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Free online courseKorean Grammar and Speaking for Beginners (Level 1)

Duration of the online course: 15 hours and 10 minutes

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Speak beginner Korean with confidence—learn Hangul and essential grammar in a free online course with practice, plus a certificate-ready foundation.

In this free course, learn about

  • Read and write Hangul: letters, syllable blocks, and bottom consonants (받침)
  • Form basic syllable sounds (e.g., 가) and read with double vowels and sound changes
  • Use Korean numbers for reading, counting, and telling time/days/dates
  • Make “to be” sentences with 이에요/예요 and formal noun endings ~입니다
  • Conjugate verbs/adjectives in polite present, formal present, and past tense
  • Make negatives: 안/못, “can’t,” and “good at” expressions
  • Connect ideas: and(그리고), so(그래서), but(하지만/는데), and with (이)랑
  • Talk about ongoing actions and being in the middle of: ~고 있어요, ~는 중(이에요)
  • Express future: “going to” and conversational will/intention with -(으)ㄹ게요
  • Use particles for location/time and range: 에, 에서, 까지, 부터~까지
  • Sequence and timing: then/after, while, before(~전에), as soon as(~자마자)
  • Express wants/requests/permission/obligation: ~고 싶다, ~아/어 주세요, ~(으)면 돼요, ~아/어도 돼요
  • Make suggestions and probability: ~ㄹ까요, ~(으)ㄹ래요, ~는 게 어때요, ~ㄹ 것 같아요
  • Ability/experience/reporting: -(으)ㄹ 수 있다, ~(으)ㄹ 줄 알다, ~아/어 본 적, ~다고 하다

Course Description

If you have ever wanted to understand Korean beyond memorizing phrases, this beginner-friendly course helps you build a real foundation for speaking. You start with Hangul and learn how Korean letters combine into readable syllables, so you can sound out words on your own instead of guessing. From there, you move into practical grammar designed for conversation, focusing on how sentences are actually formed and used in everyday situations.

As you progress, you develop control over core sentence patterns that unlock basic communication: introducing yourself and others, describing what you do, talking about time and dates, and handling common interactions politely. You will practice making sentences in the present and past, express plans and intentions for the future, and learn how to create negatives when something is not true or when you cannot do something. Step by step, the course helps you turn isolated vocabulary into useful speech you can adapt.

You will also gain the tools to connect ideas naturally, which is often the difference between textbook Korean and real communication. You learn how to link sentences with meanings like and, so, but, and while, and how to show sequence such as then or after. Along the way, you practice forms that let you ask for help, make polite requests, give suggestions, ask permission, talk about ability, express wants and needs, and share opinions in a natural way.

Because each unit reinforces what came before, you are not just learning rules—you are building instincts for structure, politeness level, and timing in Korean sentences. With regular exercises to check your understanding, this free online course is ideal for complete beginners and for self-learners who want a clearer path from reading Hangul to forming confident, correct beginner Korean.

Course content

  • Video class: Unit 1 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to Read, and Write Korean Alphabet Hangul 14m
  • Exercise: In Hangul, how are basic syllable sounds like “Ga” formed?
  • Video class: Unit 2 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Learn to Read Korean, Hangeul with ?, ?, ?, ? 10m
  • Video class: Unit 3 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Practice Reading, and Writing in Hangul 08m
  • Exercise: What is the main goal of the Unit 3 practice in this lesson?
  • Video class: Unit 4 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Study Korean 'Hangeul' with Bottom Letters 09m
  • Video class: Unit 5 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Doubled Vowels in Hangul 11m
  • Exercise: When a Hangul vowel has two dots, what should you add to its sound?
  • Video class: Unit 6 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Numbers for Reading 11m
  • Video class: Unit 7 Korean Grammar for Speaking - Numbers for Counting 16m
  • Video class: Unit 8 ??, ??, ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Korean Time, Days, and Dates 06m
  • Video class: Unit 9 ??, ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to say I am, you are, he is smt in Korean 12m
  • Exercise: ‘피터는 미국 사람이에요’에서 문장 끝의 ‘-이에요’는 어떤 의미로 쓰였나요?
  • Video class: Unit 10 ?, ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking 13m
  • Video class: Unit 11 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Present Tense in the Korean Language 18m
  • Exercise: Which ending is used to make the polite present tense ("I do") when a verb stem has NO final consonant (no 받침)?
  • Video class: Unit 12 Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to use ?, ?, and ?, ? in a sentence 21m
  • Video class: Unit 13 ???, ???, ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Present Tense Formal 12m
  • Exercise: 명사 뒤에 붙여 ~입니다로 정중하게 말할 때 알맞은 문장은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 14-1 ? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Negative sentences in Korean 13m
  • Video class: Unit 14-2 ? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to say I can't 04m
  • Exercise: Choose the correct way to say I can't swim in Korean.
  • Video class: Unit 14-3 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to say I am good at something 13m
  • Video class: Unit 15 ?, ??, ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Learn how to connect sentences using '?' in Korean 21m
  • Exercise: 다음 중

    명사 + (이)랑

    을 사용해

    두 가지 음식

    을 함께 주문하는 문장은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 16 ?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - I am doing something now 16m
  • Video class: Unit 17 ?? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to say 'in the middle of' in Korean 12m
  • Exercise: 동작이 진행 중임을 나타내는 표현으로 알맞은 것은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 18 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Past Tense in Korean Language 23m
  • Video class: Unit 19 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Connecting Sentences 12m
  • Exercise: 다음 중 ‘그리고(And)’를 사용해 두 형용사를 자연스럽게 연결한 문장은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 20 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Connect Sentences Using 'so' in Korean 15m
  • Video class: Unit 21 ???, ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Study How to use 'but' in Korean 15m
  • Exercise: What is the best way to connect two contrasting statements in Korean, like “Korean food is spicy, but it’s delicious”?
  • Video class: Unit 22 ? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Future Tense 'be going to' in Korean Language 15m
  • Video class: Unit 23 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Korean Grammar 'Will' 15m
  • Exercise: When is the Korean grammar form -(으)ㄹ게요 mainly used in conversation?
  • Video class: Unit 24 ?, ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - in, on, at, from, to in the Korean Language 15m
  • Video class: Unit 25 ~?? ~?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - from~to in Korean 21m
  • Exercise: 시간의 시작과 끝을 말할 때 알맞은 표현은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 26 ? ??, ?? ??, ? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to say 'then', 'after' in Korean 22m
  • Video class: Unit 27 ?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to use 'while' in Korean 17m
  • Exercise: 다음 중 ‘~전에’(before) 문장으로 가장 알맞은 것은?
  • Video class: Unit 28 ???? Korean Grammar for Speaking- How to say as soon as in Korean 11m
  • Video class: Unit 29 ?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - I want to do something 14m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly uses “-고 싶어요” to say you want to order a hamburger?
  • Video class: Unit 30 ?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - don't want to 11m
  • Video class: Unit 31 ? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Please do it for me 12m
  • Exercise: Which expression is used to politely ask someone to do something for you (a favor) in Korean?
  • Video class: Unit 32 ? ????? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Would you please? 12m
  • Video class: Unit 33 ?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - I have to 10m
  • Exercise: Which grammar pattern is used to express “must/have to do” in beginner Korean?
  • Video class: Unit 34 ? ~?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - I don't have to 09m
  • Video class: Unit 35 ?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to say 'May I..?' in Korean 11m
  • Exercise: Which grammar pattern is used to ask for permission, like Can I go??
  • Video class: Unit 36 ?? ? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to say 'I shouldn't' in Korean 16m
  • Video class: Unit 37 #??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Will you? 08m
  • Exercise: 친구에게 같이 영화를 보자고 제안할 때 가장 자연스러운 표현은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 38 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Shall we? 11m
  • Video class: Unit 39 ?? ? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Why don't we...? 07m
  • Exercise: Which expression is used to suggest an activity like 쇼핑 하는게 어때요?
  • Video class: Unit 40 ?? ~??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Probably 10m
  • Video class: Unit 41 ? ? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to use 'can' in Korean 13m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly expresses the ability to sing a Korean song using the pattern -(으)ㄹ 수 있어요?
  • Video class: Unit 42 ? ? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - know how to 24m
  • Video class: Unit 43 ? ? ?? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - How to use I have done it before in Korean 22m
  • Exercise: 다음 중 과거 경험을 말할 때 쓰는 문법 표현은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 44 ? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - I have done it before 2 13m
  • Video class: Unit 45 ? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - try 22m
  • Exercise: Which sentence correctly expresses “I haven’t tried Korean food, so I want to try it” using -아/어 보다 and -고 싶다?
  • Video class: Unit 46 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Surprised 11m
  • Video class: Unit 47 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Right? Isn't it? 10m
  • Exercise: 다음 중 상대방의 말에 동의하며 그렇죠에 가장 가까운 표현은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 48 ? Korean Grammar for Speaking 24m
  • Video class: Unit 49 ?? ? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - I think 21m
  • Exercise: 빈칸에 들어갈 표현으로 가장 알맞은 것은? "초등학생____"
  • Video class: Unit 50 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Do it 06m
  • Video class: Unit 51 ?? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Don't do it 05m
  • Exercise: Which expression is the most appropriate polite way to tell someone “Please don’t do it” in Korean?
  • Video class: Unit 52 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - Because 13m
  • Video class: Unit 53 ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - More Polite 32m
  • Video class: Unit 54 ? ??? Korean Grammar for Speaking - look, seem 20m
  • Video class: Unit 55 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - in order to 16m
  • Exercise: ‘공부하러 학교에 가요’에서 ‘-러/으러’의 의미로 가장 알맞은 것은 무엇인가요?
  • Video class: Unit 56 ??? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - try to 20m
  • Video class: Unit 57 ? ? Korean Grammar for Speaking - when 25m
  • Exercise: Which form is used to mean “when…” with verbs/adjectives that have NO final consonant (받침)?
  • Video class: Unit 58 ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - if 11m
  • Video class: Unit 59 ??? ?? Korean Grammar for Speaking - I heard, said 18m
  • Exercise: Which ending is used with adjectives to report what someone said in the present tense (e.g., Someone said she is pretty)?

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