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Korean Sentence Connectors With Billy Go | #17: Whether

Fri, 2025-09-12 23:17

This is a free, 20 lesson video course all about Korean sentence connectors – pieces of grammar that are used to connect verbs and sentences together in order make longer, more complex sentences. The grammar forms taught in this video are ~지 (“whether” or “if”), ~지 (“since”), ~지 말지, ~서 그런지, ~(으)나, ~던지, and 얼마나 ~(으)면.

Thoughts on the ICE Raid at US Hyundai Plan

Thu, 2025-09-11 09:13

From: @jinwoopark0721/ 

This is the real big picture of the recent Hyundai plant raid and the detention of Korean workers.

Important Hanja: “SUDDENLY” 급 (急) | Korean FAQ

Mon, 2025-09-08 23:31

急 is read 급, and means “sudden” or “urgent.” It’s used in Hanja words that have the meaning of something being rushed, such as 급하다, 구급차, 긴급, and others.

What Hanja would you like to learn about next?

Euljiro Nights

Sun, 2025-09-07 20:54

It was that time again. Another trip up to Seoul for a dose of chaos, caffeine, and neon. My wife came along this round, which meant less weight on my shoulders and a second set of eyes to keep me sharp. Two brains, one city, and a mission to wrestle something real out of the madness.

Korean Sentence Connectors With Billy Go | #16: Thinking & Realizing

Sat, 2025-09-06 00:17

There are so many ways to express that you’re “thinking” about something or that you’ve “realized” something, and I’ve compiled the most common and essential ones together into a single lesson. This video covers the forms ~치고(는), ~까 봐(서), ~까, ~보니(까), 치다, ~테니(까), ~텐데, ~고 보니(까), ~다(가) 보니(까), ~다 보니(까), ~다(가) 보면, ~다니, and ~니.

해요 vs 하는 거예요 (~것이다 Tenses) | Live Class Abridged

Thu, 2025-09-04 00:12

In my most recent live stream I taught the differences between ~해요 and ~하는 거예요, and how these differences are part of a larger topic – the form ~것이다. The form ~것이다 can be used to make any tense in Korean – past tense, present tense, and future tense. And there are similarities between all of these forms.