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There are so many ways to express that you’re “thinking” about something or that you’ve “realized” something, and I’ve compiled the most common and essential ones together into a single lesson. This video covers the forms ~치고(는), ~까 봐(서), ~까, ~보니(까), 치다, ~테니(까), ~텐데, ~고 보니(까), ~다(가) 보니(까), ~다 보니(까), ~다(가) 보면, ~다니, and ~니.

This is a free 20 episode video course all about Korean sentence connectors – grammar that’s used to connect words and sentences to create longer, more natural conversations. Every week I’m uploading a new episode, and this is lesson 16 out of 20.

In my most recent live stream I taught the differences between ~해요 and ~하는 거예요, and how these differences are part of a larger topic – the form ~것이다. The form ~것이다 can be used to make any tense in Korean – past tense, present tense, and future tense. And there are similarities between all of these forms.

There are so many ways to say everything in Korean, and “in order to” is no exception. I made a lesson (a long lesson) about all of the different ways, and it’s divided into difficulty levels – beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Simply learn the ones that match up with your level and ignore the rest.

This episode covers these forms that mean “in order to” in Korean: ~위해(서), ~위한, ~(으)러, ~(으)려고, ~게(끔), ~도록, ~도록, ~도록 하다, ~는 데(에), ~(으)려면, ~(으)려다(가), ~토록, ~는 데(에), ~고자, ~다는 것이, ~답시고, ~(으)려던 참, and ~(으)려던 차.

This is a free course (yes, free!) that I’m posting to my channel every week, and it has 20 episodes in total. This is lesson #15.

My most recent live classroom on Sunday was all about the particle 의, which is used like an apostrophe “s” in English, or like “of.” It’s used to connect two nouns together. I also taught how to use compound nouns together with the 사이시옷, which is the ㅅ that appears at the bottom of a syllable in the middle of a word.

This is a FREE Korean course all about sentence connectors in Korean, and it covers over 270 sentence connectors and grammar forms that can be used to make longer, more natural Korean sentences. There are 20 episodes in this series.

The forms covered in this lesson are ~(으)면서, ~동안(에), ~다(가), ~(으)면서도, ~중에, ~(으)며, ~ㅆ다(가), ~김에, ~는 길, ~도중(에), ~채(로), ~다(가), ~다가는, ~와중에, ~가운데, and ~사이(에).

Both 안 and 속 mean “inside,” but they’re not used for the same things.

The really quick answer is “use either,” but an even quicker answer is “just use 안.” However, the real answer is a bit longer, and requires knowing what kind of “inside” you’re referring to. Fortunately it’s not difficult, and I explain all of their differences in this 7 minute long episode.

This is a free, 20 episode video course about Korean sentence connectors. It covers many of the most commonly used, and most essential sentence connectors for learners of every level – beginner, intermediate, and even advanced.

This episode is all about how to say “only” to connect sentences. The forms that are covered in this lesson are 만, 밖에, ~기만 하다, ~기만 하면, ~야, 뿐, ~뿐, ~일 뿐, ~뿐만 아니라, (이)야말로, ~한, ~이상, ~뿐더러, and ~거니와.

There’s more than one way to make something plural in Korean, but the most common way is with the Particle 들. This makes any word before it (usually just a noun) into a plural. It can also be used after adverbs, and even phrases, which I also explain.

Another way to make something plural (specifically a person) is with the Particle 네. However, 네 is used differently and is specifically for something that’s a part of a group.

This is a free course all about sentence connectors. This lesson covers the forms 아니면, 아니고, 말고, (이)나, 아니라, (이)나, ~거나, ~대신(에), 밖에, 외에, 빼고, 또는, 혹은, ~는 것 대신(에), and ~대신(에).

This course is free and is made for all levels – beginner to advanced. Simply skip the ones that are too easy or too difficult for your current level. This course has 20 lessons, and I’m posting one new lesson each week.

This was my first live Korean classroom since returning back to the US, with many more to come! I’m planning to do these again on my regular schedule until next summer when I go to Korea again.

This lesson is about the form 모양이다, which is used to mean “appear.”