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Level 2 · 초급 2

Level 2: Beginner 2

Handle everyday situations — weather, transport, health, shopping, phone calls, travel — and connect sentences with reasons, conditions and contrasts.

  • 17 units (5 from the Speech Room)
  • 65 grammar patterns
  • 525 words

  1. Unit 1

    The weather is nice today

    Hoya's first rainy season

    A/V-네요 · -군요 · A/V-지요? · -죠? · A/V-겠어요 (guess) · N마다 · N쯤

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  2. Unit 2

    Describing things (and irregular verbs)

    The hotteok stall on the corner

    A-(으)ㄴ + N · ㅂ irregular (더워요 · 도와요) · A-아/어지다 · A-게 · N처럼 · N같이

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  3. Unit 3

    Hobbies

    The gayageum in the pine tree

    V-는 것 · V-기 · V-기 시작하다 · V-(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다 · V-(으)ㄹ 줄 알다/모르다 · N보다 (더) · 제일 / 가장 · V-거나 · N(이)나

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  4. Unit 4

    How do I get to Myeongdong?

    Lost at Seoul Station

    N(으)로 · V-아서/어서 (sequence) · V/A-(으)면 · 걸리다 · ㄷ irregular

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  5. Unit 5

    Where does it hurt?

    Ten hotteok too many

    V/A-아서/어서 (reason) · V/A-(으)니까 · V/A-(으)니 · V-아야/어야 해요 · V-지 마세요 · ㅅ irregular

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  6. Speech Room · Unit 3

    Honorifics 2: 께서 and special words

    Grandmother visits the Soho Academy

    N께서 · N께서는 · N께 · 드시다 · 주무시다 · 계시다 · 말씀하시다 · 편찮으시다 · 성함 · 연세 · 댁 · 분 · 말씀 · -님

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  7. Unit 6

    Can I try this on?

    A hat for a tiger

    V-아/어 보다 · V-아/어도 돼요 · V-(으)면 안 돼요 · V-는 + N · 르 irregular · ㅎ irregular

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  8. Unit 7

    Hello, may I speak to Ms Kim?

    Hoya calls the office

    V-아/어 주다 · V-(으)ㄹ게요 · V-(으)ㄹ래요? · V-는 중이다 · N 중이다

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  9. Speech Room · Unit 4

    Formal style 2: at work and on announcements

    An afternoon at the Soho Academy office

    V-(으)십시오 · -지 마십시오 · V-(으)ㅂ시다 · -지 맙시다 · Announcement patterns · 해요체 ↔ 합니다체

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  10. Speech Room · Unit 5

    Honorifics 3: humble words

    A guest at the Soho Academy office

    드리다 · 여쭙다 · 모시다 · 뵙다 · V-아/어 드리다 · N드리다 · 저희 · 저 · 제가

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  11. Unit 8

    Have you been to Jeju?

    The magpie who has been everywhere

    V-(으)ㄴ + N · V-(으)ㄹ + N · V-(으)ㄴ 적이 있다/없다 · V-기 전에 · V-(으)ㄴ 후에 · V-고 나서 · V-(으)려고 하다

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  12. Unit 9

    I just moved house

    A tiny room with a view

    V-고 있다 · V-아/어 있다 · -(으)ㄴ/는 것 같다 · -는데 · -(으)ㄴ데 · V-(으)ㄴ 지 N 되다

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  13. Speech Room · Unit 6

    Casual speech 1: 반말

    Two friends at a convenience store

    V/A-아/어 · N이야/야 · 아니야 · -네 · -지 · -(으)ㄹ게 · -(으)ㄹ래 · -(으)ㄹ까 · -(으)ㄴ데 · -아/어 · -지 마 · -자 · (-아/어라) · -니? · -냐?

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  14. Unit 10

    Time and contrast

    The wrong gift at the housewarming

    V/A-(으)ㄹ 때 · V-(으)면서 · V/A-지만 · V/A-아/어도 · V-기로 하다

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  15. Unit 11

    Reasons and wishes

    Will it rain on Saturday?

    -기 때문에 · -(으)면 좋겠다 · -(으)ㄹ 것 같다 · -(으)ㄴ/는데요

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  16. Speech Room · Unit 7

    Casual speech 2: switching and social rules

    Grandmother switches, Hoya slips

    말(을) 놓다 · -아/어도 돼요? · -(으)ㄹ게요 · the ending follows the listener · N 은/는 · 이/가 · 을/를 dropped · 끊어 말하기 · 이건 · 이걸 · 이게 · 난 · 넌 · 뭘 · 근데

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  17. Unit 12 · Part 2 of the letter

    A reply to a letter (Level 2 review)

    A reply to a letter

    -고 · -아서 · -(으)ㄴ/는데 · -지만 · -(으)면 · -기 때문에 · V-아/어 · -고 · -았/었 · -아요/어요 · Look-alikes

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End of Level 2 Level 2 check → 36 questions on the whole level, with a can-do list. Part of the Level 2 Pass.

What you can do after Level 2

  • React to the weather, check with the other person and make a guess (-네요 · -군요, -지요?, -겠-).
  • Describe people and things and say how they change (-(으)ㄴ + N, -아/어지다, -게, 처럼).
  • Talk about hobbies and what you can do, and compare (-는 것 · -기, -(으)ㄹ 수 있다, 보다 · 제일, -거나).
  • Ask for and give directions, and say how long it takes (N(으)로, -아서/어서, -(으)면, 걸리다).
  • Say where it hurts and why, and what you must and mustn't do (-아서/어서, -(으)니까, -아야/어야 하다, -지 마세요).
  • Try things on and ask permission in a shop; ask favours and promise things on the phone (-아/어 보다, -아/어도 되다, -아/어 주다, -(으)ㄹ게요, -는 중이다).
  • Talk about experiences and plans, what came before and after, what is going on and what state things are in, and how long it has been (-(으)ㄴ 적이 있다, -기 전에, -(으)려고 하다, -고 있다, -아/어 있다, -(으)ㄴ 지).
  • Join sentences with when, while and but, and give reasons, wishes and guesses (-(으)ㄹ 때, -(으)면서, -지만, -아/어도, -기로 하다, -기 때문에, -(으)면 좋겠다, -(으)ㄹ 것 같다).
  • Use honorific and humble words with elders and guests, and understand and give formal announcements (께서, 드시다, 성함, 드리다, 여쭙다, -(으)십시오, -(으)ㅂ시다).
  • Speak 반말 with friends and switch between 반말 and polite speech depending on who you are talking to.

Side branch · after A reply to a letter (Level 2 review)

Life in Korea

8 units of everyday situations with Hoya and Bori. Take them after Level 2, now or later — Level 3 does not need them.

  1. Unit 1 · Bus, subway and the transport card
  2. Unit 2 · At the convenience store
  3. Unit 3 · Ordering at a café
  4. Unit 4 · Chatting with friends
  5. Unit 5 · Delivery apps and phone calls
  6. Unit 6 · At the clinic and pharmacy
  7. Unit 7 · Bank, parcels and a new phone plan
  8. Unit 8 · Making plans, saying no, being invited
After Level 2 Level 3 · Intermediate 1 →