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Learn Korean with KoreanClass101.com! Welcome to the first EVER KoreanClass101.com lesson! In today’s lesson, your hosts will introduce themselves to you. And as there’s no impression like the first, what better way to do it than in Korean? Be sure to stop by KoreanClass101.com and leave us a post!

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This entry was posted on Monday, August 13th, 2007 at 4:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

297 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #1 - Self-Introductions”

KoreanClass101.com says:

Hello, and thanks for listening to KoreanClass101.com, you’re number one source for Korean language resources!

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Peter says:

Congratulations Keith and Seol! Today I begin my quest to learn Korean! Can’t wait! :grin:

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Koreanclass101.com 축하해요 ^_^ !! Great lesson!!

Peter, 한국어 실력 기대하고 있을게요!! ㅋㅋㅋ

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MexicanHat says:

Thank you for the lesson :D Just like Peter I begin my journey as well :oops:

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Peter says:

Hyunwoo Sun! Annyeonghaseyo? Jeoneun Peter-imnida.
Cheoeum boepgesseumnida. :grin: Keith and Seol are really good teachers!
Thanks for all your help, and for being part of the team! Really, really glad we made your acquaintance!

MexicanHat! Looking forward to having some company on this journey! :wink: I know most of the people over here will be tuning in! :grin: Hwaiting! I hope that is right.

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Victoria says:

Well done Keith and Seol!

Absolutely fab lesson, am really looking forward to getting stuck into some serious Korean. I wish I’d stuck to doing the Jpod101 lessons as they were released, and I’m going to try really hard to keep up with these korean podcasts!

Will put a link on the website in a short while to help spread the word! :smile:

Take care and congrats again,

Victoria

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Victoria says:

Oooh ooh ooh and I meant to say …

… *really* good lesson format. I really like how you dive straight into the Korean and speak full speed at first, and then work through it afterwards. It doesn’t give anxious beginners the opportunity to feel intimidated by what they’re about to hear, which is really good.

Looking forward to more of the same,

Victoria

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Annyeong haseyo!
Jeo neun Joakim imnida. Cheoeum boepgesseumnida :cool:

Congratulations to the newly lanched site! But here I’m going with your first feedback haha. You should romanize more in the PDF. Especially in this beginner lessons when I don’t think all of us know Hangul yet.

Awesome guys! This lessons was so easy :shock: I mean like japanese but with different words :lol:

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Hmm, I also think there is a typo in the PDF. It says boepgesseubnida instead of boepgesseumnida and the hangul looks like it could be both so I don’t know. Check it out please.

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Peter // 안녕하세요 - 저도 만나서 반가워요 ^_^!! I’m excited to be a part of the team as well!! Thanks for the encouragement and “앞으로 잘 부탁 드립니다.” :D And I’m surprised that your Korean is already quite good!!

JockZon // Just like you said, it’s something that needs some checking on, but actually it could both in Korean because you write “습니다(sseubnida)” but pronounce “슴니다(sseumnida)”. But we could use some more consistency. Thanks for pointing it out!!

There’s a pronunciation rule when it comes to ㅂ and ㄴ coming together, but I’m sure that will be covered in a lesson pretty soon!

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Victoria says:

Hi JZ,

I’d be the first to admit I’ve barely studied Korean, but from what I’ve seen of romanization its far from a precise art. There isn’t a consistent 1-1 mapping from the roman characters to the hangul ones; as you say, the hangul can look like more than one possible romanisation.

I’d definitely recommend trying to learn hangul as soon as possible, though. Its not as difficult as it looks, and the pronounciation will relate more closely to what you’re reading. Its like one of those pain barriers - you’ll go through a phase where it slows down your learning because its so new, but you’ll have to do it sooner or later and the sooner you do it the sooner you’ll be proficient with it.

Good luck with your studies!

Victoria

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João Paulo says:

Hello, everybody!!!

Nice meeting you Keith and Seol. Thank you for the lesson.

Hello everybody from JPOD101 - I can see some people from there already. I believe everybody was really looking forward to listening to these lessons.

We are going to have Peter-san participating in the foruns as a student, too? That will be really nice.

I have to admit this lesson was really tough. I think I’m still not able to pronounce some of the sounds, maybe I’m lost already, but I’ll try to practice!! :grin:

See you then!!

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JockZon (JZ) says:

I’ve made a post about hangul in the forum for us who need to learn it as quickly as possible ^^

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

In case you want to know, here’s how to write the names of everyone who’s left a comment here so far :

Peter = 피터
MexicanHat = 멕시칸햇 (but I’m sure this is not your real name :-) )
Victoria = 빅토리아
Joakim = 요아킴
João Paulo = 조아오 파울로

Please correct me if I’ve mispronounced your name, and my name in Korean is 현우!

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Peter says:

Hyunwoo-ssi! 감사합니다.gamsahamnida. :grin: Hehe, okay, I am cheating a bit, as Keith is right here. :wink: But also using Survival Phrases, so kind of cheating on my own.
Thank you Hyunwoo-ssi! My name in Korean! Very cool! :grin:

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Keith says:

Thanks everyone for the responses!

Victoria is right. Learning hangul is your best route to learning Korean. Please please please don’t rely on romanization! There has been a new standardized romanization system implemented near the year 2000, but it’s far from perfect as the romanization can change according to different circumstances.

We’ve included the romanization, but we will probably use less and less of it as the lessons become more advanced. This is because it will probably become a hindrance to the learning. (Unless you all want the romanization in the more advanced lessons)

But just like victoria said, learning Hangul is EASY! I guarantee that you will be accustomed to it within a day, and become proficient in it within a week (with practice of course).

Actually Hyunwoo will be helping out with making a visual aid for learning how to read and write Hangul. Everyone please greet your forum administrator! And we hope to implement his invaluable skills in everyway we can. Be sure to acquaint yourself with Hyunwoo. He’ll definitely help you with your learning curve.

현우씨 이렇게 열심히 하셔서, 대단히 감사합니다!! :smile:
(Hyunwoo, Thanks for all your hard work!)

Everyone please comment and tell me what we’re doing right and what we’re doing wrong. Let me know your thoughts on how I can make this project as good as it can be. Maybe even better than japanesepod101?????????? :mrgreen: JK Peter!!

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doraemon says:

Yay! Way to go :grin:
Congrats everybody. I will try this out on my korean friend on Tuesday :shock:

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Keith: The only problem I see with learning hangul is for instance some that words are pronounced differently than they are spelled. Exactly like the thing I pointed out in my previous post. But I’m studying now as we speak :cool:

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Keith // 고마워요. ^_^ Thanks for introducing me to everyone. I’m really enjoying it here!

Joakim // Yeah there are lots of “rules” and “irregularities” in Korean, but once you learn the basics, you’ll soon understand that it’s all for your ease of pronunciation :D 화이팅!!

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Doraemon(도라에몽) // Please let us know your friend’s reaction! ^_^

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João Paulo says:

Hyunwoo Sun,

Thank you for my name in Korean, even though I am still not able to read it, that looks very nice!! :lol:

Waw, 20 posts already, I believe you are going to get a record of posts today!!!

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Keith says:

Whoops! Missed the correct spelling of the romanization. I’ll fix that right away. Please be understanding of the romanization, as it’s still fairly new not only to me, but to all Koreans. Thanks for pointing that out JockZon.

Also, I’d like to thank Eran and Jason for all their hard work in making this website. I’m amazed at the quality and the speed at which this was produced. Outstanding job everyone. And of course, who can forget Peter from jpod. Thanks for being so supportive and understanding. Thank you team!

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Yeah I know romanization is hard but you should stick to one system. Right now I can see ㅈ being romanized as j and ch in different words. :roll:

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Jason says:

I’m glad people seem to be enjoyng the site. :)

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Yes, Jason! We love the site! Thank you for the hard work! お疲れ様でした!수고하셨어요!!

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Vicky (비키) says:

Finally!!!

Congrats to everyone…추카추카 :wink:

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Vicky, 방가방가~!!ㅋㅋ

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Aah my bad, ㅈ is romanized correctly. Sorry!

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rigo says:

hello i’m so excited about learning korean but wonder
if i’ll be able to study both japanese and korean at the same time , i mean will it be confusing ?
i’ll give it a try though
by the way how do i write my name ?
thanks

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Richard Tomlin says:

Keith, Seol, 만나서 반갑습니다!

I’m so pleased there is now a Koreanclass101 :grin:

리치 Rich

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Victoria says:

Hi Rigo,

Studying two languages at the same time can be confusing sometimes. The important thing is not to be put off. I’ve been studying Japanese, Mandarin and a little bit of German for over a year. Once in a while I’ll try to think of a word and the exact right word in one of the other languages will arrive on the tip of my tongue, but not as often as you’d think - and not as often as when I first started trying to learn.

Its like your mind starts off thinking there is “native” and “foreign”, and lumps everything not “native” into “foreign” category. So to start with, you’ll get them mixed up. Then, the more you practice, your mind starts to split out “foreign” into the real categories - “japanese”, “korean” etc. I’ve found it helps to switch quite often between the languages - if I do a day of one and a day of the other, I’ll be ok - if I do three weeks of one I’ll find it’ll get a little harder.

Japanese and Korean do have some similar grammar, which may be helpful, and some “false friends” or words that sound the same but have different meanings, which will probably not be helpful. So it may be a little harder than Mandarin and Japanese, or German and Japanese. But they do sound quite different, so it should be easier than say Italian and Spanish, or Spanish and Portuguese.

Good luck with it, and I’m sure if you stick at it you’ll achieve your own goals. After all, that’s the most important thing isn’t it?

Victoria

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Richard Tomlin says:

Agreed, don’t be put off learning more than one language, it’s definitely possible!

I enjoyed language learning more when I started to learn more languages. It’s nice to have something different to work on when you get stuck or tired of one language for a day or two.

I’ve studied Mandarin for 3 years, Japanese for 2 and I just started Korean 6 months ago. I’ve decided not to work on Japanese as I just don’t have time for 3 languages (my gf is Korean!), and i’m so pleased to find Koreanclass101.

I think Korean really is a cool language to learn, as it isn’t popular and if you can speak it, you really are a member of an exclusive club! :wink:

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Vicky (비키) says:

Rigo = 리고
you have to type F L to get ri and R H to get go in Korean.
Hope this will help you.

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rigo says:

thank you virginia and Richard for your comments
i started watching korean dramas when there was nothing good on tv,somehow i started to like it as i started seeing
some aspects of korean culture like wedding ceremonies
chirstmas celebrations , even music that i never heard before, so i’ll do my best
ganbarimasu !
by the way how do you say ganbarimasu in korean?
ciao

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rigo says:

thank you Vicky

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Vicky (비키) says:

We normally say Fighting! 화이팅! as Ganbarimasu…. :wink:

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markystar says:

Keith and Seol,

CHUKA HAMNIDA!
i’ll take you and dave up on the Hangul Challenge!

as for those of you debating learning 2 languages at the same time… it seems hard, but it’s not impossible.
i studied Latin, Italian, Ancient Greek, French, and Anglo-Saxon at the same time. I also studied Egyptian Hieroglyphics. at the same time!

It’s totally possible….

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JockZon (JZ) says:

I’m studying english, german, japanese and korean at the same time ;) althought my english is almost fluent and my german as well.

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MexicanHat says:

Although this is the first lesson, I can begin to see the similarities between Korean and Japanese :grin:

Only thing I can think of to improve the lessons is to break down the sounds a little slower?

Is it me or is Keith’s laugh infectious? every time he laughs I seem to crack up really bad as well :cool:

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Sindy says:

KoreanClass101 crew/listeners! :wink:

Congratulations Keith! :mrgreen: :cool:

Finally KoreanClass101 is up and running. :wink:
I agree with everyone and like Peter-san and Jockzon said it’s my first time learning Korean and hope I can learn it. :twisted:

Right now I’m learning Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and Norigean wish me luck everyone! :cool: :wink: S_R_C

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Richard Tomlin (리치) says:

Yes, for Ganbarimasu you can say AZA AZA FIGHTING!! ~~ :smile:

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Sindy says:

Keith-Kim! :wink:

I would like to know my name in Korean:???:
Can you help me out and tell me how do I post it here:???:

Well thank you for your time and good luck! :mrgreen: S_R_C

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Vicky (비키) says:

Sindy = 신디 same as Cindy, it’s same.
S_R_C = 에스_알_씨 :shock:

Sorry I’m not Keith, hope he doesn’t mind. :roll:

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Hello Sindy, your name is “신디” in Korean!
만나서 반갑습니다 ^_^

By the way, does everyone know that Keith’s name is written “키스” and there’s no way to differentiate the sound with “키스”, meaning “Kiss” in Korean? ㅋㅋㅋ

(no offense Keith!) ㅋㅋ

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Studying more than two languages at the same time is a lot of fun.

You get confused at times, like you start talking in Japanese when you were actually meaning to say something in Chinese, but I think it’s part of the fun too. ^_^!

And actually it’s very a big benefit if you know one language when you study a new one, right?

Apart from the confusion part, the only problem in learning many languages at the same time seems to be how to divide and use your time wisely. :D

화이팅!!

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Wow - more than 45 comments within 12 hours, this is amazing!

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Scott Curry says:

AWESOME!

I’m gonna learn Korean now too. My best friend is Korean, it would be cool to impress his mom by speaking a little bit of it at least. The owner of my favorite sushi bar is actually Korean, I see him all the time. I’m sure he will throw me even more free food than he already does if I learn more Korean! :grin:

Good job on the site, I am glad it is presented a lot like JPod. I wish you all much success! :mrgreen:

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Scott Curry says:

Hey, be sure to fix your blog link on the navigation bar, it links to the Japanesepod101.com blog. :shock:

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Auntie says:

Hello! I’m really REALLY enjoying my free 7-day trial of KoreanClass101. Thank you! The teachers are simpatici, and the pace is exactly what I want. Yay! http://www.koreanclass101.com/wp-images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif\

Just have one question — I have registered succesfully, but seem to be unable to use the RSS feed option (even the public feed) with my iTunes, using the same user name and password in the confirmation e-mail from KoreanClass101. The iTunes button in public feed area of the homepage also seems to be “dead”. I am guessing that this is only a little bug somewhere, so I’m delighted to just enjoy the first lesson for now!

Once again, thanks!

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David says:

Professor Marky Star,

you’re gonna have to take that TOPIK (aka Test of Proficiency in Korean) test if you want to prove to me that you’ll have reached proficiency in Korean. I hear they have the test twice a year - once in September and another one in April.

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João Paulo says:

What a great community of language lovers!!!

I studied Spanish and Italian at the same time in the past. Actually, I used to have Italian classes in the morning and Spanish classes in the afternoon the same day. The point is that as a native Portuguese speaker those languages are not so difficult for me.

Then I tried to study a little Mandarin while studying Japanese and I really decided to stop because I was mixing them up. Specially because I was a completely beginner in both and I thought it wouldn’t be so beneficial.

Now I really want to try some Korean because of all the encouragement we’ve received… and not only that… having so many people starting together seems like being a classroom with lots of beginners as well and I definetely like the feeling.

I was hope that with my university classes back I’ll still have time to try them both.

By the way, we are almost at the 50th post. Let’s keep them coming!!! :razz:

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Sindy 신디 says:

Thank you Vicky 비키 and Hyunwoo Sun! :wink: :wink:

My name is beautiful just like the voice of this Korean girl I’m hearing right now aaahhh very pleasant! :cool: :mrgreen:

What’s her name? I really hope she stays because it would be very nice and cute. :grin:

I would like to if Koreans have a Social Site just like Mixi? if so please let me know and sent a invitation at Sakuraeagle84@hotmail.com Thank you very much! :cool: :wink: S_R_C

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João Paulo says:

People, I just need some help…

Could anyone subscribe to KC in iTunes?? I didn’t find it and I don’t know how to add this either. Any help??

Thanks :cool:

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Jason says:

Until we get a proper iTunes store link, you can use this link to subscribe in iTunes:

itpc://www.koreanclass101.com/feed.xml

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Eran says:

Holy moly!!! 53 comments and going strong… Truly off to an amazing start! Congratulations to Keith, Seol, and everyone else involved in the launch of KoreanClass101.com. I also want to give props to our beloved Jason Charrier who has been instrumental behind the scenes and a force on the technology side of things…

João Paulo, the podcast will be available on iTunes in just a few days… We want to make sure we work out all the major kinks before we officially put it out to the world!

Auntie, the Basic and Premium iTunes feed are not available for 7-Day Free Trial and require active subscriptions.

If you can wait and want it on iTunes today, you can do go to “Advanced –> Subscribe to Podcast” from the iTunes menu, and add http://www.koranclass101.com/feed.xml manually from iTunes.

Once again, awesome job all around!

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Jason says:

Hey, be sure to fix your blog link on the navigation bar, it links to the Japanesepod101.com blog

Yeah, the kclass blog isn’t up yet so in the meantime it’ll point to jpod’s. The kclass blog should be up later this month.

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Vicky (비키) says:

Should we try for 101 comments today??? :shock:

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Auntie says:

Thanks Eran! :oops:

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Auntie says:

I’m an Active Basic Subscriber now! Yay! Thank you Peter-San and Prof Keith Kim (+all the team) for the nice “LAUNCH” discount, and the wonderful friendly content!

[Yay….!]

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Sindy 신디 says:

Thank you Eran-san for telling us the names of the people involve! :wink:

Seol you have a very beautiful voice, keep up this great job! :mrgreen: :wink:

Keith you too my friend thank you! :cool: :wink:

Vicky 비키 Are the Vicky of JP101 or another Vicky:???:
:shock:

Welcome aboard Auntie to this ride call KoreanClass101 ………………………… :wink: S_R_C

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

http://Cyworld.com is the no.1 community website for Korean people - you could say virtually everyone under 40 yrs of age who can surf the net has an ID there (of course quite a lot of older people are members, too, but still less). But it might be a bit difficult at first to be a member since everything’s in Korean. But check it out! :D

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Wow. Are we really going for 101 comments?
Strong listener parcitipation!
This is good!!! Keep them coming, everyone ^_^

Korean names of some more people who’s left comments above ^_^ : (just in case you want to know)

David 데이빗
Auntie 앤티
Jason 제이슨
Scott Curry 스캇 커리
Eran 에런

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marvin says:

annyeonghaseyo! jeoneun marvin-imnida.

great lesson! and even angelina jolie and brad pitt appear :shock: :grin:

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Sindy 신디 says:

Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) :wink:

Thank you very much for giving us out Korean social site. :cool: :wink:

Do I need a invitation or I sign up normally:???:

You forgot to post my name of listeners participation comments. :mrgreen: :wink:

Marvin :wink:

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt appear:???: where:???:
:shock: S_R_C

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

안녕 신디 ! :D
It’s just a normal signup process. ^_^

마빈 // 반갑습니다!!

신디 // Keith is Brad Pitt, and 윤설 is Angelina Jolie.. k k

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Sindy 신디 says:

Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) :wink:

Thanks again, I already sign up normal but everything was in English. :???:

How do I make the page look all in Korean :???: S_R_C

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Vicky (비키) says:

Am I same Vicky from jppod??? What you think guys??? :lol:

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chrsr34 says:

Great lesson Keith and Seol. I was actually waiting for another podcast korean site to be finished and bam, i just found you guys today on the 1st day! Awesome. Ive home studied for a few months but now i get formal lessons, doesnt get better.
kamsahamnida!

Chris

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Sindy 신디 says:

Vicky (비키) :mrgreen:

I’m sorry, I got confused! :grin:

Thank you Vicky (비키 :wink: S_R_C

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JockZon (JZ) says:

There is time to reach 101 comments! ^^ Oh boy I got up early (7pm tuseday morning) today just so that I could study, on my summer holiday. ㅋㅋㅋ :grin:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Welcome to the site, Chris! If you’ve studied for a few months, you must be looking forward to some more advanced lessons from KoreaClass101. :-) They’ll be here soon! 만나서 반가워요 크리스! 한국어 쓸 수 있어요?

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Joakim(요아킴)~! What enthusiasm! :D
착한 학생이에요!!(You’re a good student!)

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JockZon (JZ) says:

선현우! When is the estimated time for the next lesson :roll: ㅋㅋㅋ

요아킴

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JockZon (JZ) says:

…wait did I write 7pm? I meant 7 am of course.

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Vicky (비키) says:

Hope we can make 101 comments and get 2nd lesson, how’s that??? :mrgreen:

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Hyunmin Kang(강현민) says:

안녕하세요! :smile: 강현민이라고 합니다!

Koreanclass101.com 축하해요~ ^-^

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JockZon (JZ) says:

강현민 :shock:

요아킴

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Rioo says:

Wow, at last!!
Conglatulations!! 한국어class101 오픈을 축하합니다~!

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Peter says:

Rioo!!! How are you?? It is so good to see you! :grin: I was looking for you on MSN to let you know! :wink:

Hello to everyone else! Thank you for posting!! This is a great start to KoreanClass101.com!! Looking forward to learning Korean with you! :grin:

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Vicky (비키) says:

Peter-san, Rioo is online….catch her!! :wink:

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JockZon (JZ) says:

안녕피터! ㅋㅋㅋ :grin:

요아킴

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Rioo says:

Hello, Peter!!!
How are you? Congratulations~!
You did a great job again~ ^_^)=b
I’ll listen and learn Korean from the first step. :mrgreen:
Peter, you’re not going to say “안아주세요” again to Lee-san, are you? :oops:

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Peter says:

Rioo, thanks to KoreanClass101.com I can get even better things to say to Lee-san! :twisted: Hehe.
And, yes great job to everyone involved Eran, Jason, Keith, Seol, David and everyone else! It is great to know that we can help you learn! Let’s learn together, hehe. :wink:

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Matthew (매튜) says:

안녕하세요? 저는 매튜입니다.
Annyeonghaseyo? Cheo neun Metyu imnida.

This is a great site. It will give me a chance to communicate with the Korean students at my school.

감사합니다!
Gamsahamnida!
Thank you!

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JockZon (JZ) says:

안녕매튜 :mrgreen:

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Hyunmin Kang(강현민) says:

안녕하세요 모두들!!
Hello everyone!!

우리 같이 한국어 공부해요!!
Let’s study Korean together!!

화이팅!!

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JockZon (JZ) says:

I guess we won’t make it to 101 :cool: Come on people! ㅎㅎ

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Victoria says:

Heh, there’s still plenty of time yet …. Am really looking forward to this. Did some other Korean study last night and it was really tough going, and the pronounciation was difficult to hear let alone repeat - guess I’m not used to the sound of the language yet. By the end of that I was quite demoralised. But coming back here and reading through all these comments is really great - I’m feeling very motivated to study again now!! :cool:

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Victoria, I read your blog. It’s amazing! One gets inspired by others that also love languages :mrgreen:

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Victoria says:

:oops:

Thank you :) I’m very glad you liked it.

I meant to put a post on there yesterday about the launch of Kclass101 but ran out of time, so I’ll try again today.

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Yeah you should definately do that! Btw, how old are you? You seem to have so much time :shock:

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Victoria says:

I’m 27 and I work full time :wink:

I make time :grin:

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João Paulo says:

Jason and Eran,

Thank you for the iTunes feed!!! :cool:

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Nice mentality ^^ I make time :cool:
Okey people 9 more comments and we’re home!

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justin says:

thanks to your great lesson you confinced me to learn three languages at the same time!! mandarin japanese and korean.. . :grin: busy times coming for mexd

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Hello 저스틴(justin) Nice to meet you :D 만나서 반가워요!

And this indeed is quite a language-loving group!!!!

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Everyone, if you’ve enjoyed studying with the first lesson, the review is up now!!! If you’re getting this through the reply notification subscription, come and check out the review at the Kclass website!! :grin:

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TempleUniJP says:

hey great Start! I just started learning Chinese with the Survival phrases site, i dont think i could do Korean too. But im young and I plan to use your site in the future!
i hope you get your 101 comments and your site has great success! I think you are setting up a great method for the future of language and culture education.
Best of luck!

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Vicky (비키) says:

We didn’t make it??? :sad:

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Victoria says:

Not yet, and not before they posted the review.

But, the review isn’t really “the next lesson”, and we are pretty close. I’d say its still possible.

:twisted:

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John C. Briggs says:

Great lively first lesson. This is sure to make learning Korean fun.
Good Luck.
John C. Briggs

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

By this posting, there’s just one more to go for 101 comments!!!! Who’s gonna win it? ^_^

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Liz21 says:

KoreanClass101.com,
Congratulations on this new site!! Thanks for providing this wonderful way of learning Korean! :grin:

Victoria, I looked at your site . . it’s very, very interesting!!

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Devon says:

oh sounds so hard…

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Jason says:

I was wondering where you were, Liz. I see you were waiting to grab that 101st comment for yourself. :grin:

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비누 says:

저도 한국어공부 할게요. :grin:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

비누 님 안녕하세요 !! 드디어 오셨군요 ^_^ 이곳에서 뵙게 되니 더 반갑습니다!!!! Welcome to KoreanClass101.com!!

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비누 says:

우와 ~!!현우님 안녕하세요 :grin:  저도 너무너무 반갑습니다 :razz:  잘 부탁드립니다. ^^

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

:grin: 네!! 한국어 이미 잘 하시는 비누 님은 조금 더 고급의 레슨을 기다려 주세요. (You’re already very good at Korean so please wait for a more advanced lesson to be uploaded ^.^)

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비누 says:

현우님 진짜 고마워요~ :grin: 전 한국어듣기가 잘 못해요.이 곳에서 잘 듣고 듣기공부하고 싶어요. :grin:

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Seol says:

Hello!

wow!! I never expected that we can have more than 100 comments ^^

I am Seol who is always with Keith ^^
and I am very happy to be here working with Keith and Peter!

우리 앞으로 한국어 공부 열심히 하자구요!
화이팅 *^^*

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

윤설 씨 안녕하세요~!
반가워요 :-)
초반부터 인기가 장난이 아닌데요 ^_^!
목소리가 정말 좋으신 것 같아요!
앞으로 팬 관리로 고생 좀 하실 듯~ ^_^!!

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Peter says:

Seol!! :grin:
Thank you! We’re SO glad to have you on the team!You and Keith rock! :grin: Hyunwoo, how can I say that in Korean? :wink:
Thank you!

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Hmm, I’ve got a question? Do you record this in Japan at the jpod studio? :shock:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Haha(하하), Peter :D

That’s a difficult question! This is when the ‘politeness level’ dilema comes to play a vicious role! kkk

Generally you can say “멋져요!” (meot jeo yo!)

But, I think you’re on close enough terms with Keith and Seol, so you can say “너네들 짱이야!” (neo ne deul jjang i ya!)

:D

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maxiewawa says:

Hey, nice one! Sorry for the late post, I was in Hong Kong.

I just tried to type that in Hangul… phew, maybe another time. I’m at the point where I press every button looking for the right one, then when I press the next button it disappears…

Good news is that I came back from HK with a new Macbook, and have been fooling around with iMovie.

Have a look at this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGSAc_nXJ1o

That’s Aika. (I saram-i Aika ieyo)

She’s Japanese but lived in Seoul for 3 years and her 한국어 is pretty good.

(IlBon Saram, and… that’s as far as my Korean goes at the moment…)

If anyone else is interested in video intros, put a reply to mine and I’ll edit them together!

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Sindy says:

Seol! :wink:

Peter-san is right, is good to have you here on KC101! :mrgreen:

You have a very nice voice, keep up this great work. :wink: S_R_C

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Peter says:

Hyunwoo, thank you! Please keep up the great work! :grin:
Seol&Keith, “너네들 짱이야!” (neo ne deul jjang i ya!). :mrgreen:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Maxiewawa, I checked the video :D Is that you in the beginning? :D

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Peter도 짱이에요 !! :D

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maxiewawa says:

@ Hyunwoo Sun(선현우)

네, 맞아요. 저예요.

선현우 중국어더 일본어더 영어더 한국어 하새요?
(So you speak Korean, Chinese, English and Japanese? 中国語も日本語も英語もできる?)

うらやましい/羡慕你哦!/I’m jealous!

ところで、「も」と言うのは韓国語で더でしょう?
も = 더?

Anyway, consider my mind officially blown. I’ve seen you around both JPod and CPod (and now KPod) but only recently made the connection.

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JockZon (JZ) says:

Maxiewawa, awesome video ^^ Btw, how old are you?

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maxiewawa says:

감사합니다 Jockㅅ씨! It’s all thanks to my new computer. :mrgreen:
25歳です。

If anyone else wants to make a video, I can help. If you don’t know how to, I’m sure we can do something on Skype. If you’re camera shy, we could just use one of these. -> :smile:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Max,

も in Japanese is in fact ‘도’ in Korean, althought it’s very similar in pronunciation to ‘더’. :D But what you wrote was very very close to the correct sentence, which is :

“선현우 씨, 중국어도 일본어도 영어도 한국어 하세요?”

I hope it helps. ^_^

Yes, I’m writing the Korean blog for ChinesePod at http://blogs.chinesepod.com.ko and I know that you left comments and I left replies there, too, remember :D ?

But my Chinese is still very limited and I am mainly studying from the cpod website, but when it comes to Korean, there’s loads more that I can share, so I’m so glad that we have KoreanClass101.com !!

Yeah I’m widely interested in learning languages, just like everyone else here ^_^ and I also speak French. Are you interested in French?

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Chris Hunt says:

I am really excited to see that Korean class is here. On the other hand, it’s really hard for me to choose one language to focus on, having played in Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish already. I am way too greedy. Anyway, thanks guys, I am with you for this.

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Mary Sue says:

Annyeonghaseyo! Jeoneun Mary Sue-imnida. Cheoeum boepgesseumnida!
Excellent! I have been using Japanesepod101.com and have been wishing for a Korean counterpart! Kamsahamnida!

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제니퍼 says:

안녕하세요~
KPOD 열린거 축하드려요!!

전 이런거에 처음이라서 궁굼한게 있어서 질문하는데요. 지금 전 한국말을 좀 하는데… 혹시 더 어려운 레슨들이 올라오고, 들으면서 공부하면, 한국어 SAT2에 도움이 될까요?

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

안녕하세요 제니퍼 님 :D 반가워요! 우와 한국어 정말 잘 하시네요. 어느 나라에서 오셨어요? 더 어려운 레슨들도 9월부터 꾸준히 올라올 것이고, 그 외에도 재미있는 자료들이 많이 올라올 거예요. 분명히 한국어 시험 준비하시는 데에 도움이 될 거예요! ^_^

Wow we’re at lesson 3 already!

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Everyone go check out the lesson number 3 !!

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제니퍼 says:

그렇군요 ㅎㅎ 그럼 그때까지 꾸준히 복습하면서 기다리고 있을께요!! 그리고 전 미국에 살고있어요. 근데 한국어 공부하려고 네이버에서 좋아하는 카페가입한후 자료들도 읽으면서 다른 회원들과 같이 얘기도 나누고 했거든요. 그래서 한국어 많이 늘은거에요~

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

제니퍼 / 우와~ 그래도 너무 잘하시는 거 아닌가요? ^_^ 원래 한국에서 태어나시거나 그러셨어요?

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제니퍼 says:

태어나긴 했는데.. 태어나자마자 여길로 이민왔어요 ㅋㅋ

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

그렇시군요 ^_^ 포럼에 가 보시면 재미있는 자료들을 많이 접하실 수 있을 거예요. 제니퍼 님은 주로 어떤 내용의 한국어를 공부하고 싶으세요?

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제니퍼 says:

제가 배우고 싶은거는요.. 글을 쓸때 “되”랑 “돼”를 언제 써야할지.. 그런 종류(?)의 한글을 배우고 싶은데요 ㅎㅎ

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

그렇군요 ^_^ 조만간 그런 부분들도 다루게 될 거예요~~!! 화이팅! 지금 한국은 비가 굉장히 많이 오네요~

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Everyone, if you have a SKYPE id, come here http://www.koreanclass101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=72 and leave your id so we can add each other and chat (hopefully) in some Korean! :D

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Jacqueline says:

안녕하세요! :smile:

저는 Jacqueline 입니다. 처음 뵙겠습니다.
I’m very interested in learning Korean, so you can count on me being always here listening to your podcasts. :grin:

I love Korean Music, Dramas, Shows, Movies…so I hope someday I’ll be able to understand and speak korean.

This is a wonderful site, so thank you to those who contribute everyday to the development of it . Hope this will continue to grow.
Keep up the Great Work! 파이팅 ! :grin:

QUESTION: How do I write my name in korean?

감사합니다

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

안녕하세요 Jacqueline! Your name in Korea is “쟈클린”.

What country are you from?(어느 나라 사람이세요?)

Welcome to the stie!(환영해요!!)

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Jacqueline says:

감사합니다 Hyunwoo Sun (선현우) for answering my question so fast! . :grin:
I’m from the Dominican Republic (도미니카 공화국).
만나서 반갑습니다.

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

쟈클린(Jacqueline)

:wink: 천만에요(You’re welcome)!

한국어 공부는 어떻게 시작했어요?
(How did you start learning Korean?)

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Jacqueline says:

Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) 씨

Firstly I love learning languages, but I never had even a little interest in korean or that country until after I started watching by chance a South Korean drama. Before that I knew literally NOTHING about South Korea. That was about 10 months ago.

Approximately 4 months later after I wacthed my first drama I started learning korean by myself. So I’ve been studying it since 6 months ago. I have to study it by myself because in my country there’s no place teaching korean. There are places teaching english, french, italian, german, portuguese and even japanese and chinese (mandarin), but there’s no place teaching korean here TT.

I started by learning Hangul first and then using some you tube videos of Let’s Speak Korean S1.
Then I found many useful internet sites and bought Integrated Korean Beginnig 1.
Currently I’m watching Let’s speak korean S3.

I’m always listening to korean songs and watching dramas or shows, that encourage me to keep learning it and helps me with it.
I just love love love Kpop!, that’s probably my main motivation. :grin:

I’m still in a Begining level, so I just know some basic words. But I’m very optimistic that in the future I will learn this language, because I’m fascinated with the whole Hallyu(Korean wave) thing. I’m simply crazed with Kmusic,Kdramas,kshows,kmovies and Korean Language!

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Jacqueline, Wow that’s very cool. But it’s really too bad that there’s no please to go to and learn Korean in Dominican Republic. I know you must have other goals too but please become the first one to speak fluent Korean in your country and teach people some Korean as well ~ ^_^!!!

It’s amazing that you’ve been studying by yourself and managed to continue learning when there’s no one to learn from around you, and I’m pretty sure that you’ll master Korean very quickly if you keep studying like that!! :D

I hope we can all help each other in learning and enjoying Korean at this website!! :D 화이팅!!!

:wink: :wink: :wink:

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Dahyun Jung says:

형!!! This website is soooooooooo awesome! Cool!!
and You, too!! I can’t believe you make this cool website!

There are so many foreigners who want to learn korean in here, Camp Redcloud, Uijongbu. I’ll let them know this great website so they can learn korean easily~

I respect your passion and effort replying for all of comments. It looks like this website holds all of people together. and It looks very good that people are excited with one direction. ah,, It is hard to explain exactly what i want to say in enlish. ^^;

Anyway, I hope this website to be a big shock to people!
See you!

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Dahyun Jung says:

Then, how can I modify my comment..?

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Hi 다현!! :D Good to see you here!! :wink:

Unfortuntaely, you can’t modify your comments. Haha. :cry: Once written, it’s there for good. kkk

Yeah, please tell all your fellow soldiers and officers about KoreanClass101.com - I know they’ll love it!! And I hope you can visit the website from time to time as well and share your stories about being in the American army in Korea. :D

See you around, Dahyun.

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Teresa says:

Annyeonghaseyo? Cheo neun Teresa imnida. Choeum Beopgesumnida. :smile:

This is a great site. I really love to learn this language. Just like Jacquelin,I am trying to learn it by myself. It’s kinda hard but im trying my best to listen to it everyday. I’m always checking your podcast and listening to it on my way to work. I even downloaded the Learn to Speak Korean from Veoh and stage 6. What I do also is that Iisten to some music especialy the soundtracks of the kdramas. I’m also playing some Yiruma’s piano piece. I hope that in no time, I can speak write and converse the language. Wish me luck.

kamsahamnida!

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Pepsi says:

Hi there!

Good job Keith and Seol.
I’ll give it a try and learn with you.
Seol, you speak english like my cousin in Laos :mrgreen:

Keep it up, i just love your site :smile:

Greetings from Germany^^

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ANYA says:

Hey you guys ROCK!!! I have just started learning korean and i find this EXTREMELY helpful! Excellent job! Thanks a million! ” KAMSAHAMNIDA”! :grin:

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Keith says:

Teresa - Thank you for the wonderful feedback! Studying by yourself can be tough! I know from experience :wink: It’s a little tough to stay motivated, but we starting to build our community, so you can start learning Korean along side everyone here!

Pepsi - Thanks again ;) Seol has a very friendly and outgoing personality… and it definitely shows in her voice! Is your cousin the same?

Anya - You’re welcome! We’re working hard to help everyone out ;) So please keep listening!

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모함메드 says:

안녕하세요 ?
i am Mohamed from egypt
any one want to change languages with me
아랍어-한국어
i want to study korean
and this is my email
kolopale1001@hotmail.com
감사합니다

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선현우 says:

모함메드 씨, 안녕하세요!

Aasalaamu Aleikum!!

저는 아랍어를 전혀 모르지만, 나중에 공부를 시작하게 되면 그 때 같이 연습하면 좋겠네요 ^^! (I don’t know any Arabic now, but once I start learning Arabic, it would be great if we can practice together!)

Welcome to the site!

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모함메드 says:

선현우씨, 안녕하세요

please give me Your Email

شكرا(감사합니다)

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선현우 says:

شكرا :D

ever4one@gmail.com입니다. ^^ 메일 보냈어요(I’ve sent you an email!)

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Teresa says:

annyeong haseyo!

Thanks Keith for that inspiring short message of yours..I’m really trying my best, but probably it will be best also to practice it together with korean speaker. Now i’m in quest to find that person *wink*

just a small note… I admire maxiewawa.. he really can speak different languages huh! i saw him in youtube trying to speak chinese and korean… Way to go Maxie =)

Hwaighting…Kamsahamnida…

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maxiewawa 김 says:

Thanks Teresa! I’m doing my best!

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사이먼 says:

Wow! I really enjoyed the first lesson, though I have to admit I had already started the 15 newbie lessons.

Keith and Seol, 감사합니다! It has been so fun learning Korean in such a new and exciting way. I have tried hard to learn by myself, but I was always missing that cultural element. Thanks so much!

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William says:

HI!! this is such a great website!! i’m a student in America and right now in my school i’m learning Japanese, but i love the Korean language too! So this site is really cool, although it might be hard to learn both languages at the same time, lol!

anyway, just one question: should i start at beginner lesson 1 or newbie lesson 1? i’m confused. anyway thanks!!

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Keith says:

Simon, Thanks for the feedback! We’re really glad that we can help you all out!

William - Actually Japanese and Korean are actually very similar in terms of grammar and word usage. They’re in the same language family (kind of), so it would be similar to learning Spanish and Portuguese at the same time.

I think you can do it ;)

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maxiewawa says:

William, try Newbie lesson 1. That’s what I did!

It’s definitely possible, I’m learning Japanese and Korean at the same time too. If anyone happens to be interested in Spanish & Portuguese, head along to http://www.spanishpod101.com and http://www.spanishpod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22 for a thread on Portuguese.

がんばってください!

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mathew says:

Learn languages the fun way :

If you are interested in learning Arabic, French, Spanish or English the fun way, be sure to visit http://www.speakitall.com.

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Thanks for the link :-)

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Blog Mytube Video says:

Hello world!…

Welcome to Family.jorgfe.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

……

Shahe (simplybamboo) says:

I found this lesson amazing! I found it practical and easy to understand. Thanks so much Keith and Seol. I will continue learning more from your lessons!

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Chelo says:

Hi,
This class is so cool. I’m learning. Some says that learning Korean is hard, but as I start this class it’s pretty simple…thanks for making this website. Thank you Keith!

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매튜 says:

OK, I am going back to the start of KC101 and starting again. So, let me introduce myself again.

저는매튜입니다. 반갑습니다! 저는한국어를 공부하고 싶어요. 바이바이! :smile:

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매튜 says:

실례합니다! I meant….
저는한국어를 공부하고 싶습니다.
I know that there isn’t much difference except for the politeness levels but I’m currently working on my politeness levels.

Is there another name for 합쇼체? 고맙습니다!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

매튜, 응 :-) 큰 차이는 없어(there’s not much difference) 그리고 “합쇼체”는 another name이 없어. or… 없습니다. :-)

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Jacqueline (쟈클린) says:

Wow this is amazing koreanclass101! look how many comments you have here! I’ve never seen so many comments in other podcasts!

Hope this site keeps getting better and better!

To me it’s already the best language podcast! :grin:
And i use the other languages podcast, but this is definetely the BEST! :grin:

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sabrina says:

hello everyone

thank you sooooooooo much keith end seol for this wonderful site,i’ve been searching for such a thing a long time
i think now i can learn a little korean :lol:
thank you soooooo much :razz:

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loiiloii says:

aaah!! thank you very much!!
i learn soo much from you guys!!
listening to you guys is better than reading stuff on a page!! ive seriously learned more!!
UNBELIEVABLE!!

=]]

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Daycee says:

Aw… I’m so excited to finally be ale to learn korean without signing up to a class! It’s been so difficult to find the time and the teacher to learn Korean!!! Thank you so..so..so.. much!! Kamsahamnida!!^^p Annyong!!

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geracel says:

:smile: annyong ha seyo.,.je nun geracel im nida.,.,je nun hek saeng im nida,.,.kam sa ham nida.,.,.now im so confident on how to introduce myself to a korean friend.,,.

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Sabrina(사브리나), loiiloii, Daycee(데이씨), and geracel(제라쎌),

welcome to the site :) mannaseo bangapseumnida(만나서 반갑습니다!!) :)

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Teresa says:

Annyeong Haseyo Hyunwoo Sun Ssi..

I would like to ask if how can I use Hangul using mac? I s there a software where I can download it? And would you know where can I buy a keyboard with Hangul on it?

Looking forward to your reply.

Kamsahamnida.

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

안녕하세요 :) Teresa, 반갑습니다 Nice to meet you :)

I’m not a mac user so I’m not 100% sure, but I found this link :)

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/keyboards/mackey.html

I hope this will help :)

And if you want to download an image with Korean keys in it, please check out this forum post :)

http://www.koreanclass101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=mac&start=0

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Teresa says:

Kamsahamnida HyunWoo Sun SSi.. nice to meet you too.
appreciate your immediate response. Annyeong :smile:

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Chua says:

Annyeong haseyo.

This really helped me. Thank you guys for sharing.
Keep up the good work.
Hope to learn more of your lessons in the future.

Annyeong.

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Keith says:

Hi Chua!

Thanks for listening! We’re glad to have you listening with us! If you have any questions or comments, always feel free to let us know :) We’re a pretty nice community! hehe.

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Austin (오민) says:

Teresa..

That link Hyunwoo provided should get you set up on your mac… but there are a few different Korean keyboards to choose from. I think you want to select the one called “2-set” I’m not at my mac right now, so I’ll double check and post again if I was wrong, but that is the version of the keyboard that is most common.

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Sarah says:

annyeonghaseyo..jeoneun Sarah-imnida-choem boepgessumnida :lol:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Sarah :)

Bangapseumnida! (nice to meet you!)

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Sarah says:

:mrgreen: yeah,,,

bangapseuminda :mrgreen:

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Sarah says:

i have something

it is hard for me pronunce Koearn language :roll:

i should twist my toung :oops:

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

^^;;

Yeah, it can be tricky at first :) Please keep practicing! You will naturally get better! :)

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Dan says:

I loved the lesson¡!¡!¡! I love the Korean languge. This site is the best Korean speaking site ever! Better then any this else. I could do this for hours. Thanks so muck Koreanclass101.com. Love this site!!!!!!¿?

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Omayra says:

:grin: i’m so happy to start my lessons today!! My best friend who lives in Seoul, Korea has been begging me to visit her so I must learn! She only taught me bad words when she came to Florida…lol.

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Hyunwoo Sun(선현우) says:

Dan, Omayra :)

Welcome to the site!! Hope you’ll enjoy learning Korean!! If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post in the lesson comments! :)

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Vabby says:

:razz: Annyeonghaseyo. Joeneun Vabby imnida. Choeuem boepguesseumnida. Joeneun hakseung imnida.

Hiya, I’m new here and I’m completely determined to master Korean. It will be my fourth language and since I’m almost obsessed with the language—in the sense of phonetics, kanji, and creation I want to learn.

I’d like to thank Keith and Yun Seol for a great beginners course. I also hope to make some friends.

I’d also like to say hello to Hyunwoo Sun since s/he has been giving out welcomes and making people feel welcome. That’s really cool and felt a bit of credit was due.

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Annyeonghaseyo :) Vabby !

Welcome to the site! Nice to meet you :) I’m sure you’ll get everything you need to master Korean here!! We’ll do our best to help! What other languages have you been studying? From how you wrote the word “kanji”, I can see that you’ve studied Japanese, probably? :)

Hehe. Anyway, welcome!! 화이팅^^!!

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Miranda says:

Annyong haseyo! Chonun Miranda imnida (is it okay Miranda? How would you write it in Kangul? Well I have a Chinese name too, do we translate Chinese name into Korean one also? :wink: It’s 彭诗允). Ch’oum pepgetsumnida. (Ah sorry for the spelling because I looked for another site before and they spelt it like that lol but this site is a way better! :grin: )
This site is wonderful!!! I’ve always dreamt about speaking Korean fluently…well I can’t right now haha but after the first lesson, I thought that it wouldn’t be as hard as I thought finally. I’m proud of myself and proud of you guys (You rock!). I can finally watch Korean movies or dramas or videos whatsoever after all the lessons :grin: I’m so happy heh heh…but em…I don’t know if it will turn like the last time for Japanese (You know Rocketjapanese? It’s a great site for learning Japanese), I had 6 free lessons and after I need to pay with a credit card but I don’t have one anyway I’m too young lol The problem is my mom doesn’t want to pay, she’s afraid to lose all her money in the card and doesn’t trust the site…So at last, I can’t learn Japanese (all these works for nothing :evil: ) lol
I hope when I’ll be older, I’ll have the chance to find a Japanese teacher or to have a credit card =P But from you guys…Do you think it would be safe ordering things from the internet? Like you give your credit card’s code and they will take the amount…or something like that I don’t know how it works actually :roll:
Anyway Kamsahamnida! Annyeong! (I know I wrote too much XD Mianhamnida)

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Austin (오민) says:

Miranda..

I know it can be scary to give your credit card info over the internet, but there are all kinds of safety measures in place. This site uses a secure system. It is not likely that anything would happen.

But even if it did, anywhere in the world, the credit card companies cannot make you pay for something you didn’t buy…. So come on! Join the fun!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Miranda, yes, just like Austin said, you can trust this place :)

And your name in Korean would be 팽시윤, it’s almost the same as the original pronunciation in Chinese :)

Welcome to the site, 시윤 :)

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Miranda says:

Yay! Thanks guys…I’ll ask my mom if I can buy it :grin:
If she doesn’t want to well…maybe I’ll buy it by myself when I’ll be older *sigh* But I just sign up for a free account (7 days trial) does that mean after 7 days my account will be canceled?
Take care! :razz:

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Keith says:

Miranda, You can use the site even after your account is over! We have a lot of free things you can enjoy! So please remember use all the free materials that we have! :mrgreen:

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Miranda (팽시윤) says:

Alright thanks Keith :mrgreen: You guys are amazing you know? :cool:
Annyong!

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annabanana says:

This korean learning site is great!! Is it true that the 7 days free trial lessons are the same as the paid learning center’s lessons, but the only difference is that the free one last for 7 days and i can only download a limited amount of those notes? 이것 buy고 시퍼요!

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Kathleen says:

This is kinda cool that I can now learn korean! :smile: So would it be a little easier to learn korean since I’ m chinese, because I remember watching this korean show with english subtitles and then there a few words that sounded so similar to cantonese! And also, how do I write my name in korean?

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선현우 says:

annabanana :)

Exactly :) What you can use with the 7 day Free Trial is what you can use after you subscribe :)

And for your information ^_^ 이것 buy고 싶어요 :D is “이것 사고 싶어요” I see that you already know a lot of Korean!! :)

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Keith says:

annabanana,

Yes, the Premium Learning Center is exactly what you see during the 7-day free trial. But again, you can keep your account after the free-trial ends and continue to use all the free material on the site! Thanks for listening!

Kathleen,

Yes if you speak Chinese, you’ll be able to recognize some words! Korean has a looooooot of borrowed words from Chinese (though I’m not sure if Mandarin or Cantonese has a closer pronunciation!).

And to write your name in Korean you can write: 캐슬린!

Thanks for listening!

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Keith says:

Hyunwoo beat me to it! :mrgreen:

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Miranda (팽시윤) says:

Oh Korean’s prononciation Is closer to the Madarin prononciation =)

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Miranda (팽시윤) says:

Mandarin* Sorry :oops:
Oh and I have questions =)
When we say “I’m really sorry”, is Joesonghamnida. But I’m confused with the prononciation of the “Joe”. Is it “Je”?
And what’s the difference between Aniyo,Aniya and Ani?
And If you want to say a sentence with a less formal way, do you replace the “imnida” and the “hamnida” by “eyo”?
Sorry I know I had a lot of question ^^”
Have a nice day!
…another question sorry :???:
You can say annyong when you say “bye” or “hi” right?
In a site, when you say something like “bye” it’s written “Annyonghi kasayo” and “Annyonghi kyesayo”. Do I really need to say “Annyonghi?” Or “Annyong is ok?”. And do I really need to say “Annyonghi kasayo” or “Annyonghi kyesayo” as a “bye” or I can just say “Annyong”?
Haha sorry again it’s pretty confusing for me :roll:
Kamsahamnida!

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véronique says:

안영핫에요
베로니크 일음이에요
서는 프랑스 살암이에요
간 가까이에 살이에요 ( i don’t know which particule I have to put after Cannes : 를. ???….)
한국말 공부에요 depuis march by myself, so I was very happy to find your site
sorry I don’t know if you can understand what I mean
it’s also difficult for me to write in english
I am very happy to learn with you, I really enjoy your lessons, it’s a pleasure to ear the dialogues, the explainations, to read les détails des points de grammaire et de me rendre compte que j’avance dans l’apprentissage, tout ça dans une ambiance détendue et cadrée à la fois
J’étais vraiment angoissée à l’idée de mettre mon premier message, mais bon voilà c’est fait ….
merci !!

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선현우 says:

Miranda (팽시윤)

:)

When you say “I’m really sorry” that’s 죄송합니다, and 죄 is pronounced something like the first part in “Jane” - it’s not ‘제’ but please try saying Jo and E very quickly and you’ll get the sound :)

And when you end a sentence in a formal way, “imnida” is used for the verb “to be”, and “hamnida” is for “to do” and “eyo” is for the word “to be” but in the standard politeness level. :)

And “annyeonghi” is the adverb version of the verb “annyeong” which is a noun, so you need to say ‘annyeonghi’ when you are linking it with other verbs, but you can just say ‘annyeong’ alone when you just say that noun to mean ‘hi’ or ‘bye’ :)

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선현우 says:

Véronique :)

반갑습니다. 안녕하세요 ^^
첫번째 메시지(first message) 감사합니다.

I understood everything you wanted to say! You’re already doing a very good job!
In Korea, you spell Cannes as ‘칸’ or sometimes ‘깐느’ so you can say 프랑스 칸 가까이에 살아요. :)

Thank you so much for bringing up the courage to leave the first comment, et j´éspère voir plus de commentaires par vous :mrgreen: :mrgreen: n’inquiétez pas des petites erreurs et veulliez continuer à écrire et pratiquer ^^ Nous sommes toujour lá pour vous aider!

화이팅! (it’s like ‘bonne continuation!’ in Korean) :)

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Miranda (팽시윤) says:

oh ok Kamsahamnida :smile:

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i love korea says:

keithssineun hankuk saramieyo? keithshineun mikuk saram ieyo arayo. keunde hankuk saramdoimnikka? im curious. lol

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i love korea says:

oh yeah, please correct my mistakes!! thx

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Keith says:

Hi I love Korea! Welcome to KoreanClass101.com! :mrgreen:

저는 한국사람인데, 미국에서 태워났어요. ^^ 교포라고 해요.
(I’m Korean, but was born in America. That’s called a gyopo.)

And as for your comment, you’re nearly perfect! You can write it in hangul like this:

키쓰 씨는 한국 사람이에요? 키쓰 씨는 미국 사람이라고 알았어요. 근데 한국사람이라고도 할 수 있을까요?

The last part is saying: (Can you also be called Korean?)

And to say you’re curious, you can say: 궁금해요. (gunggeumhaeyo)

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i love korea says:

hi !! whats 라고? im curious. theres lots of 라고s. lol i have soo many questions, but thankyou for the response!!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

i love korea,

‘(이)라고’ works like quotation marks in Korean sentences :)

For example, 말하다 is to say or to talk,

And 한국인이라고 말하다 means to say that (you) are a Korean :)

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i love korea says:

wats 인데 and 할 수 있을까? im just a beginner who knows almost nothing about the korean language!! LOL

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

i love korea,

인데 is the same as 이다 + 그런데, which means “but” or “and” - it’s used for linking two sentences ^^ often used with the nuance of “I did AAA and then (or but then) BBB happened.”

할 수 있을까? means “I wonder if (I/you/he/they…) can do it” :)

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Mada says:

Annyong^^
is site is great^^ now i can learn korean more better^^ tnak u^^
oo ..i wana say Annyong to Seol too^^….

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ponchan says:

annyong haseyo..jeo eun Pon-ssi eyo

i fell for Han gul cos i watched these korean drama series ^__^

thanks and big hug to koreanclass101 ^o^

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maryham says:

very wonderful site^^

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sarangsonam says:

:smile: wow so wonderful website,, thank you so much for this kind of help to learn korean, i love korea …..i love this website.. today only i came to know about this website via metacafe video when i was searching for korean language video… once again thank you so much……….muaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i love this website…saranghayo

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langeweile!? - this fire is out of control… « alles käse says:

[…] das ganze gibt es nun unter anderem auch auf koreanisch-englisch, französisch, italienisch, spanisch, russisch, arabisch und deutsch - und immer mit englisch-sprechenden lehrern. und es gibt verschiedene “kurse” bzw. serien: für anfänger, mittelstufe und fortgeschrittene. deswegen kann man gut einsteigen, aber auch gut weiterlernen. zumindest beim japanischen podcast gibt es viel auswahl und die kombination von muttersprachler und nahezu perfektem lernenden macht es interessant und hilfreich. […]

BERINA says:

ANNYONG!
i jus join recently and had a fun time learning korean.. this website is totally the best.. i”m new so its difficult and its going to be really long for me to be fluent in korean.. i hope i will do well and go to korea when i grow up :grin: and i have a question. how to write my name berina in korean.. :wink:

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BERINA says:

i’m kinda busy this year so i maybe do not have time to learn..

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yasmine tlidjan says:

koreanclass101 ? wow !it’s amazing :eek: ! even this is my first time when I learn here but I realy enjoyed . all lessons are very helpful :razz: gomapseumnida. thnx a lot I’m very gratful . :grin:

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Rachel says:

Wow is this going to help! I am so glad to have this available. Great job on the 1st lesson. Very useful explanations.

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KoreanClass101 says:

Thanks everybody for the comments! Please keep up your effort to learn Korean!!

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Laura says:

안녕하세요!

저는로라입니다.

처음 법겠슴니더!

This site is great and a lot of fun! I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can!

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Mario says:

Hello,

I am also new here and have to find my way through the lessons.
Is there a recommandation for how many lessons a day is healthy? One Lesson a day? Or one hour? I am thinking of getting a one-year subscription and ask myself if it is really worth it and why I should do this.

I really must start to learn korean right now, please help me.

Thank you.

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Hyunwoo Sun says:

Hi Laura :)
안녕하세요 로라. 처음 뵙겠습니다 ^^! Hope you will keep enjoying listening to our lessons!

Hi Mario :)
Nice to meet you. I recommend listening to as many lessons as you’d like to. The more the better. But there’s one rule! To get the maximum effect out of studying with our lessons, please keep in mind that just listening to a lesson a single time won’t automatically guarantee that you will master the lesson points :) So listen to as many lessons as time allows, but make sure you practice what you learned. :) And you can easily do that in the comments! We try to answer every single comment or question! :)

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Jill says:

Oh my god this is soooh hard! :shock:

I am learning Japanese as well (for quite a while already) and have always been interested in korean - then I found japanesepod101 (great GREAT help btw) and with it of course koreanclass101.com - and thought - well here’s my chance! ^^

I love it but I find it soooooooh much harder to pronounce even halfway decently. I remember I didn’t have so many problems with Japanese..
but that might be because I am originally from Austria and my native tongue is german - which has way “harscher” or maybe “harder” sounds. Korean is so fluent - so round - even more than english. It’s soooh hard for me to grasp it. and omg so many letters and hidden vowels and such! Japanese is so much more straight forward - I could pronounce romanji practically immediatly - I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce korean romanizations gaaaaaah :cry:

I hope I’ll get the hang of it eventually though …
I won’t give up! :wink:

love you guys - you’re helping so many people out there, thank you so, so, soo much!

love
Jill Andersen (from Vienna, Austria)

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Cami says:

안녕하세요?
HELLO
저는카미입니다
I’m Cami
저는학생입니다
I’m a student! :D
감사합니다!
Thank you so much.

I am not formally learning korean but this will be very useful for me if ever I meet my korean schoolmates. There is a foreign student program here and I used this lesson to greet them–they were all, “Wow…” I heard one of the boys say, “She said ‘annyeonghaseyo’..” and they were all smiles. Haha. I think I entertained them probably from my bad accent! Thanks to this I can practice on pronunciation.

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Serena says:

Hi guys,
IDK if this has been said already (I did try to read all the comments, but I might’ve skipped a few: whoa, over 200 comments?), but in the pdf, in the Hangul transcript 저는 is missing from both lines even if Keith and Yunseol pronunced it and it had been rominized. Just thought to let you know. BTW, I realize that it can be dropped from the convo, but it was a bit confusing, esp for a newbie who’s just mustered the alphabet and tries to read while you guys speak ;)

Anyway.

안녕하세요. 세레나니다. 처음 뵙겠습니다

I suppose a native English speaker would koreanize my name as 시리나, but that sounds weird to me. I’d rather go with the Italian-souding version 세레나 which is the way I’m used to. Feel free to correct me. I just started with this site, which is awesome!!!

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Jill, Cami, Serena :) Welcome to the site!!!!

Please keep up the good work and continue practicing Korean with us!! :)

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Monique y says:

im very very thankful to keith ssi and yunseul ssi for giving this free korean lessons…..
now i’ve learn a lot on how to pronounce and speak… :razz: :lol: :mrgreen:
gamsahamnida!
gomawoyo!
keep up the good work keith ssi and seul ssi…
saranghae..
aja2x

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xiah says:

annyeong haseyo!

shannah-imnida. Choeuem boepguesseumnida!

it’s fun learning korean with keith & seol!
keith’s a funny guy & seol’s voice reminds me of actress koo hye-sun’s. LOL

gamsahamnida! :razz:

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Leonardo L. Cairo Jr. says:

:smile: Anyeng Ha seo! Jeo neun Leo im ni da. Cheoum Bepgeseumnida!!!

thanks for this wonderful sites. Can you koreanize my name chaebal!!!

Leonardo L. Cairo Jr.

I love to learn this langunage. The main goal why I wanna learn this language because:
1. I wanna go to Korea most probably this September.
2. I wanna to have a Korean Girlfriend.
3. I’m a avid fan of Korean Movies (CROSSING and 200 pounds beauty)
4. I wanna know Korean customs and traditons.

with this website, surely I can reach this goal.

Gam sa ham nida!

Anyeong!!!

Leo ^_^

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선현우(Hyunwoo Sun) says:

Leo :)

안녕하세요 (annyeong-haseyo)
Welcome to the site, and thanks for leaving us a comment!! Good luck with your Korean studies and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask us, either in the comment or in the forums!

Thanks a lot!
- Hyunwoo

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제씨 says:

안녕하세요? 처음 뵙겠습니다.

그것도 멋질거야! 또 만나요.
This is great! See you!

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안토니오 says:

안녕하세요!

저는 안토니오 입니다! 처음 뵙겠습니다.

I’m started to study lesson#1 of the beginner’s level.
I used the ready checklist you’ve provided in the site which help me a lot to track my progress. I have just an ignorant question.What should I put in the blank provided for the season?

감사합니다!

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Elliott says:

안녕하세요,

Just started to read about Korean and listen to the audio. Great lesson (lots of American English for me to learn too! :grin: )

How would you write my name (Elliott) in Korean?
also, what is ‘Korean’ in Korean??

Do you know any good online English-Korean dictionaries? Also do you know any online Japanese-Korean dictionaries?

감사합니다!

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Nicole says:

Hello, everyboby,

Today I’m so excited!!
Cuz I begin to learn Korean at this wonderful site!!

I love the lesson, it’s so common n useful!!
Especially when Keith n Seol pronounced the vocabs and phrases in
a slowly way, it made beginner like me who can easily to hear the
proper pronunciation.
That’s great!!

Thanks the best teachers Keith & Seol ^_^

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huijun says:

great lesson ! and how do i transalate my name in korean ? my english name is huijun :D

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David says:

annyonghaseo, joe neun david imnida, cheoum boepgesseumnida

OMG i used to learn korean through translator, but seems like not really casual and always to polite

but since i found this website i almost come here everyday even in my working hours

however, i love korean since i start my taekwondo last 2 years, so i plan to visit kukkiwon dome with korean language equipped.

Gamsahamida, for all the team

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Elyon says:

hello koreanclass101!

this website is really helpful and very convenient..i just want to know what happens after the 7th day when the free trial is over? I can’t really upgrade so im gonna have to make use of the 7 day trial.

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Tor-Ivar says:

안녕하세요.

I started trying to learn Korean about a year ago, but had to stop. Then I got my hands on “연세이 Korean” (I think that’s how it’s spelled) #1, 2 and 3. While working with the first few pages of that, I came across this website, and never has it been easier to learn how to speak and read before. The website has a superb design, making it easy to navigate, and the lessons are superbly structured.

I’ve got a question, though, that I hope to get answered here. How do you start a letter in Korean? Do you use “안녕하세요”, “여버세요” or…? And how do you end it?

Well, I’ll try ending this post with

안녕히계세요,
부사범 크록새테르 툴이바르, 이 단.

(And in that you’ll see my motivation for learning Korean, too.)

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Juliet says:

Hello Everyone,

I’m staying in Korea for more than a year now but I’m still an absolute beginer. I really very interested to learn korean language. I’m glad I found this site. It’s really a sysrematic way to learn. Many many thanks!

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz:

“Hello Juliet!”

Great! Good to hear that you like our lessons.
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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karl says:

hello everyone,

I’m very glad to knew this site, it help a lot..
thanks for all the lesson.. :grin:

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Tim says:

Thanks for listening, Karl~~!
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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Courtney says:

I am LOVING the lessons. I worked on the first 3 today, about introductions and everyone. I can already speak how to introduce myself in korean,like in the example! I love the romanization..it helps me a TON on how to pronounce the different words.PLEASE keep the romanization in the advanced lessons…I dont know what I would do with out it. If you trying to learn how to speak/understand spoken korean..is it better to learn how to read hangul and write hangul first…or learn how to pronounce and understand korean first?

Keep up the amazing work! :smile:

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Tim says:

Hello Courtney,

Thanks for listening!~
Learning “Hangeul” is not too hard if you know English.
I do recommend you to spend some time to learn Hangeul first.
After learning Hangeul, especially some of alphabets (consonants and vowels), every lessons will be getting easier and simpler for you to learn.

REMEMBER - Many Korean grammar rules come from the system of SOUND!
Simply think this -

Korean Hangeul has
Basic consonants - 14
Combined consonants - 5
Basic Vowels - 10
Combined consonants - 11

If you know the basic consonants and vowels, those combined ones are easy.
So, basically if you know 10 + 14 = 24 Korean alphabets, learning Korean will be easy. WHY NOT spending some time on that!!!???
It’s like… you have to teach English Alphabet first when you try to teach English to your kids or children, right?

Thanks,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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nora 노라 says:

hello everyone, this website is really helpful ..I’m started to study lesson#1 of the beginner’s level.
Thanks a lot! :grin:
annyeonghaseyo..jeoneun nora-imnida-
choem boepgessumnida :lol:
fighting !! :cool:

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Tim says:

“방가 방가 Nora, 노라~~”
Thanks for your comment!
cheers,

Tim :cool:

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Cindy says:

GASP*! I CRIED WHEN I FOUND THIS WEBSITE!!!
It’s so CRAZY, INTELLIGENTLY, RIDICULOUSLY GOOD! :razz:

I already learned the whole Korean alphabet!

This website is so motivational, inspiring, and has an easy set up.

With the right amount of effort, anyone is capable of learning Korean with Keith and Seol!!!

SO HAPPY! THIS MADE MY DAY RIGHT HERE.

THANKS KEITH AND SEOL. I LUV YA GUYS!

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kmy says:

I cant download the pdf of the lesson =(… :cry: Anyone nows why?

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Christine says:

안녕 하세요!.
Since my students have been saying “nice to meet you” every day for the last four years, I’m so happy to know that there actually is a phrase that says “It’s the first time we meet!” : D
수고 하세요! :cool:

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Tim says:

Hello Christine,
“nice to meet you” 만나서 (man-na-seo) 반가워 (ban-ga-wo)
“It’s the first time we meet” 우리 (wu-ri) 초면입니다 (cho-myeon-imnida)
정말 반가워요, Christine~~
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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naru says:

hello,

i guess my computer is now broken…it is not reading korean character i just seeing plain boxes. can anybody help me out?: sad:

thank you

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timandyou says:

Hello naru,
Oh, no~~!!! :shock:

Why don’t you install this software the below?

Office XP Tool: Global IME (Korean)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5B0BF34F-2D58-4334-A1A8-0B3B43D474A6&displaylang=EN

It could help you see and read ‘Hangeul’… let’s hope for the best,
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Thomas Robertson says:

I’ve Koreanized my name to 토마스, since that’s the way I’ve seen it written in a Korean textbook.
The kids in my class tease me by calling me 토마토, whereby I chase and tickle them.

Participants in Dave’s ESL Cafe may recognize me as Tomato.

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timandyou says:

Hello 토마토,
I am Tim from KC101.com.
“만나서 반가워요 very nice to meet you Thomas”
Are you teaching English for Korean kids or children? then, you are 유치원 선생님!?
Thanks for guiding and teaching them (Korean-kids) English in Korea.
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Ghada says:

thank you very much^^it is very useful for me :smile:

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Yaan says:

annyeong haseyo jeoneun Yaan imnida.

haha! this is great for my travel to korea one day. :grin: :grin:

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Yaan says:

oh i forgot to include. thank you !!

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timandyou says:

Hello Ghada, Yaan,
Thank you guys for listening and leaving the comment above,
Thanks for the praise as well…
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Kanani says:

Aloha all…

New here, and enjoying the lessons so far.

Just a question with regards to the forums/comments….are these posts monitored frequently enough to get help or corrections fairly quickly?

Thanks for wonderful easy to follow lessons! :) Loving it! :)

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KoreanClass101.com says:

Hi Kanani!
Yes, we monitor the comments on all lessons, old and new, so please feel free to leave us any comments or questions and we’ll get back to you!
Glad to hear you are enjoying the lessons :mrgreen:

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viedory says:

hey .can i ask something? .did i must pay to open this lesson ? every i open it ,it will came out that need me to pay -.- i hope u reply it ;D bye bye

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timandyou says:

Hello Viedory?
This is Tim from KC101.com.

Are you a visitor? or Basic and Premium Members? or Premium Members Only?
If you are already members, don’t need to pay for opening files…
If you are NOT members yet, I think you have to sign up for memberships…

Thanks,
Tim :cool:

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angge says:

:cry: i know how to read and write korean.. but for some vocabulary i dont know.. and if i listen korean song or movies i dont know.. i admit that im poor in listening..

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timandyou says:

Hello angge,
That’s totally fine! That’s natural!
Even me, following Korean songs (lyrics) and movies (daily conversations) is hard! So does everyone!
All you have to do is to NEVER quit!
It’s all the matter of time and your will!
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Natasha says:

안녕하십니까 everyone!

Just started today…. so excited! :grin:

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timandyou says:

Hello Natasha!
안녕하세요 나타샤 “Natasha”!
I just met you today! so EXCITED!!! :grin: :grin: :grin:
I am Tim from KC101.com….
cheers,
Tim :cool:

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Amanda says:

안녕하세요 저는 아만다입니다!! I have promoted myself to beginner lessons now!!! can’t wait to keep learning! ᄏᄏᄏ!! :razz: Great lesson!!

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Jaslyn says:

안녕하세요 저는 재슬린입니다 만나서 반갑습니다.
I learnt a bit of Korean before, but have to stop due to my current job.
I hope to learn more, so that I can be good in it.
Been interested in the language since 2006, self learn on the characters and a bit of the greetings but didn’t managed to get myself into classes until this year.

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Luiza del Rosario says:

Just started today..sao happy and excited :smile:

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JaeHwi says:

:razz: Hi, Luiza

It’s nice to meet you here. I will be always here to help you improve Korean. When you need any help, please ask us : )

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Chochan says:

I love this! I can finally learn Korean at my own pace~

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, Chochan

Thank you for the comment. We are happy to hear that this lesson has helped you to learn Korean.

I hope that our lessons at different level also will be able to help you improve your Korean. We are always here for you, so if you have any question about Korean, feel free to ask us.

Thank you!

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IloveKyu says:

Yeah finally could get to this site! 아주좋아요 :mrgreen:
정말고마워 ;)

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, IloveKyu.

Welcome! 환영해요^^

Thank you for coming to Koreanclass101.com and leaving us the comment.

We will be always here for you, so if you have any help please ask us on the comment box.

Thank you and hope to see you soon : )

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IloveKyu (조규현의 여자) says:

안녕하세요 ;)
I am here every day.. Fighting!!!! :mrgreen:

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IloveKyu (조규현의 여자) says:

oh I mean it has been two days :lol:

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hi, 조규현의 여자님.

I can see that you will be one of our active and motivated listeners. Thank 조규현 for giving you the great motivation : )

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Leonie says:

Annyeonghaseyooo! nice to mee you all!

I started learning Korean trough watching drama’s. After that I learned a little Hangul. It’s hard but fun! The thing is that when I read the words, I have no clue what it says. Hope your lessons will help me understand the language ^^

Kamsahmnida! (unfortunately my pc does not support typing in Hangul! :( )

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KoreanClass101.com says:

:razz: Hello, Leonie.

Thank you for the comment. I’m Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

I’m glad to hear that you can now understand a part of Korean drama. I believe that your Korean will be getting improved as you listen more lessons here : ) We’ll be also here for you when you have any questions about Korean language, So please let us know if you have any questions.

To type Hangul, you can go to http://se.naver.com and click the link to 한글입력기 (which is on the right side of the search box). Then you can practice typing hangul by clicking the keyboard layout.

Thanks again. Have a nice day! 감사합니다.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Angela says:

Hi, I have a problem - when I tried to download Beginner Season 1 using My Feed, it leaves this episode out for some reason…

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KoreanClass101.com says:

Hello, Angela

I’m Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

We’re sorry for the inconvenience.

I’ve checked that lesson 1 is not appeared on the list of My Feed on iTunes. I’ve reported this issue to our technical team so they will fix this issue as soon as possible.

Thank you for taking your time to check it and letting us know the issue. 감사합니다.

Sincerely,

Jaehwi

Koreanclass101.com

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atalu nienu says:

Annyeonghaseyo..jeoneun Atalu..^^
I think I am really starting to love this site though I am fnding it hard to use at times!! :D But its great and I love it! :grin:

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Koreanclass101.com says:

:razz: 안녕하세요, 아탈루 atalu님.

Hello Atalu,

I’m Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

Thanks for the comment. We’re glad to hear that you love this site and lessons. I hope you would learn more Korean as you listen to our lessons more.

If you have any questions in Korean, please let us know.

Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Atalu Nienu says:

hi!! I dont know why but this lesson doesnt work on my laptop :(

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Koreanclass101.com says:

Hello,

Some audio files of this lesson have not been working properly, and now all issues are fixed.

We’re sorry for the convenience, and Thanks for your patience.

- Koreanclass101.com

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kyu says:

안녕호제요 ! 처는 미라 임니다 !
it is nice to learn here.. because i have learn japanese languange for more 4 years i think that korean and japanese languange is almost same..so, it is easy to understand it ^_^

감사함니다 ! :grin:

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Koreanclass101.com says:

:razz: 안녕하세요 Kyu 님,

만나서 반가워요. 저는 이재휘입니다. (from Koreanclass101.com)

I think learning Korean should be easier than other since you know the structure of Japanese : ) And that’s right : ) Many Korean words have the same meaning and Pronunciation as that of Japanese vocabularies such as 약속(yaksok; promise) and Yaksoku (Japanese word)

If you have any questions about Korean, please let us know.

Thank you. 감사합니다.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Jackie says:

This is really good, but I’m curious. Do we ever learn how to read the characters?

Do we do that on our own with the practice sheets or does it come along later?

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Koreanclass101.com says:

Hello Jackie,

Thank you for the comment. We have a special video lesson to learn Korean characters. If you click the ‘video lessons’ on the top menu, you can find the five lessons under Hangul Videos. I believe it will help you learn Korean characters one by one.

And this is the Hangul practice sheet that we have on the Reference materials menu.
http://www.koreanclass101.com/learningcenter/reference/hangul_practice_sheet

I hope those help.

Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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Davron says:

안녕하세요. I’m Davron
Kamsahmnida!For korean lamguage!

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Davron says:

Ey koreanclass you know russian language
Я хочу бесплатний lesson по корейский. почему lesson notes платний сталь

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mohano6802 says:

안녕하세요. Hello, Davron

I’m Jaehwi from Koreanclass101.com

I’m sorry that you cannot open the PDF notes with the current subscription membership. But if you’d like to learn Korean, I believe our basic or premium membership would be the best choice since you can learn with the most fun and effective way wherever you are. Please let us know if you have any questions about the membership.

감사합니다. Thank you.

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

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alyssalacra1967 says:

gomawo keith and seol! i’ve learn a lot though im just a begginer! neomu haengbokhata coz i found this website so i can learn a korean very well kamsahamnida!!!! more power

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