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Learn Korean Ep. 120: 아/어/etc. 가다 & 오다

Lately I've started doing some yoga. It would be great if Keykat would join me! After all, she looks like she'd be great at yoga, considering she's fluffy and a bear.

This lesson is about the grammar form ~해 가다 and ~해 오다, which are used when moving somewhere (or moving here).

Also make sure to download the free PDF lesson, which you can find right below the video here.

Click here to download a free PDF of this lesson!

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8 ways to say “to hold” in Korean | Korean FAQ

This is something I'd never even thought about before, but there are a lot of different words that mean "to hold" in Korean.

In order to translate "to hold" in every situations, it's necessary to learn at least nine different verbs. There might even be more I couldn't think of. Here are the most common ways how to say "to hold" in Korean.

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9 ways to say “to hold” in Korean | Korean FAQ

This is something I'd never even thought about before, but there are a lot of different words that mean "to hold" in Korean.

In order to translate "to hold" in every situations, it's necessary to learn at least nine different verbs. There might even be more I couldn't think of. Here are the most common ways how to say "to hold" in Korean.

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Grading your Korean – Super fast Korean skills | Billy Go

Since starting this series I've received dozens of videos of subscribers speaking in Korean. It's been a lot of fun watching them, and it's always a challenge to pick which ones I can feature in a video.

In today's video I grade one of my subscribers, Fatimah. I'll show you what she does well, and how she can improve her Korean even more.

Also if you'd like to be featured in a future episode of this series, check out the link in the video description with information for how you can send in your video to be graded.

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Koreans don’t say “Umm” | Korean FAQ

A quick way to tell if someone is a native Korean speaker or not, is to pay attention to whether or not they use sounds such as "umm" or "uhh" often when speaking. This isn't to say that Koreans don't make these sounds (they do), but they often use different sounds than in English.

This video will share some alternate sounds that you can make when you're thinking to sound more like a native speaker.

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Korean Test Practice with Billy [Ep. 29] – Intermediate Korean (Listening Practice)

If you're preparing for a test, you need as much practice as you can get. But even if you're not preparing for a test, being able to analyze Korean and solve problems is an important skill to have - even for daily conversations with friends.

So I've put together this series for you to practice of various difficulty levels from Beginner to Advanced. Try to solve the ones that match your current level.

Here is the listening example:

오늘도 저희 지하철을 이용해 주시는 고객 여러분들께 감사 인사를 드립니다. 현재 이용하고 계시는 지하철 노선은 일부 지하철역의 보수 공사 문제로 인해 이번 달까지만 정상 운영이 될 예정입니다. 다음 달 1일부터는 노선이 변경되어 일부 역에 정차하지 않을 예정입니다. 보수 공사를 진행하는 역은 빌리역, 키캣역, 고고역이며, 3달간 공사가 진행될 예정입니다. 해당 역을 이용하시는 고객 여러분들께서는 다른 교통 편을 이용해 주시기 바랍니다. 다시 한번 안내 말씀드립니다. 본 지하철 노선은 다음 달 1일부터 당분간 일부 역에 정차하지 않을 예정이오니 이 점 참고하시어 이용에 불편함이 없으시길 바랍니다. 감사합니다.

We would like to say thanks to you, our customer, again today for using our subway. The subway line you are currently will continue normal operation only for this month, due to repair work on some sections of the subway station. From the 1st of next month, the line will change, and will not stop at these stations. The stations proceeding with repair work are Billy Station, Keykat Station, and GoGo Station, and the construction is expected to last for a period of three months. We hope that customers who use these stations will use different transportation ways. Once more. This subway line will not stop at a few stations for a short while, starting from the 1st of next month, so we hope you will please note this to not have any inconvenience to your usage (of the subway). Thank you.

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Feeling when to use the Topic Marker (은/는) | Korean FAQ

I've made several videos already (and there are countless more online) about the Topic Marker and how to use it.

The Topic Marker is used for marking the topic of whatever conversation you're currently having - or an individual sentence. There are some things it's used for, and others it's not. This video is not going to be an explanation of how and when to use the Topic Marker.

Instead, this video is about what the feeling of the Topic Marker is, to help you better understand when you should or shouldn't use it.

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Grading your Korean – Mastering Double Consonants | Billy Go

I'm really enjoying making these episodes where I grade YOUR Korean abilities.

In this episode I grade Diana, who's one of my subscribers. I show what things she does well, and also how she can improve.

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(으)로 "Using" | Live Class Abridged

The particle (으)로 has a large variety of different usages, but one of the most common ways it gets used is to mean "Toward" or "Using."

Using (으)로 to mean "Toward" is pretty straightforward, but using it to mean "Using" is a bit different.

In a future live stream I'll also explain some more of the uses of (으)로, but this live stream focuses on how it means "Using."

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Why you need to know Formal Speech | Korean FAQ

I've seen many beginners who are learning Korean misuse 나 ("I," "me") together with the 니다 form (such as 입니다).

A common example could be this sentence, 나는 빌리입니다. While it grammatically makes sense, and there are situations where it can be used correctly, for the most part it's used incorrectly by learners and should be avoided completely.

Here's my explanation why it's wrong, how it may be used, and how to avoid making this mistake.

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