Daily Conversation: Lower Intermediate Korean

Learn how to talk about an incident, a person's feelings, or the state of things, and learn how to express an intention or a plan to do something in the future

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I'm In The Middle Of Cooking

Learn how to use a phrase meaning "to be in the middle of doing something"

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I'm On My Way

Learn how to express "to be on one's way to a place" or "to be on one's way to go do something"

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While You're Here, Do Some Work!

Learn how to express doing one or more things based on the fact that the other action is happening

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And Then? What Happened?

Learn how to show two actions or states in a logical order

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He Wasn't Even At Home!

Learn how to negate the noun or verb that it follows and leads to revealing another fact by comparing the noun or verb with another noun or verb that comes after

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That Can't Be My Son

Learn how to express a doubt in the possibility or the likeliness of an action or a state

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Stop Pretending

Learn how to express "the act of pretending"

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To Be Truthful, I Did It For You

Learn about the final-sentence ending 잖아 (jana) is used when the speaker is under the assumption or supposition that the listener knows and agrees with what was just said by the speaker

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Should I Do It Or Not?

Learn about the grammatical structure that expresses hesitation

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I'm Bored To Death!

Learn about the grammatical structure that is used to emphasize or sometimes to exaggerate the emotion that you have or the state you're in

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I Feel It's A Bit Too Pricey

Learn about the grammar structure used to mean that something is "kind of" in a certain state or to express what you "feel" about a object/state/action

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I Almost Got Killed!

Learn about a grammatical structure that means "to almost do something" or "to closely escape doing something"

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Give Me Something Nice

Learn about a grammatical structure that expresses "to ask someone to do something"

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• 13 Minutes

How About Me Instead?

Learn about the grammatical structure that expresses “instead of” or “in return for”

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How Did That Happen?

Learn about the grammatical structure that expresses "while -ing" or "I was -ing when"

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It Depends

Learn how to express multiple actions or states happening at the same time, giving each of the actions/states an equal probability/frequency

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• 8 Minutes

I Wish You Would Make It

Learn about the grammatical structure that means "I hope/I wish"

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• 10 Minutes

Improve Your Korean as A Result of This!

Learn about the grammatical structure that expresses "as a result of + verb"

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• 10 Minutes

Use Korean to Make Your Wishes Come True

Learn how to express a wish or a hope, and just like when the English verb 'to wish' is used

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• 12 Minutes

I Didn't Expect That to Happen in Korea!

Learn how to use the Korean expression -ㄹ 리가 없다, which means "there is not a reason for it"

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• 19 Minutes

Being Indecisive in Korea

Learn about 든지(-든 말든) for giving alternatives and 던지(-던), meaning "a past cause"

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• 19 Minutes

A Korean Interruption

Learn about -느라고, which means "to do something and be interrupted"

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• 18 Minutes

Wait For Me in Korea

Learn the construction Verb Stem + (으)ㄹ 테니까, which means "will be"

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• 16 Minutes

You Might Do This in Korea

Learn about -ㄹ까 하다, meaning "thinking about doing," which we use to communicate an estimation of a future action

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• 19 Minutes

How to Be a Good Friend in Korea

Learn about 로서, which is a Korean construction that refers to qualifications or social position

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• 17 Minutes

Despite Your Lateness, We Can Still Be Friends in Korea

Learn about the usage of "in spite of," "nevertheless," and "despite that,"

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• 18 Minutes

I Don't Mind Where We Go in Korea

Learn about (이)나, which we use to list nouns as in "either A or B" and the last choice or option

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• 18 Minutes

It Would Be Good if We Could Decide Where to Go in Korea

Learn the Korean expression of "it would/could/should/must have been"

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• 19 Minutes

Defying Death at a Korean Amusement Park

Learn the Korean construction -ㄹ/을 뻔하다 , which means "would/could come close to something"

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• 17 Minutes

Showing Restraint in Korea

Learn how to say "(I really feel like) I want that"

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• 22 Minutes

Let's Plan Our Next Move in Korea

Learn the Korean construction "Noun + 대로" or "VST + ㄴ 는 대로" -ㄹ/을 뻔하다

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• 20 Minutes

Are You Too Busy to Eat Korean Food?

Learn how to say the expression "As you know"

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• 18 Minutes

It Doesn't Do to be Rude in Korea

Learn how to say지 않으면 안 되다, which means "If you don't do it, it won't do"--or, in other words, "You must do it"

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• 19 Minutes

Your Dream of Eating Korean Food Has Come True at Last

Learn about the Korean phrase 고 말다, which you can use to convey a sense of loss, negativism, bad thinking, or misfortune

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• 17 Minutes

You Will be Full After I Give You This Korean Meal

Learn about the Korean phrase ㄹ/을 게(요), which we use to show that the speaker will do something for somebody else

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• 17 Minutes

I Don't Know Whether I'm Coming or Going in Korea

Learn about the Korean construction VST + 아/어/야 할지 모르다, which means "not know whether to VERB A or VERB B"

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• 22 Minutes

Don't Stop Learning Korean

Learn about VST + 지 말라고 하다, meaning "to tell someone not to do something"

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• 18 Minutes

Can you Take the Heat in Korea?

Learn about VST +아/어/여 내다, meaning that the preceding verb was finished with difficulty

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• 20 Minutes

Braving the Korean Doctor

Learn about VST +나(요), which is a familiar speech ending

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• 18 Minutes

Korean Chicken Soup for the Soul...and Body

Learn about VST + 게 하다, which is the causative verb structure

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• 18 Minutes

Who's the Designated Driver on this Korean Road Trip?

Learn about the Korean structure VST + (으)ㄹ 수록, which means "the more you ___, the more you do"

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• 19 Minutes

Let's Play 3.6.9 Together in Korea!

Learn about the Korean structure VST + 구나, which shows that you have certainty in what you're saying

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• 22 Minutes

Staying Awake by Playing Korean Games

Learn about the Korean structure VST + ㅁ/음 으로써, which means "by doing so"

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• 21 Minutes

Fond Memories of a Korean Road Trip

Learn about the Korean structure VST + (으)ㄹ 때, which means "when"

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• 21 Minutes