Level 4 · Unit 6
Pop culture
Singing along
This unit is part of the Level 4 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
- V-다 보니As I kept doing… (a gradual discovery)
- V-고 보니Only once I'd done it… (a one-time realisation)
- -더니I saw it, and then… (a witnessed change)
- -았/었더니I did it, and then I found… (my own action and its result)
Sori’s tips in this unit
- -다 보니, -다 보면, -고 보니 and -아/어 보니까 — four 'discoveries' compared
- -더니 or -았/었더니? Two rules that decide it
- -다 보니, -고 보니: what can (and cannot) follow
The scene opens
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호야 씨, 요즘 발음이 많이 좋아졌어요. 무슨 일이 있었어요?
Hoya, your pronunciation has got much better lately. What happened?
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사실은… 요즘 하늘고래 노래를 매일 들어요.
Actually… I've been listening to Haneulgorae every day.
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하늘고래요? 그게 뭐예요?
Haneulgorae — “Sky Whale”? What's that?
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
- 3Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
- 4Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
- 5Words29 words, which go into your spaced review
- 6PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
- 7Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
- 8Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
- 9Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card