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Important Hanja: “They’re The SAME Hanja” 동 (同) | Korean FAQ

22 hours 54 min ago

The Hanja 동 同 means “same,” and it’s used in many vocabulary words to mean that something is together with something else. In this episode I share many common verbs and nouns used with 동, including how it’s used with the word 동생 (or 동산).

Moonlight and Mayhem: Shooting Changdeokgung on the Last Day of the Mega Chuseok Holiday

Sun, 2025-10-19 13:44

This month’s plan was simple: go on the moonlight tour of Changdeokgung Palace and grab some killer night shots. Easy, right? Yeah, sure. Like most things in Korea, it started with good intentions and spiraled into a caffeine-fueled test of endurance.

Learn Korean Ep. 132: 만에 “After”

Thu, 2025-10-16 23:27

Keykat is too good at rock paper scissors, but if I can beat her then she’ll buy lunch for everyone. I just have to focus.

This lesson is about the grammar 만에, which is attached after a noun and means “after” doing something. It can also translate as “since” something has happened.

Also make sure to get your free PDF version of this lesson (and every lesson in the “Learn Korean” series) by clicking the download link right below this video~!

“Let’s” ~자, ~ㅂ시다, ~시죠 | Live Class Abridged

Wed, 2025-10-15 23:25

This past Sunday I taught a live class about how to say “Let’s” using four different forms, ~자, 같이 and ~요, ~ㅂ시다, and ~(으)시죠. These go in order from casual to more polite. The full live stream was two hours, but the abridged version of just the important lesson parts is under 10 minutes.

Do You RAISE or LOWER Your Voice in Korean?

Fri, 2025-10-10 01:03

When speaking Korean do you tend to raise or lower your voice tone? I found that most people tend to raise their voice in Korean, but it’s not always the case. Also there are some common reasons why this might happen. How about you? Do you raise or lower your voice in Korean? Let me know here or in the YouTube video comments.

조차 마저 “Even” | Live Class Abridged

Thu, 2025-10-09 02:09

Most Sundays I teach live Korean classrooms, and last Sunday the 5th I taught the particles 조차 and 마저, which both mean “even.”

You can find my live stream schedule here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18KsfU7QPRuEAhhQqRqn5jJOi_3HBTUooaRYweIuIonY/edit?usp=sharing