developmentIntermediate
Korean for K-dramas

Drama speech is fast, casual and full of 반말 and set phrases. A listening course on what you hear, what it means and which parts are safe to copy. Written for the lesson, with no scenes quoted.

PlannedThe drama guide is live
Exam prep
In developmentIntermediate
TOPIK I exam course

A track aimed squarely at TOPIK I: the question types, timed reading and the listening practice most self-taught learners neglect. The TOPIK guide is already live if you want the background now.

PlannedFollows the daily course

Between lessons

Two things run alongside whichever course you pick. The review deck schedules every word you have met so it comes back just before you would forget it. The word games play the vocabulary from the daily lessons: choose how far you have got and you get a speed round, flashcards and a match game built from exactly those words.