TalkToMeInKorean's Blog, page 107

TTMIK Culture Ramblings – Lunar New Year

Download Available The Lunar New Year holiday, known as설날(seol-lal) in Korean, is a major holiday in Korean culture. People travel back to their home towns to meet with family, eat delicious and special foods, and perform ancestral rites. In this ... Read More

Level 9 Lesson 22 / Word builder 20 / 시 (示, 視)

Download Available Word Builder lessons are designed to help you understand how to expand your vocabulary by learning/understanding some common and basic building blocks of Korean words. The words and letters introduced through Word Builder lessons are not necessarily all ... Read More

[Ask Hyojin] Smartphone applications in Korea

Download Available Do you use a smartphone? In Korea, you can see many people on their smartphones on the street, in the bus, in the subway, etc. While different people use different types of smartphone applications, there are several very ... Read More

Photo Vocabulary – 공중전화

Download Available Learn new Korean vocabulary words from everyday photos taken in Korea! It’s 공중전화 that you are looking at in this photo. You can listen to the free audio lesson below using the audio player embedded in this post, ... Read More

How Do You Say “Can you do me a favor?” In Korean?

Download Available Can you guess how Korean people would say “Can you do me a favor?” Teacher 경화(Kyung-hwa) is going to explain it in detail in this video. Enjoy! In this video series, “How Do You Say This In Korean,” ... Read More

Catch the Wave / 강 건너 불 구경, 누워서 침 뱉기

Every Friday at 6 PM (KST), you can listen to Hyunwoo and Adrien LIVE on the radio at ArirangRadio.com/CatchTheWave to learn new Korean expressions and listen to fun recordings sent in by listeners of both Catch The Wave and TalkToMeInKorean around the world. Everyday Korean Idiomatic ... Read More

TTMIK Culture Ramblings – Personal Space

Download Available Welcome to our new audio series called “TTMIK Culture Ramblings”! In each episode, you will listen to a roundtable discussion, in English, between people who were born and raised in Korea and someone with a different perspective. These ... Read More

Level 9 Lesson 21 – Advanced Idiomatic Expressions – 생각 (thought, idea)

Download Available This is an Advanced Idiomatic Expressions lesson related to 생각, “thought” or “idea”. In order to fully understand and use the expressions introduced in this series, it is essential that you understand the grammatical structure of the sentences. ... Read More

Photo Vocabulary – 빨대

Download Available Learn new Korean vocabulary words from everyday photos taken in Korea! In this photo you can see a 빨대 in a glass! You can listen to the free audio lesson below using the audio player embedded in this ... Read More

How Do You Say This in Korean? (17 January 2013)

Download Available Welcome to the 26th episode of “How Do You Say This in Korean?”! In this series, teacher 경화 (Kyung-hwa) is joined by a co-host of her choice twice a month to answer some listener questions. The questions we ... Read More