Hello Korea : Learn Korean

How to Learn Korean
This guide has everything language learners like you need for learning Korean. In each section, we provide lessons on reading, writing, speaking, vocabulary, and pronunciation that you can study Korean. It will help if you follow the lessons in this language-learning guide in order. However, if you already started learning Korean, feel free to skip any parts of the online lessons that you already know.

Learn Korean Online
In each section of this guide, we provide online lessons on the main topics of the language. We also include related lessons you may want to study which are also useful for your Korean learning.

First, do the primary lessons. Once you are comfortable with the main lessons, you may want to consider studying the related lessons. The related lessons will be helpful but are not necessary to move on to the next section.

Best way to learn Korean
The best way to learn Korean is to do a bit each day. For example, it’s much better to study for 20 minutes a day than to study once a week for 2 hours. Find a pace that’s comfortable for you, and make sure you’re having fun with it!
This is an elementary-level Korean language course, consisting of 5 lessons with 4 units, and covers 4 skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The main topics include basic expressions used in everyday life, such as greetings, introducing yourself, talking about your family and a daily life and so on. Each lesson covers dialogues, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, quizzes and role-plays.

Hear Korean Survival Phrases
The Korean language lesson offered here is an excerpt from Transparent Language's Korean software program. The Basic Korean Phrases and the Korean Phrases for Meeting and Greeting will lead you to the Korean Dialog at the end, which shows how these survival phrases are used in conversational Korean. Single click on the phrase to hear the Korean pronunciation spoken by a native Korean speaker. Take advantage of this Korean language resource as you learn to speak Korean!

A note on transliterated Korean phrases:

The Korean phrases on this pages are shown in transliterated text, using English letters, so that people who are beginning to speak Korean can focus on the Korean pronunciation.

Basic Korean Phrases
neh. Yes.

ah-nee-oh. No.

jwe-song-ha-ji-mahn. Please.

gahm-sah-hahm-ni-da. Thank you.

chon-mahn-eh-yo. You're welcome.

sil-le-hahm-ni-da. Excuse me.

ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo. Good morning.

ahn-nyong-hee ga-se-yo. Good-bye.

Korean Phrases for Meeting and Greeting
yong-o-rul hahl-jool asim-ni-ka? Do you speak English?

jeo-nun han-kook-o-rul jo-gum-bah-ke mo-tahm-ni-da. I only speak a little Korean.

song-ha-mi o-teo-ke dwe-si-ji-yo? What is your name?

je-i-rum-eun Mee-Young im-ni-da. My name is Mee-Young.

ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo? How are you?

neh jal-i-soum-ni-da. I'm fine, thank you..

gahm-se-hahm-ni-da. I'm fine, thank you.

mahn-na-bwep-ge dwe-o-seo bahn-gahp-soum-ni-da. I am very glad to meet you.

jal mo-dara dut-ge-soum-ni-da. I don't understand.

mo-ra-go greo-shut-ji-yo? What did you say?

jom-chon-chon-hee mahl-soum-hae joo-se-yo? Can you speak more slowly?

choong-boon-hee i-hae-hah-go i-soum-ni-da. I understand perfectly.

Korean Dialog
Young-Sook:

ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo!
Hello!

yong-o-rul hahl-jool a-se-yo?
Do you speak English?

Store Clerk

jwe-song-hahm-nida.
I'm sorry.

yong-o-rul hahl-jool mo-rum-nida.
I do not speak English.

Young-Sook:

jo-do han-koo-go-rul jo-gum-ba-ke motam-nida.
Unfortunately, I only speak a little Korean.

Store Clerk:

gewn-chan-soum-nida.
That's all right.

i-hae-hahm-nida.
I understand you.

Korean Lessons
Follow the Korean lessons below and work on making consistent progress with the language.