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Korean for real situations.
Each guide gives you the handful of sentences that carry the whole situation, with pronunciation and the cultural notes that keep you from sounding off.
Korean for restaurants
Everything from the door to the bill: getting a table, calling someone over, ordering, asking for more side dishes and p…
Korean at the convenience store
The 편의점 (pyeonuijeom), the convenience store, is the most useful shop in Korea. There is one on nearly every corner, mos…
Subway and directions in Korean
The Seoul subway is the easiest way round the city and its signs are in English as well as Korean, so this guide is for …
Korean for the hotel
Checking in, asking for things, reporting what is broken and checking out. Staff at large hotels in Seoul and Busan usua…
Korean for shopping and markets
From department stores to street stalls: asking the price, asking for another colour or size, trying things on, paying, …
Greetings and meetings in Korean
Saying hello, introducing yourself, meeting someone older or more senior, and saying goodbye. Korean has fewer greetings…
Korean for cafés
Cafés are everywhere in Korea, often several on one street, and ordering in one is a good first conversation to hold ent…
Korean for Korean barbecue
Korean barbecue is cooked at the table on a grill set into it, and the meal has its own order: choose the meat by the po…
Korean for the jjimjilbang
A 찜질방 (jjimjilbang) is a bathhouse and a place to spend the day: single-sex baths on one floor, and a shared area with h…
Korean for emergencies
The numbers first: 112 for the police, 119 for fire and ambulance, and 1330, the Korea Travel Hotline, which answers in …
Korean for K-drama fans
Dramas are where many learners first hear Korean, and they are full of short words that do a great deal of work: 오빠, 대박,…
Korean for K-pop fans
The vocabulary of K-pop fandom: the words for fans, releases and members, what happens at a concert, and how to write a …