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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #55: Comparisons

In this lesson (episode 55) you'll learn how to make comparisons - how to compare a noun to another noun. You'll learn how to say something is "more" or "less" than something else, as well as how to say something is the "same" or "different" or "similar." And you'll learn how to say that something is "like" something else, as well as how to say that something is the "most" or the "best."

Remember that all videos in this series go in order, so start from the beginning if it's your first time here. There will be a total of 100 episodes once this series is completed.

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"About" 쯤 정도 약 | Live Class Abridged

This past Sunday we had a live Korean class about words for "about" and "approximately."

These included 약, 쯤, 정도, and others.

We also covered the grammar forms 정도로, 쯤 하다, and 즈음 (즘).

This level was for both beginners and intermediate learners.

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Why the Last Name “Kim” (김) is Written as “Gold” (金) | Korean FAQ

The Korean last name 김 is actually written in 한자 using 金.

金 is read as 금, and means "gold."

So then why is the last name 김, and not 금?

The answer has to do with history, and specifically the Mongolians.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #54: How Are You?

Learn how to say "How are you doing?" and other useful phrases in lesson 54 of the Beginner Korean Course.

Remember that all of the lessons in this series go in order (starting with the alphabet), and there will be a total of 100 episodes once it's all uploaded.

You can start learning Korean from the very beginning with this course, and finish this course with a decent introductory knowledge of the Korean language.

I'll keep uploading two episodes every week until it's completed.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #53: I Have

We're up to lesson 53 in our series! It's time we learn a little bit more about the verb 있다, as well as how we can use the verb 가지다 to say that we "have" something.

Remember that these videos go in order, so start from the first episode if this is your first time seeing one of these videos. There will be a total of 100 episodes in this series.

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Two Passive Forms of 쓰다 – 쓰이다 and 써지다 | Korean FAQ

Here are three words that are often met with confusion by Korean learners and Korean natives - 써지다, 쓰이다, and 쓰여지다. What's the difference?

I talk about the actual meanings of these words, how they're used, and how you can tell the difference between them.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #52: The Progressive Tense

This lesson will teach about the progressive tense, 고 있다.

We're at episode 52! There will be a total of 100 episodes in this series, with two new episodes being uploaded every week. Remember to start this series from the beginning if you're new to this course, as all of the lessons go in order - including grammar and all vocabulary words. If there's something you don't understand or never learned before, it was explained in a previous episode.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #51: Making Suggestion

In this episode you'll learn how to say things like "Shall I" or "Shall we" using the ~까요 verb ending.

This is episode 51 in the series, and there will be a total of 100 episodes - so we're over halfway finished.

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편이다 "Side" | Live Class Abridged

For those of you that missed it, this Sunday I did a live Korean class on my YouTube channel about the grammar form 편이다.

We also learned how to use 편이 아니다, 편 by itself, and how to use 편이다 in the past tense (편이었다) and even with past tense verbs (~ㄴ 편이다).

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Using 들 After Phrases | Korean FAQ

안녕들 하세요? or 안녕하세요들?

Which is correct? When can 들 be used in Korean?

I talk about these questions and more, exploring how to use 들, what it means, and where it can be used.

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