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Learn to read Korean, starting from the very first letter
Short lessons with clear explanations, audio for every example, and practice that tells you why an answer was wrong. Free, and no account needed.
5 minutes. You will read four Korean syllables by the end.
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What you get
readingRead HangulThe alphabet a few letters at a time, each with audio, until you can sound out any word.speakingSay real sentencesGreetings, ordering, asking the way, making plans — polite Korean you can use the same day.reviewKeep what you learnA daily challenge, and a review list that brings each word back just before you would forget it.playUse it with peopleFour Korean board games you can play online, and what to say across the board.
What you will learn
48 lessons in 8 units, in order. Each takes 3 to 7 minutes.
- Read HangulThe Korean alphabet, a few letters at a time, until you can sound out any word.8 lessons
- First sentencesGreetings, introducing yourself, and how a Korean sentence is put together.5 lessons
- Everyday lifeThings, places, numbers and prices: enough to order and to shop.6 lessons
- Simple conversationsVerbs, questions, saying no, time — and one full conversation at the end.5 lessons
- How verbs workStop memorising verbs whole: build the present, the past and the future yourself, and describe things.6 lessons
- Particles and joining ideasWhere, with whom, by what means — and how to join two thoughts with and, but, so.6 lessons
- Wanting, being able, having toSay what you want, can and must do, what you are doing now, and ask someone to do something.6 lessons
- Everyday situationsDates, family, directions, weather, making plans — and how formal and casual Korean differ from what you speak.6 lessons
How the course works
See the pattern first
Each lesson shows two or three examples before it names a rule. You notice how it works, then you get the word for it.
Practise right away
Six to ten questions per lesson: listening, building syllables, matching, ordering words. A wrong answer gets an explanation, not just a red mark.
Come back to keep it
New letters and words return in Review the next day, then at longer and longer gaps. A short daily challenge mixes old and new.
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Korean you can play
Omok, baduk, janggi and alkkagi are the board games Koreans grow up with. Learn the words on the board and what players say to each other — then try them on a real opponent.
Learn Korean through board gamesQuick guides
Reference pages with tools you can use without doing a lesson.
Where this course takes you
You start from zero and learn to read Hangul. From there you move on to everyday exchanges, and then to building sentences of your own: what you did yesterday, what you plan to do, what you want, how to get somewhere, and how to tell polite speech from casual.