Read Hangul in an afternoon
The alphabet, the syllable blocks, and the sounds English speakers usually get wrong.
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Short, practical lessons written for beginners. Each one explains a real piece of Korean, gives you something to practise aloud, and tells you where the tricky parts are.
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Read Hangul in an afternoon — then keep practising for a week
Hangul is one of the few writing systems you can learn the logic of in a single sitting. This guide covers the consonants, the vowels, and how they stack into syllable blocks, with words to read out loud at the end.
Read the Hangul guide- 14 basic consonants and 10 vowels
- How syllable blocks are built
- Six words to read today
- Level: complete beginner
Lesson library
Original lessons, added as they are written
No copied articles and no filler. Every guide here is written for this site and used in class.
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What to say in a shop, a café, and a taxi — with the polite endings that keep it natural.
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은/는 vs 이/가, without the headache
The two particles beginners mix up most, explained with examples rather than jargon.
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How to use these
Reading is the start, not the finish
A guide can explain a pattern. Only speaking it makes it yours. Use each lesson like this:
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Read it once, out loud
Not silently. The point is to hear your own voice making the sounds.
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Write three of your own examples
Swap the noun, swap the place. Make the pattern about your life.
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Bring your questions to class
Where it stopped making sense is exactly what a lesson should fix.
Learn it with feedback
Free guides cannot hear you. A class can — with a tutor who corrects the sounds and sentences as you produce them.
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