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Level 1 · 초급 1

Level 1: Beginner 1

Introduce yourself, talk about things, places and your day, count, tell the time, shop, and make simple plans in polite Korean (해요체).

  • 14 units (2 from the Speech Room)
  • 53 grammar patterns
  • 420 words

  1. Unit 1

    Hello, I'm Hoya

    Under the pine tree

    N은/는 · N이에요/예요 · N이/가 아니에요 · 네 / 아니요 · 어느 나라 사람이에요?

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  2. Unit 2

    What is this?

    Everything in Hoya's bag

    이거 · 그거 · 저거 (이/그/저 + N) · N이/가 뭐예요? · 누구예요? · N이/가 있어요 · 없어요 · N의 · 제 · 내 · 누구 N

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  3. Unit 3

    Where is it?

    Where is everything?

    N에 있어요 / 없어요 · 앞 · 뒤 · 옆 · 위 · 아래 · 안 · 밖 · 사이 · 여기 · 거기 · 저기 · N이/가 어디예요? · 어디에 있어요?

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  4. Unit 4

    Doing things: polite present (1)

    Hoya's study routine

    V/A-아요/어요 · 하다 → 해요 · N을/를 · 안 V/A

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  5. Unit 5

    Going and doing: polite present (2)

    Where are you going today?

    N에 가요 / 와요 · N에서 (place of action) · N도

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  6. Unit 6

    How much is it?

    How much is it?

    일 · 이 · 삼 … 십 (0–99) · 백 · 천 · 만 (100–999,999) · N원 · 얼마예요? · N 주세요

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  7. Unit 7

    Counting things

    Hotteok for two

    하나 · 둘 · 셋 … 열 · 열하나 … 열아홉 · N + number + counter (개 · 명 · 잔 · 병 · 마리) · 몇 · N하고 N · N와/과 N · N(이)랑 N

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  8. Unit 8

    What time is it?

    A plan for tomorrow

    N시 (native) + N분 (Sino-Korean) · 반 · 전 · 오전/오후 · N에 (time) · 오늘/내일/어제/지금/언제 + no 에 · 몇 · 무슨 · 언제 · 며칠 · N월 N일 · N요일 · N부터 N까지

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  9. Unit 9

    What did you do yesterday?

    The tiger film with no tiger

    V/A-았/었어요 · N이었어요/였어요 · N이/가 아니었어요 · 그리고 · 그래서 · 그런데 · 안 V · N도 (review)

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  10. Speech Room · Unit 1

    Formal style 1: -(스)ㅂ니다

    Hoya practises a formal introduction

    V/A-(스)ㅂ니다 · -(스)ㅂ니까? · N입니다 · N입니까? · N이/가 아닙니다 · 네, ~ㅂ니다 · 아니요, ~ · 합니다체 vs 해요체

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  11. Unit 10

    I want to eat bibimbap

    Hoya's first Korean restaurant

    V-고 싶어요 · V-(으)ㄹ까요? · N하고 (같이)

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  12. Unit 11

    What will you do this weekend?

    Weekend plans at the museum

    V-(으)ㄹ 거예요 · V-(으)러 가요 / 와요 · V-고 · 못 V · V-지 못해요 / 안 V · V-지 않아요

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  13. Unit 12 · Part 1 of the letter

    My family and other people

    The photo and the envelope

    N에게 · N한테 · N께 · N명 · N분 · N의 N · N만 · N밖에 + negative

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  14. Speech Room · Unit 2

    Honorifics 1: -(으)시-

    Grandmother at the pine tree

    V/A-(으)시- · V-(으)세요 · N이세요 · N세요 · V/A-(으)셨어요 · -(으)실 거예요

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End of Level 1 Level 1 check → 36 questions on the whole level, with a can-do list. Part of the Level 1 Pass.

What you can do after Level 1

  • Introduce yourself — name, country, job — and ask others.
  • Say what something is, whose it is, and whether it is there.
  • Say where people, things and places are, with position words.
  • Talk about what you do and don't do every day, and where you go to do it.
  • Ask prices in a shop, and count things and people (both number sets, counters).
  • Tell the time, the date and the day, and say from when to when.
  • Say what you did yesterday or last weekend, linking with 그리고 · 그래서 · 그런데.
  • Say what you want to do, suggest doing something together, give weekend plans and say what you can't do.
  • Introduce your family, say who you give things to, and say “only” (만 · 밖에).
  • Give a short formal self-introduction in 합니다체, and use -(으)시- when talking about teachers and elders.
After Level 1 Level 2 · Beginner 2 →