Do you want to learn Korean fast (more than My name is_____?) Check out Korean all themed around language for travel- the perfect context to start learning a language. When you learn a new language for travel, you learn all the vocabulary and grammar you need in context. Learn enough words and phrases, and they will start overlapping. You can then start creating your own sentences.

Pick a new theme each week, for five weeks. Try using vocabulary columns and mastering the theme for the week. After studying the list, take a piece of paper and write the words and phrases on a column in Korean. Try to recall the English, writing the equivalents. Do again, giving the Korean. And don’t worry yet about Korean scripts- write in Roman letters.

This week’s theme:

Meeting and greeting 

My name is______________. 

제 이름은 ____입니다. je ireumeun ____ 

imnida 

How are you? 어떻게 지내세요? eoteoke jineseyo 

Good. 좋아요. Joayo 

So- so. 그저 그래요. geujeo geuraeyo 

Are you all right? 괜찮아요? gwaenchanayo 

Where are you from? 

어느 나라에서 왔어요? 

eoneu nara-eseo wasseoyo 

I’m from…. ……에서 왔어요. …..eseo wasseoyo 

It’s nice to meet you. 

만나서 반가워요. mannaseo 

bangawoyo 

Likewise. 저도 그래요. jeodo geuraeyo 

annyeonghaseyo Hello. 안녕하세요. 

Good morning. 안녕하세요. 

annyeonghaseyo 

Good afternoon. 안녕하세요. 

annyeonghaseyo 

Good evening. 안녕하세요. annyeonghaseyo 

Goodbye. 안녕히 계세요. annyeonghi 

gyeseyo 

See you later. 그럼 나중에 뵈요. geureom najung-e 

boeyo 

It was nice to see 만나서 반가웠어요. mannaseo 

you. bangawosseoyo 

What’s your name? 이름이 뭐예요? ireumi moyeyo 

My name is…….. 제 이름은 ……입니다 je ireumeun 

….imnida 

Take care. 잘 지내세요. jal jinaeseyo 

Bye 안녕 Annyeong

This link has a guide with survival tasks and links to audio file podcasts. These podcasts are not traditional. They are bite-sized files of language in chunks. Use them to create your own playlists. Play, listen, repeat, and learn. Once you have enough of these chunks, you’ll start making your own sentences with what you’ve learned.

Some additional resources:

Korean for Travel and Beginners Podcast

Do you want to learn to say your name in Korean and a whole lot more? Get the phrasebook with linked audio  Korean for Travel and Beginners Phrasebook here.

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