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* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out the newly launched Essential Korean Podcast Course and our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!---In today’s episode, we’ll start with a short review of the previous episode, where we learned to express the first person’s wants with one additional usage of the form. After that, we’ll get to a new lesson on how to tell what other people want to do in Korean and compare it with the way in which what ‘I’ or ‘we’ want is expressed in Korean. As today’s episode is the first episode of the new year, we’ll use a situational example very fitting for that– one of our life events that mark and signifies a new beginning: a wedding! With that, to the lesson we go! 

Lesson Recap & Transcript * If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out the newly launched Essential Korean Podcast Course and our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources! - - - In this episode, we will learn the pattern most frequently used in daily conversation to express what 'I' or 'we' wants in Korean.   

Lesson Recap & Transcript* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out the newly launched Essential Korean Podcast Course and our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources! - - - In this episode, we will discuss speech styles and speech levels (again :), this tiime with a question from a student, based on a situation from the drama, 힘쎈 여자 도봉순 Strong Girl Bong-Soon.Examining the speech styles and levels in different situations will help us experience the dynamics and emotions at play and help us get an intuitive feel of Korea's language and culture. Sounds interesting? -  Let's get started! 

Lesson Recap & Transcript * If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out the newly launched Essential Korean Podcast Course and our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In today's episode, we'll take a break from grammar-focused lessons for a more real-life situation-based lesson! We will learn: 1)  a few very useful expressions you will hear in a cafe or eatery as a customer and2) a few ways you can order drinks or food without worrying too much about grammar. You will learn with situational examples and, today, practice with mini role-plays :) By the end of this episode, you should feel quite confident when entering a cafe or eatery if or when you visit Korea. With that in mind, let’s dive right into the lesson!   

Lesson Recap & Transcript* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out the newly launched Essential Korean Podcast Course and our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources! ------------This episode is the last in our three-part series on Korean future tense. We’ll expand upon what we have learned in the previous episodes by combining a few sentences with verbs in the future tense form into one sentence using the -고 conjunctive. Let’s finish up our journey with future tense on a high note! To do that, we'll do something fun with a hypothetical question. Answers to this question call for future tense verbs, and we’ll use the informal-polite future tense form. Stay tuned until the end to create your own answers and also to find out what  Kay 샘's answer is :) 

Lesson Recap and Transcript - - - - - - - (We were supposed to have Part 3 on the topic of Korean future tense covered in this episode, but I’ve decided to give ourselves a little break with some music today, sprinkled with a few lesson points along the way! ) In this episode, you'll learn the polite style (존댓말) future tense form and the direct style (반말) future tense form in Korean with two songs. You can find the translation of the songs in the transcript, which is accessible for entry and premium plan EK members. We also have our podcast course out for the first nine episodes of this podcast with practice, exercises, and videos, so feel free to check that out on our website as well! - - - - - Featured songs >  다 잘 될 거예요 (2018) by 윤딴딴  슈퍼스타 (Superstar) by the cast of Hospital Playlist in English ('슬기로운 의사생활' by its original Korean title, meaning Wise doctors’ life )

Lesson Recap & Transcript- - - Today’s episode will continue our journey with the future tense, and is divided into three parts:1) discussion on the difference between the future tense form and the present tense form when action verbs are used to describe future events; 2) different meanings of the future tense form for descriptive verbs; and 3) see how these two key lesson points are at work in conversation with a few situational examples, and a couple of personal anecdotes :)  Let’s get right into it so you see what these mean!

Lesson Recap & Transcript In today’s episode, we have another exciting grammar point to cover: the future tense form in Korean. We’ll learn how to conjugate verbs in the future tense, as well as how to conjugate a few irregular verbs. So, if you have been following our podcast episodes in order, you’ll have all three tenses– present, past, and future– under your belt, and, by the end of this episode, you will be able to talk about events or states of being in all three tenses in Korean. How exciting is that! We should get right to the lesson. 

 Lesson Recap & TranscriptIn this episode, we’ll do two things:  First, we’ll be revisiting sentences from previous episode to learn how to pronounce the 고 conjunctive in casual, colloquial language and practice speaking.  Second, you'll be introduced to an approach to creating complex Korean sentences that will provide an excellent framework for you to build off of.  You'll also learn to say a sentence, presented as a tribute to the popular K-drama, Extraordinary Attorney Woo  :)  Let’s get started! ~ 

Lesson Recap & TranscriptIn today’s episode, we will combine all the key lesson points you’ve learned from Episodes 37 and 38 on the 고 conjunctive and Episode 39 on past tense.  By the end of the lesson, you'll have learned to tell multiple past events and states with the 고 conjunctive. And you will also be introduced to a new song for the past tense theme :)As always, this episode is packed with useful grammar points and a lot of practice with situational examples - let's get started with the lesson! - - - Featured song:https://youtu.be/E1qX6vE4G6UMusic by : 우효 OohyoTitle:  꿀차 Honey Tea

Lessons Recap & TranscriptIn this episode, we will be learning about how to form the past tense in Korean, step-by-step.We'll learn the general past tense form first, and then we’ll go through a number of situational examples, in the hopes that you’ll be able to make your own past tense sentences by the end of the episode :) So, let’s get right into it!

Lesson Note & TranscriptThis episode consists of two parts:  A mini-lesson on the very Korean word "아깝다" Further lesson on the verb conjunctive 고, using the song 일상으로의 초대 (Invitation To My Routine) by Shin HaeChul 신해철 For the song, you'll first hear a cover version by 한승윤 & 서영주 duo in Sing Again  (무명가수전, 2020), and then the original singer,  Shin HaeChul  신해철, one of most regarded musicians in Korea. * * * * * * *Featured Song :  일상으로의 초대 Invitation To My Routinehttps://tinyurl.com/vehu6wfyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0on2eDEN4 (한승윤 & 서영주)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTkLBhd-hQ8 (신해철) 

 Please check out our membership page, essentialkorean.com/membership. Become a premier member and enjoy the classes and all EK resources, including full transcripts of our episodes! Lesson Recap & Transcript In this episode, we will learn our very first verb conjunctive, the 고 conjunctive! When we add the verbal conjunctive -고 to a verb stem (VS), the conjugated verb carries the meaning of the verb in the present tense and the meaning of ‘and’. As always, we'll learn this conjunctive and practice speaking with situational examples.  In Korean, different meanings can be marked and expressed right in the verbs with different verbal conjunctives and we’ll learn them one at a time, starting with the -고 conjunctive today. As you start using different verb conjuncitves, your Korean will leap from a novice level and start to flow better. Are you ready to take the leap? I know you are; let’s get right to it :)** The sentences used in the situational examples in the lesson **1. My husband speaks Korean to me. And I speak English to my husband.남편은 나한테 한국말 해요. 그리고 나는 나는 남편한테 영어 해요. → 남편은 나한테 한국말 하고 나는 남편한테 영어 해요. 2. I watch dramas. And I listen to the EK Podcast.저는 드라마 봐요. 그리고 EK 팟캐스트 들어요. → 저는 드라마 보고 EK 팟캐스트 들어요. 3. I listen to the EK Podcast. And I practice with study buddies. 저는 EK 팟캐스트 들어요. 그리고 스터디버디하고 연습해요. → 저는 EK 팟캐스트 듣고 스터디버디하고 연습해요.   4. I practice with study buddies. And I write emails to my Korean friends. And I also text with the friends. 저는 스터디버디하고 연습해요. 그리고 한국 친구들한테 이메일 써요. 그리고 친구들하고 문자도 해요. → 저는 스터디버디하고 연습하고 한국 친구들한테 이메일 쓰고 친구들하고 문자도 해요

Lesson Recap & TranscriptThis episode is an extension of the previous episode, Episode 35, which centered on the Korean present tense and its meanings. To reinforce the key points covered in the last episode, we'll do a few more examples,  this time with more context. Along the way, you'll also learn how to make 김치찌개 Kimchi stew in an easy and simple way! 

Lesson Recap & Transcript This episode will first introduce a few expressions exchanged with someone you haven't seen for a while. Then, for the most part, it'll discuss the Korean present tense form & its meanings in the four areas:  1) The Korean present tense form can express an action presently in progress. 2) The present tense form can express an action that will be realized in the near future. 3) The present tense form can express an action that occurs regularly.4) The present tense form can also express an action one tells others to carry out or invites others to do. As always, we'll go over new concepts and grammar step by step and practice speaking together. Let's get started! 

Lesson Recap & TranscriptWe’ll continue with the particle 에, and, as the last part of this 3-part series, look at how it can be used to signal when an action or activity takes place. As always, this episode is far more than just learning the usage of 에. While listening to the episode, you'll be asked to repeat and say different sentences and mean what you say :) Follow along, challenge yourself, and practice together with Kay 샘 to be on the way to becoming a confident speaker of Korean :) Let's get started!  

Lesson Recap & TranscriptWe’ll continue with the particle 에, and, as the second part of this 3-part series, look at how it can be used to signal a destination.  The usage we’ll learn in this episode is that the particle 에 can follow a destination and be paired with the verbs 가다 to go and 오다 to come and any other 가다 and 오다 compound verbs like 들어가다 to go in, 들어오다 to come in, 올라가다 to go up, 올라오다 to come up, 돌아가다 to go back, 돌아오다 to come back. This episode however is about far more than just the second usage of the particle 에. Along the way, you'll learn the new year's greeting,  a few kinship terms, and several particle combos to mean 'also to (place),' 'only to (place),' and 'to (place) at least.' Let's get started :) 

Lesson Recap & TranscriptIn this episode, you’ll be introduced to the multi-use particle 에.  It has three primary functions:  1) existence, where 에 follows a place to indicate whether an object is present or absent; 2) temporal, where 에 follows a time expression, and 3) destination; where 에 indicates a place to which one is going or coming.  These functions will be discussed in a 3-part series and, in this episode, Teacher Kay will explain the first usage.  Let's get started!

Lesson Recap & TranscriptIn this  episode, Teacher Kay will share her thoughts on  the single most asked question she's received  over the past year, which is "How do I study Korean?" This is an excellent question to consider for beginners and advanced learners alike, as newer learners should consider ways to effectively and consistently study Korean, and more experienced students should look for ways to improve their existing routine.  You may gain a fresh perspective on the ways you study Korean and even the way you view the language. So head over to this episode and listen in! 

You'll find that the structure of this episode, Ep. 30.5, is a bit different from what you are used to (that is if you're a regular listener of our podcast :)  It was recorded in the car, so the audio quality is not going to be amazing to say the least, but hopefully you’ll find something useful and educational. The main points we wanted to get across through today’s episode were idiosyncrasies of the Korean language by examining the semantics and pragmatics of K-pop lyrics. You’ll hear two songs in the background. The first song is “그때 그 아인 Someday The Boy” from the K-drama, Itawon Class, aired in 2020; and the second song is “소리 Sound" from Mr. Sunshine, aired in 2018. (As of now, yes, both of these ARE available on Netflix! ) Ok, with those pointers in mind, please enjoy this episode!