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Level 1 · Unit 12 · Part 1 of the letter

My family and other people

The photo and the envelope

Hoya shows Sori a photo of his family — and the envelope with his great-grandmother's letter.

This unit is part of the Level 1 Pass — opening soon.

Until then, you can find your level with the level test, or start at the beginning of Level 1.

What you’ll learn

  • N에게 · N한테 · N께To someone — the three-particle family
  • N명 · N분Counting people — 명 and 분
  • N의 N's — whose it is

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • N에게서 · N한테서 — 'from someone'
  • Preview: 께서 is not 께
  • 형, 오빠, 누나, 언니 — who calls whom
  • 엄마 · 아빠 or 어머니 · 아버지? And 우리

The scene opens

  1. Hoya

    소리쌤, 이거 우리 가족 사진이에요.

    Sori-ssaem, this is a photo of my family.

  2. Sori

    와, 가족이 많아요! 몇 명이에요?

    Wow, what a big family! How many are you?

  3. Hoya

    여섯 명이에요. 할머니, 아버지, 어머니, 누나, 남동생, 그리고 저예요.

    Six. My grandmother, father, mother, older sister, younger brother, and me.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar3 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
  3. 3
    Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
  4. 4
    Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
  5. 5
    Words31 words, which go into your spaced review
  6. 6
    PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
  7. 7
    Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
  8. 8
    Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
  9. 9
    Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card