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Korean Test Practice with Billy [Ep. 27] – Advanced Korean (Listening Practice)

I'd gotten a lot of requests to make more higher level Korean test questions in this series, so here's one for Advanced Level learners.

If you're preparing for a TOPIK or other Korean test, then this video series is for you. Here's episode 27!

Here is the listening example:

지금 여러분께서 보고 계신 작품은 키캣 작가의 “곰이 소형 동물이었더라면” 이라는 작품입니다. 키캣 작가는 국내보다 해외에서 더 많이 알려진 작가입니다. 작은 조각들을 사실적으로 만들며 작품과 작품 사이에 스토리가 이어지는 것으로 젊은 층에게 특히 인기가 많습니다. 보시다시피 이 작품에는 상대적으로 작은 곰 가족과 큰 고양이 2마리가 함께 있습니다. 곰이 덩치가 작아도 두발로 일어서서 큰 상대를 위협하는 모습이 아주 인상적이지요. 고양이와 곰이 그들보다 큰 생선을 앞에 두고 경쟁하는 모습에서 보는 이에게 웃음을 줍니다. 다음 작품을 감상하기 위해 2층으로 이동하도록 하겠습니다.

What you are all looking at now is a work by the artist Keykat called “If bears were small animals.” Keykat is an artist who is better known outside of the country. She makes small realistic sculptures which tell stories within the pieces, and is especially popular with the younger generations. As you can see, in this work is a relatively small bear family together with two large cats. The bear appearance is very impressive because although its body is small, it stands on two feet and threatens a large opponent. Within the image is the cats and bears competing in front of a fish that’s even larger than they are, which delivers humor to the viewer. In order to appreciate the next work, we’ll move to the 2nd floor.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #34: The Particle 의

This lesson continues from the previous, and introduces the particle 의 (which works like an apostrophe S in English).

Also this episode has a special guest. Can you guess who it is?

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #33: Asking Favors Part 2

This video is a continuation to the previous one, which introduced how to ask for favors. Here we'll expand on that concept, and learn how to say "please" to ask for favors.

Again, remember that this series goes in order from the beginning.

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"Rather" ~느니, 차라리, 오히려 | Live Class Abridged

This last Sunday's live stream was for Intermediate and Advanced Level learners.

We covered several ways to say "rather," the most important being the adverb 차라리 and the grammar form ~느니.

But we also covered 오히려, 도리어, ~느니보다, and ~느니만 못하다.

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아니요 and 아니에요 – What’s the Difference? | Korean FAQ

This is a beginner topic, but still important. Both 아니요 and 아니에요 can translate as "No" depending on the sentence. But they have different uses.

So what's the difference between using 아니요 and 아니에요?

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #32: Asking Favors Part 1

In this lesson you'll start learning how to ask for favors - the next part will continue where this video leaves off.

Remember that this course goes in order, so start from the beginning if this is your first time seeing it.

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Billy Go’s Beginner Korean Course | #31: Saying Please

For those of you who are curious, this course is planned to be 100 episodes when finished. Here is episode 31, where you'll learn about how to say "please," and how to ask for things in Korean.

Remember that this series goes in order, so start from the first episode if you're new to this course. Also this video course is completely free, and will always be free.

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(으)러 "Going to" | Live Class Abridged

This past Sunday's live Korean class was all about the grammar form (으)러.

This form can be used together with motion verbs (such as 가다 and 오다) to mean "in order to," and comes after action verbs.

In this lesson we talk all about this form, as well as how it differs from other similar forms such as 기 위해 and (으)려고.

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Learn Korean Ep. 115: 다 못해 “Extreme”

Keykat and I were playing with some toy wooden logs to build a house, but I think Keykat is much better at it than I am.

This lesson will cover the High Intermediate Level grammar form 다 못해, which has a couple of different uses including meaning "extremely."

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 | #30: Saying Sorry

In this lesson you'll learn several of the most common ways to say "Sorry."

Remember that this series goes in order, so watch from the first episode if this is your first time.

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