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안 vs 지마 | How to say "don't" in Korean
안 & 지 마세요 are both translated as “don’t”. Yet they are quite different. Some of my students slip up and mistake them from time to time.
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2 hours ago4 min read


(으)ㄹ까요 vs (으)ㄹ래요
These 2 have a similar usage. Let’s discuss the different usages, differences, and compare examples!
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5 days ago2 min read
Korean Apologies: How & When to say sorry
You should use different words depending on the situation you’re in!
KSJ 쌤
Nov 102 min read


Korean Short Stories | Traveling to Paris
A Korean dialogue about life in Paris. I have broken down vocab and grammar from each line to help you study it.
KSJ 쌤
Nov 76 min read


Korean Foot Idioms | Body Part Idioms in Korean
In this lesson, I’ll introduce some useful Korean idioms that use “foot”.
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Nov 34 min read


5 Difficult Korean Tongue Twisters to Improve Your Pronunciation
Tongue twisters to help improve you pronunciation of Korean words
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Oct 292 min read


Korean Driving Vocab
15 key driving vocab words in Korean wit example sentences!
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Oct 273 min read


Korean Eye Idioms | Body Part Idioms in Korean
When you hear idioms like “발이 넓다” for example, you would translate it literally: "wide feet". But It has a totally different meaning..
KSJ 쌤
Oct 242 min read


Short Korean Story | University Deadlines
A Korean dialogue about university deadines. I also broke each line down to make it easier to understand.
KSJ 쌤
Oct 225 min read


Signs In Korean
You’ll see these signs all over Korea, so it’s very good to study their meanings!
KSJ 쌤
Oct 203 min read


How To Study Abroad in South Korea
I’m hosting a study abroad trip!
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Oct 162 min read


Double Your Korean Vocab | Compound Korean Words
안녕하세요 여러분! Welcome or welcome back to Koreanstudyjunkie. I’m Junie 쌤. Did you know there are a lot of words in Korean that combine to create bigger words? Today, I have compiled a list of the most common ones. Vocabulary List: 손목 – wrist (손 hand + 목 neck/wrist) 발목 – ankle (발 foot + 목 joint) 머리카락 – hair (머리 head + 카락 strand) 눈썹 – eyebrow (눈 eye + 썹 brow) 코끝 – tip of nose (코 nose + 끝 tip) 입술 – lips (입 mouth + 술 lip) 물고기 – fish (물 water + 고기 meat) 장갑 – gloves (장 arm + 갑
KSJ 쌤
Sep 183 min read
10 Tourist-related Vocabulary Words | Survival Korean
In this lesson, you’ll learn 15 words you must know if you’re planningt travel t Kore.
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Sep 112 min read


Don’t say 안 많아요 | How to say “not much, not many, a few” in Korean
Did you know it’s actually quite awkward and unnatural to use 안 많아요 most of the time? Here are 3 alternatives that you should use instead.
KSJ 쌤
Aug 292 min read


-고프다 = want to | What 배고프다 really means
고프다 originally means “to be empty” or “to crave,” and is most commonly seen in the form 배고프다 (hungry = stomach-empty).
KSJ 쌤
Aug 182 min read


How to Order Coffee in Korean | 4 Korean Café Dialogues
I have 4 Korean dialogues to show you how to order coffee at cafés in Korea.
KSJ 쌤
Aug 113 min read


Restaurant Names in Korean | Korean Food Chains to Try
A list of chain restaurants in Korean + expressions used to describe restaurants and commonly used shortend forms of restaurant names
KSJ 쌤
Jul 116 min read


Korean Bank Vocab
In this lesson I have made a list of words that will be very helpful to know when visiting the bank in Korea. I have included example senten
KSJ 쌤
Jun 244 min read


Instruments Vocab | Music-Related Vocabulary
In this lesson, I thought it might be nice to make a list of instruments in Korean. It's also a good opportunity to talk about traditional K
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Jun 204 min read


지금 vs 이제 vs 방금 vs 금방 | The many ways to say “now” in Korean
지금
Meaning: Now
Focus: Current action or state
When: Present
이제
Meaning: Now, from now on
Focus: Transition
When: Present to Future
KSJ 쌤
Jun 184 min read
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