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Master Politeness Levels with Billy Go | #12: Humble Speech

Humble Speech is another essential part of using politeness levels correctly, because it changes the entire feeling of your sentences. In this lesson you'll learn about what Humble Speech is and how to use it, as well as some of the most commonly used Humble Verbs in Korean.

This is a free series with 24 episodes, so that means we're halfway finished! Only 12 more to go!

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“ㄴ Addition” – A Lesser Known Sound Change Rule (ㄴ 첨가) | Korean FAQ

Learning every sound change rule in Korean can take a long time, and is usually not necessary in the beginning stages. Simply being exposed to enough Korean, combined with the knowledge of the basic sound change rules, is often enough to get going.

This is a sound change rule that even many Korean speakers are not aware that they're making, and it has to do with the sound 이 and the letter ㄴ. It's known as ㄴ첨가 and is an important sound change rule to learn - especially if you've encountered words that use this rule but weren't aware why it happens.

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Master Politeness Levels with Billy Go | #11: Honorific Particles

Let's look at some honorific particles, which are used together with honorific speech when talking about other people.

This series has 24 episodes, and I'm uploading one new episode every week.

If you'd like to see all 24 episodes right now, you can join my YouTube channel and become a Member - this will give you access to all of them in advance.

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Master Politeness Levels with Billy Go | #10: Honorific Nouns

We're up to lesson 10 in the series! This lesson is all about what are known as Honorific Nouns - nouns that are used when referring to other people which show extra respect.

This is lesson 10 out of a total of 24. Note that YouTube Channel Members can currently watch the entire course right now on my channel. I'll also be posting a new episode every week until the series is complete.

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Why I Became a Korean Language Teacher

A lot of you have been asking me how much money I make as a Korean teacher, as well as many other questions I haven't had a chance to answer. This is because the answer to that question has changed over the past several years.

In this episode I cover why and how I became a Korean teacher, how much money I'm actually making through my books and my YouTube channel, as well as several other common questions about what goes on behind the scenes.

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Master Politeness Levels with Billy Go | #9: Honorifics and ‘You’

The largest topic in this course is how to say "you" when speaking politely or when using honorific speech. There are dozens and dozens of options depending on who you're trying to talk to. In this lesson I'll cover some of the most common and most useful ways to say "you" while remaining polite.

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Practice vocabulary by playing 끝말잇기 | Korean FAQ

끝말잇기 is a popular word game enjoyed by both native Korean speakers and learners. It can be played by matching the final syllable of a word with the first syllable of another word, and continuing until someone is no longer able to continue the chain. However, there are some "official" (sort of) rules that are followed for every game, which might not be obvious if it's your first time playing.

In this video I'll show you all of the major rules to follow, as well as some things to be aware of to help you play the game more skillfully.

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Master Politeness Levels with Billy Go | #8: Honorific Verbs

In the eighth lesson of this series we'll start to learn more about Honorific Verbs - specifically unique Honorific Verbs, which are not made by attaching the (으)시다 ending to a regular verb but are memorized separately.

We'll also learn about using Honorific Verbs when talking about other people, and also about other things.

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Important Hanja: The “Property” of 성 (性) (한자) | Korean FAQ

성 (性) is another useful Hanja. It's a character that can be difficult to translate on its own, but means the "nature" or "property" of something. It's attached after other nouns to change their meaning in an interesting way.

In this lesson I'll show you what it means and how it's used, as well as show you some common examples of words that use this character.

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Master Politeness Levels with Billy Go | #7: Intro to Honorific Speech

Honorific Speech is one of the most misunderstood parts of politeness levels, because it typically should only be used when referring to other people - whether they're in the room with you and listening or not. In this full 24 episode series I cover all of the major speech levels, and in this lesson I'll give you an introduction to what Honorific Speech is and how it works, as well as how it's mainly used. In later lessons we'll also learn several exceptions to this form, as well as how it can be mixed with various speech levels.

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