Korean Worksheet

The King Who Designed an Alphabet

1443년, 왕이 문자를 디자인하다

How King Sejong created Hangul in 1443 — and why you can learn to read it in a weekend.

Vowels: Sky, Earth, People

모음: 하늘·땅·사람

The 10 Korean vowels — built from three shapes: sky, earth, and human.

Consonants: Drawn from the Mouth

자음: 입속을 그린 글자

14 Korean consonants — each shaped after the part of your mouth that makes the sound.

Double Consonants: Stronger Sounds

쌍자음: 더 강한 소리

5 double consonants — why Korean has them, how they sound, and where you've already heard them.

Final Consonants: The Basement

받침: 3층 건물의 지하실

받침 — the consonant that sits beneath a syllable block. Learn how it works and why it changes how you read everything.

Diphthongs: When Two Sounds Meet

이중모음: 두 소리가 만날 때

11 compound vowels built from the basics you already know — plus the sounds that trip up every beginner.

Real Hangul: K-pop & K-drama

K팝·K드라마 실전 한글

Reading real words and sentences using everything you've learned over 7 days.

Where Korean Words Come From

한국어 단어의 세 층위

Native Korean, Sino-Korean, and loanwords. Understanding which is which unlocks vocabulary patterns, nuance, and spelling rules — before you dive into Series 2.

Korean Parts of Speech — Why the System Works This Way

품사 체계 심화

Three criteria that divide Korean words into nine categories. A deep-dive for when you want to know why words behave the way they do.

Compound Words: Transparent vs Opaque

합성어 1 — 알면 유추되는 것 vs 외워야 하는 것

How Korean words are built from two parts — and which ones you can guess vs which ones you have to memorize. With K-pop examples from BTS and Seventeen.

Compound Words: One Pattern, Dozens of Words

합성어 2 — 패턴 하나로 단어 수십 개

9 productive Korean compound patterns — 집, 방, 길, 바람, 하늘, 소리, 빛, and the dual 눈 (eye/snow). Start guessing words you've never seen.

Derived Words: -하다 and -되다

파생어 1 — -하다/-되다

Derived Words: Changing Word Class

파생어 2 — 품사 바꾸기

Derived Words: Sino-Korean Suffixes

파생어 3 — 한자어 접미사

Why the Verb Comes Last

동사가 마지막에 오는 이유 — 나는 너를 사랑해

Particles: What English Doesn't Have

조사 — 영어에 없는 것

Topic vs. Subject

화제와 주어 — 은/는 vs 이/가

Pronouns & Contractions

대명사와 축약형

Place, Direction & Relationships

장소·방향·관계 — 나머지 조사들