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Level 2 · Unit 1

The weather is nice today

Hoya's first rainy season

Hoya's first rainy season.

This unit is part of the Level 2 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

  • A/V-네요Oh, look! (discovery)
  • A/V-지요? · -죠?…, isn't it? (checking together)
  • A/V-겠어요 (guess)It must be…, it looks like… (a guess)

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • -네요 in real talk: a reaction, a compliment, a soft complaint
  • -지요, -죠 and how to say yes
  • -겠- is a guess, not the future — and how it stacks
  • Which ending? A one-minute chooser

The scene opens

  1. Hoya

    소리쌤, 비가 또 와요.

    Sori-ssaem, it's raining again.

  2. Sori

    네, 지금은 장마예요. 여름에 한 달쯤 비가 많이 와요.

    Yes, it's the rainy season now. In summer it rains a lot for about a month.

  3. Hoya

    한 달이요? 정말 기네요. 저는 털이 많아요.

    A month? That's really long. And I have a lot of fur.

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