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Korean Test Practice with Billy [Ep. 28] – Intermediate Korean (Listening Practice)

Are you preparing to take a Korean test? Are you just curious how you might perform on an Intermediate level Korean test style question? Then this episode is for you.

This episode features an Intermediate level question, and requires Intermediate level listening skills in order to completely understand it. Let me know if you got it right~

This will be the last "Korean Test Practice" episode for a few months, as I'm currently working hard to finish filming and editing my new beginner Korean course videos. Once that's completed, I'll make some more. Let me know what difficulty level you'd prefer for future episodes.

Here is the listening example:

여보세요? 혹시 빨간색 차 차주 되시나요? 여기 제비집 미용실 앞인데요, 차 좀 옮겨주세요. 뒤차가 너무 가까이 있어서 도저히 차를 뺄 수가 없는데 그 차에는 연락처가 없네요. 아니요. 제비네 국숫집 아니고 제비집 미용실 앞이에요. 15분 걸리신다고요? 조금 더 빨리 나와주시면 안 되나요? 제가 지금 시험을 보러 가야 하는데 시간이 없어서요. 5분이요? 네, 5분이면 괜찮을 것 같아요. 알겠습니다. 네, 감사합니다.

Hello? By chance are you the owner of the red car? I’m in front of Swallow Salon. Could you please move your car? The car behind me is too close so I can’t for the life of me get out, and that car doesn’t have a contact number. No. Not Jebine Noodle Shop, it’s in front of Swallow Salon. It’ll take 15 minutes? Could you please come a bit faster? I have to go take a test and I don’t have any time. 5 minutes? Okay, 5 minutes is alright. I got it. Okay, thank you.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #44: Question Words

This lesson introduces several important question words, such as who, what, where, when, and why - and more.

In order to follow along with this lesson, make sure you've watched all of the previous lessons first.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #43: The Future Tense

In this lesson you'll learn about the future tense.

Specifically you'll learn the 것이다 form. There actually is one more common future tense form, the 겠다 form, which we'll learn in a later lesson (once we're also able to use it).

And remember as always that this series goes in order, so start from Lesson 1 if you're new to this course.

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기로 하다 "Decide to" | Live Class Abridged

Last Sunday's live stream was all about the ~기로 하다 form.

This form is used to say that you (or someone else) decided or promised or planned or agreed or resolved to do something.

We'll learn how to use it in the past tense, as well as even in the present tense.

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Why Does ㄴ Sound Like ㄷ? | Korean FAQ

Ever been confused by the sounds ㄴ, ㄷ, ㅁ, or ㅂ? Sometimes I remember hearing words that I thought were other words, because of these letters.

For example, a native Korean speaker would tell me 네, but I thought they were saying 데 or 돼 or something else.

Another time someone asked me 뭐, but I thought they had said 붜. I was quickly searching my dictionary for 붜 but wasn't able to find it, so I just assumed they had said 뭐 incorrectly. Well it turns out they were saying it perfectly, but my ears weren't used to it. Here's an explanation of what this is, and why it can happen.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #42: The Past Tense

In this lesson you'll learn about the Past Tense, such as how to make it and when to use it.

Remember that this video series goes in order, so if you're not able to follow along make sure to watch from the beginning, and in order. There will be a total of 100 episodes in this series by the time it's completed.

We're almost halfway finished! By the end of this series, you'll know all of the most essential beginning grammar, and will have enough Korean (with plenty of practice along the way) to carry on short and (very) simple conversations.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #41: Intro to Politeness Levels

In this episode I'll introduce Politeness Levels, such as what they are and how they're used in Korean.

We'll learn more about these levels in future episodes too.

Remember that all of these episodes in this series go in order, and it's designed as a complete series. If this is your first time seeing this series, I recommend starting from the very beginning so you don't miss any important vocabulary or grammar notes.

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"Like" 듯(이), 듯하다, 듯싶다 | Live Class Abridged

Here's Sunday's abridged version of the live stream (8-30-2020).

The topic was ~듯(이), 듯하다, and 듯싶다. These all relate to the word 듯, meaning "similar to" or "like."

The level of this topic is Advanced.

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Learn Korean Ep. 116: 반면에 “On the Other Hand”

I made some tea for myself and for Keykat, but she doesn't seem to want hers. I'm not sure why, but I guess I'll just drink her tea instead?

This lesson covers the Intermediate Level grammar form 반면.

Check out the full lesson here! And make sure to get the free PDF version at the bottom of this post.

Click here to download a free PDF of this lesson!

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #40: How to Say ‘You’

Ever wondered how to say "You" to someone else? Or when it's appropriate and inappropriate?

I cover some of the ways that you can politely say "You" to someone else in this new episode.

Remember that this series goes in order, so watch from the beginning if you're new to it.

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