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A structured path from your very first Hangul letters — 가, 거, 너, 더 — all the way to connecting grammar. Start at Chapter 1 and work your way down.

  1. 1Chapter 1BeginnerHangul — Reading KoreanLearn the Korean alphabet from zero and start reading syllables like 가, 거, 너, and 더.VowelsConsonantsSyllablesBatchim
  2. 2Chapter 2BeginnerVocabularyBuild your word bank: search hundreds of Korean words by category, each with its English and Nepali meaning and an example sentence.SearchCategoriesExamples
  3. 3Chapter 3BeginnerBasic Pronunciation RulesWhy 학교 sounds like [학꾜] and 합니다 like [함니다] — the rules that make written and spoken Korean different.Batchim soundsLinkingNasalizationTensification
  4. 4Chapter 4BeginnerNumbersKorean has two number systems — Sino-Korean (일, 이, 삼) and Native Korean (하나, 둘, 셋). Learn both and when to use each.Sino-KoreanNative KoreanCountersTelling time
  5. 5Chapter 5BeginnerMaking SentencesKorean word order, the essential particles 은/는, 이/가, 을/를, and your first verb conjugations.Word orderParticles이에요/예요-아요/어요
  6. PracticeInteractiveBuild the sentenceDrag and drop Korean words into the correct order to translate English sentences — 저 · 는 · 밥 · 을 · 먹 · 어요.Word orderParticlesPresent tense
  7. 6Chapter 6BeginnerPresent Tense — 아요 / 어요 / 해요Turn any dictionary verb into something you can actually say: 먹다 → 먹어요, 가다 → 가요, 공부하다 → 공부해요.-아요/어요해요ContractionsPresent
  8. PracticeInteractiveBuild the present tenseDrop each verb into its slots — 먹 + 어요 = 먹어요 — then build whole sentences around the form you just made.Stem + ending아요/어요해요
  9. 7Chapter 7BeginnerPast Tense — 았어요 / 었어요 / 했어요One block of meaning slots into the middle: 먹 + 었 + 어요 = 먹었어요. If you know the present tense, you already know the past.-았어요/었어요했어요Past이었어요/였어요
  10. PracticeInteractiveBuild the past tenseSlot the past marker into the middle — 먹 + 었 + 어요 = 먹었어요 — then build sentences with 어제, 지난주 and 작년.Stem + 았/었Merged forms이었어요
  11. 8Chapter 8BeginnerFuture Tense — -(으)ㄹ 거예요 & -겠어요Talk about plans and guesses: 먹을 거예요 “I’m going to eat”, 갈 거예요 “I’ll go”, 하겠습니다 “I will do it”.-(으)ㄹ 거예요-겠어요FuturePlans
  12. PracticeInteractiveBuild the future tenseLet the batchim decide — 먹 + 을 거 + 예요 vs 가 + ㄹ 거 + 예요 — then build plans and guesses into full sentences.-(으)ㄹ 거예요-겠어요Batchim rule
  13. 9Chapter 9IntermediateConnecting GrammarJoin short sentences into natural Korean with -고, -지만, -아서/어서, -(으)면, and -(으)니까.-고-지만-아서/어서-(으)면-(으)니까
  14. 10Chapter 10Intermediate추석 — ChuseokKorea's harvest festival on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month — and the word roots behind 곡식, 조상, 조국, and 조부모.추석곡식조상Word roots
  15. More chapters coming soonWe're working on the next chapters — check back soon.

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