안녕하세요 리더님! Koreanstudyjunkie입니다~ Before we dive in.. When people see “most common” they have a certain expectation. The truth is, “most common” doesn’t just refer to 100 or 200 or even 500 words. In most languages, the most common words extend upwards of 1-2000 (and even more than that usually)! I’m only mentioning this to say that I tried to mix in common words that were not TOO common - if you get what I mean. That way, not just BEGINNERS, but also intermediate learners wil

In today’s lesson, we’ll learn the basic quoting forms for verbs, adjectives, and nouns and their respective tenses. Making indirect quotes in Korean can be a bit confusing, but only because there are different forms for everything.

Today’s Korean story is about 2 friends starting over at a new gym and talking over their workout plan for the day. Very helpful to learn fitness related vocab. I’ve broken it down into several sections and listed the vocab you’ll need to know.

A short dialogue themed around Summertime AND a big list of words relating to Summer!

These words are similar, but can’t be used interchangeably. I’ll break down the usages of each word with lots of examples

In this lesson, we’ll be introducing vocab and expressions used often in context of dieting and fitness. First, I’ll introduce the full list and then show how those words might be used in context!

던데요 is a very common Korean ending used when you're recalling or mentioning something you personally experienced, observed, or remember. Translated as: "I remember that...", "From what I saw...", "Actually...", "But I noticed that..."

어렵다 is used for situations that are mentally difficult. 힘들다 is used for situations that are physically difficult. We’ll break these down further and look at examples as well, if you’re interested keep reading!

안녕하세요 리더님! This will be a pretty short post. You can think of it as more of a a cultural post than a post about the language only. I don’t know if i’m the only one who has noticed this phenomenon, but I realized that Koreans will always try to avoid using the word BAD (나쁘다) if they can help it. Instead they often opt for just making a positive word negative - not good, for example. BUT WHY? This happens for several reasons: 1). Korean communication often values indirectness D

안녕하세요 리더님! Koreanstudyjunkie입니다~ In this lesson, we’ll be learning some useful words and phrases for cleaning in Korean. I’m going to also add lots of example sentences and a dialogue at the end to showcase how to use them! Typically, I recommend against learning from a random list on the internet. It’s not that effective for actually acquiring those words. It’s better to pull words from things you are watching or reading - context is key! How should you do it? If you still w

I have a ton of short stories for beginner and intermediates here on Koreanstudyjunkie.com/blog, but I thought I’d make a post that is about the SAME story told differently to represent each level - Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced I encourage you to test yourself to do all 3!

This vs That series | There are 3-4 ways to say “always” in Korean, but knowing when to use them can be tricky!

100 more common Korean words with example sentences. This time, I focused on curating a list of words about daily life - routines, work, studies, housework, errands, etc.

This is used when you are realizing something, and (potentially) surprised by that information. There’s no real direct translation in Engli

A list of all the important words needed for birthdays in Korean. I’ve also shown how to use each word with a dialogue.

Today instead of a normal list of vocab relating to emergencies. I will be teaching phrases that you can easily use in case of emergencies.

Is 있다 an adjective? Or is it a verb? It seems like it should be obvious, but.. it means “to have” or “to exist”. You’d think..

오늘은 I’ll be telling you the secret of why Koreans drop things like subjects, topics, particles, etc. when talking and how to know when to do

What is 매 in Korean? 매 means “every”, just like 마다, but it is mainly used in fixed expressions and formal/time-based phrases. Unlike 마다..

In English, we usually respond with “you’re welcome”. The mistake Korean learners make is to Google how to say, “you’re welcome”. BUT Korean