Korean Topik Grammar 4 - full course

Explore Korean culture through vocabulary on recognition and etiquette, including humility, honorifics, bowing, table manners, and communal cooperation in rural and urban contexts.

explore the v-는 김에 grammar, showing how you perform a second action while pursuing the main purpose in one sentence using two verbs.

Explore the Korean grammar point v-(으)ㄹ 뻔하다, meaning 'almost did.' Use practical examples like almost missing a bus, about to miss it, and final consonant usage.

Learn how to express tentative plans in Korean using v-(으)ㄹ까 하다. Explore hesitation, between two choices, and varying levels of certainty with real-world examples.

Explore vocabulary about Korean identity in the world, emphasizing endurance, persistence, and overcoming challenges to make dreams come true, with expressions for fighting oneself, handling failure, and self-reflection.

Explore the av-더니 grammar point, using verbs or adjectives to express an unexpected outcome based on your own knowledge or experience, contrasting prior expectations with new reality.

Learn how v-아/어 내다 expresses completing actions through sustained effort, with emotional nuance and emphasis on ongoing striving to overcome challenges and endure hardship.

Explore using the grammar point n만 못하다 to compare two nouns, emphasize the worse option, and express not as good as the other, including giving up halfway scenarios.

Learn Korean vocabulary for disposable products, their environmental impact, and related terms like recycling, incineration, pollution, ecosystem, dioxin, and endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Master the Korean grammar v-기로 결심하다 to express resolutions. Practice with examples of deciding to forget, raise a puppy, not use disposable products, avoid fights, exercise, diet, and travel.

Explore the Korean Topik grammar point n치고, including no exception usage and the reversal of expected outcomes. Learn how to express unexpected results with practical examples from the caption.

Explore the grammar point 덕분에, using noun plus 덕분에 to express gratitude and positive outcomes. Compare with 때문에, and learn honorific forms and sample sentences like thanks to a friend.

Master waste separation in Korea by sorting food waste, paper, bottles, and plastics into four bins. Tie bags, rinse, and flatten recyclables; note electronics like batteries and fluorescent lights.

Explore the Korean grammar point V-는 바람에, which expresses a negative outcome caused by a preceding action, with examples and tense nuances.

Learn the Korean grammar v-(으)나 마나, where you have two options—do something or not—but the result stays the same.

Explore the grammar v-(으)ㄴ/는 셈 치다, meaning to pretend something happened or treat an imagined situation as true. See examples of imagining outcomes and acting as if you were fooled.

Build vocabulary on global warming and environmental topics, including soil and water pollution, industrial waste, incineration, and vehicle emissions, while comparing active and passive forms for ecosystem changes.

Use v-는 사이에 to describe an interruption that occurs during a short, ongoing action, emphasizing the momentary nature with examples like 'while doing something, something happened'.

Explore the Korean grammar point N조차, meaning 'even,' used to emphasize surprising or negative scenarios through varied examples, from weather and daily tasks to environmental issues.

Explore the Korean grammar AV-(으)ㄹ걸요 to express assumptions and guessing about future events or things you don’t know, with clear examples and distinctions from surer statements.

Master essential Korean travel vocabulary for transportation and accommodation, including one-way vs round trips, seat preferences, delays, and accommodation terms such as hotel, guesthouse, breakfast, and minibar.

Explains the grammar point v-는 대로, a two-part structure meaning 'as soon as you finish one part, the next follows,' with present or future tense examples.

Learn to express past regrets with the grammar point V-(으)ㄹ 걸 그랬다, meaning 'should have done,' using examples of not doing something and imagining alternative outcomes.

Explore the final grammar point n만, showing how 'only' attaches to nouns, with single vs. multiple subjects and examples like I only ate bread and I only love you.

Explore vocabulary for eating out and delivery, including coupons, loyalty points, mobile payment, and discount cards, while understanding payment methods, business hours, and delivery details.

Learn how the V-아/어 대다 grammar expresses exaggeration, repetition, and negative tone to convey complaint or nagging, with examples of repeated actions and begging.

Master the grammar point v-(으)려던 참이다 to express actions you were about to take in the moment. See examples like closing the door and planning to learn taekwondo.

Master how to use AV-더라고요 to express past experiences you personally felt or observed, and distinguish direct experience (100%) from partial information (70%).

Explore vocabulary for large discount stores and big retailers, including loyalty mileage points, membership benefits, delivery options, samples, expiration dates, and online versus offline shopping terms.

Explore grammar AV-기는요, a point for guessing the reason behind a situation by describing why something is the case, with various examples about food, appearance, and actions.

Explore the grammar point v-(으)ㄹ 게 아니라 and how to form sentences with multiple purposes in one situation, including managing final consonants and irregular forms.

Learn how to use v-느니 차라리 to express preferred actions in Korean, with practical shopping and decision-making examples like delivery, discounts, and store conversations.

Explore vocabulary on age and forms of address in Korean, including elder honorifics and the different calling terms used for friends, family, and others.

Explore the AV-기는(요) grammar, teaching casual refutation, disagreement, and humble nuance, with examples showing how intonation signals subtle contrasts in everyday Korean.

Learn to use the Korean grammar V-(으)ㄹ 게 아니라 to contrast a bad action with a better alternative, with clear examples and practice.

Explore the grammar V-느니 차라리 by comparing two actions to express 'it's better to do X than Y,' with examples like texting versus video calling.