Five Minute Korean for Beginners

Discover Hangul, the Korean alphabet, with ten basic consonants and ten vowels, including aspirated and tense consonants and composite vowels, and practice pronunciation by mimicking sounds and shaping the mouth.

In lesson 2 of five minute Korean for beginners, learn Korean consonants and vowels, practice letter sounds and pronunciation patterns with example words and guided repetition.

Master Korean pronunciation in lesson 3 by learning consonants, vowels, and final consonant rules, with practical examples to distinguish sounds and apply pronunciation patterns.

Master essential basic Korean phrases for greetings, yes/no responses, thanks, apologies, and polite replies, plus forming questions and simple farewells for both in-person and online conversations.

Learn to introduce yourself in Korean using the a is b pattern, the topic particle 은/는, and polite forms with examples like are you Emily.

Practice basic self-introduction in Korean through a short dialogue about name, job, and origin, while learning the three politeness levels—formal, polite, and casual (Punjabi)—and basic sentence structure with subject markers.

Learn to say this, that, and that over there in Korean using near, near-to-others, and far references; practice labeling items around your home on Post-it notes to remember these words.

Learn to say have and not have in Korean, including there is and I have, with examples of water, time, and fun; plus in, at, on for places.

Master present tense Korean by learning the dictionary form, identifying stems, and applying the conjugation rule to form sentences like I eat, I sleep, and I go.

Master present tense Korean verbs, learn object marking particles 을/를 and topic marking 은/는, and practice conjugating common verbs in sentence structures where verbs appear last.

Learn to form present tense descriptive verbs in Korean using the same conjugation rules as verbs, with examples like expensive, easy or difficult, close or far, and proper subject particles.

Learn to form past tense verbs in Korean using a rule similar to the present tense, applied to verbs, descriptive verbs, and time words like today and yesterday.

Lesson 13 teaches Korean future tense verbs, guiding stem modification and endings. Practice includes will eat, will drink, will exercise, will call, and will watch a movie, with worksheet completion.

Explore Korean future tense formation using time expressions like tomorrow, next week, and next month. Learn regular and irregular verb stems, add endings, and practice with example sentences.

Learn how to ask how many in Korean using the counter, with examples about objects and people, and practice telling time with native numbers, hours, minutes, and am/pm.

Five minute Korean for beginners lesson 17 teaches how to say 'want to' by adding endings to verb stems, with present, past, and future forms and example verbs.

Master how to say please in Korean using polite verb stems, final consonant rules, and irregular verbs, with examples like please wait, read, or open the door.

Lesson 19 teaches how to say please don’t do it in Korean using masayo form, by adding ma to the verb stem, with examples like please don’t take a picture.

Learn how to express obligation in Korean using have to and must with practical examples like going grocery shopping, eating vegetables, and ordering food, plus pronunciation tips.

Lesson 21 teaches expressing ability in Korean by adding the sso suffix after the verb stem. It covers making questions and negation to say cannot.

Learn to express actions in the present Korean tense, with examples like I am eating or she is talking on the phone, and explore past and future constructions.

Learn how Korean question words precede verbs and descriptive verbs, and practice asking why, when, what kind of, who, and who with action using local and nuga particles.

Learn how to form questions with how, which, and what kind of, and practice using at, to, from, how much, how long, and descriptive verbs.

Explore how Korean linking words connect sentences, using and, but, so, and because to express relationships. Practice making short stories with these linking words to reinforce understanding and fluency.

Lesson 26 introduces the first Korean linking word for connecting nouns, with examples like pizza and salad, and shows how to link actions with kuriko, meaning and then.

Learn to distinguish action verbs from descriptive verbs using verb stems, practice past and future tenses, and master comparisons with topic marking particles and irregular verbs.

Lesson 28 teaches Korean expressions for so and since, including I have a test, so I studied, and since we have a concert next week, please practice with Annika.