Dive into the poetic depths of the Korean language with Episode 53 of the Essential Korean Podcast, where Kay샘 unravels the complexities of 'ㅆ을까'—a grammatical form that captures the poignant musings of past choices and the bittersweet tang of

52. Mastering Korean Food Verbs for Iconic Korean Dishes

Jul 15th, 2023 31m 47s

Transcript and Key Lesson Points- - -In this episode, we explore unique Korean verbs that are associated with the preparation of traditional dishes such as kimchi 김치, jjigae 찌개, namul 나물, and more. This episode introduces the verbs in a fun and

51. How To Use Question Word 몇 for Numbers and Classifiers in Korean

May 23rd, 2023 26m 9s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In this episode, we'll cover one of the question words, which is long ove

50. How To Say 'YOU' in Korean

Apr 3rd, 2023 26m 14s

Welcome to the Essential Korean Podcast, where I help break down the nuances of the Korean language to help you become a more aware and confident speaker of Korean. We’ve created the Essential Korean membership to help provide a complete set of

49. How To Express Wants or Wishes Part 2: What He/She/They Want (3rd Persons)

Jan 29th, 2023 29m 12s

48. How To Express Wants or Wishes Part 1: What 'I' or 'We' Want

Dec 8th, 2022 24m 32s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In this episode, we will learn the pattern most frequently used in daily

47. 사랑해 줘 Love me VS. 사랑해 주세요 Love me - The difference?

Nov 20th, 2022 17m 3s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources! - - - In this episode, we will discuss speech styles and speech levels (again

46. At a Cafe in Korea: What You Will Hear and How To Order

Nov 7th, 2022 22m 46s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In today's episode, we'll take a break from grammar-focused lessons for a

45. Future Tense in Korean | Part 3

Oct 23rd, 2022 27m 29s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----This episode is the last in our three-part series on Korean future tense.

44. "It’s OK. Everything Will Turn Out Alright" in Music

Oct 9th, 2022 15m 17s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!----- (We were supposed to have Part 3 on the topic of Korean future tense cov

43. Future Tense in Korean | Part 2

Sep 15th, 2022 25m 21s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----Today’s episode will continue our journey with the future tense, and is d

42. Future Tense in Korean | Part 1

Sep 6th, 2022 16m 49s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!----- In today’s episode, we have another exciting grammar point to cover: the

41. How to Approach Making Complex Korean Sentences & Pronouncing the 고 Conjunctive in Colloquial Speech (& Tribute to Extraordinary Attorney Woo :)

Aug 15th, 2022 26m 14s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In this episode, we’ll do two things: First, we’ll be revisiting sentence

40. Past Tense Part 2 & -고 Conjunctive

Aug 7th, 2022 22m 56s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In today’s episode, we will combine all the key lesson points you’ve lear

39. How To Form Past Tense in Korean (w/ situational examples)

Jul 31st, 2022 24m 31s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In this episode, we will be learning about how to form the past tense in

Episode 38.5: EK Study Buddy System & More!

Jun 29th, 2022 4m 41s

This episode is a special announcement of three new features to help our listeners and members with their learning journey. Please listen in and find out what they are! :)

38. "아깝다" & -고 Conjunctive - Part 2

Jun 9th, 2022 32m 37s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----This episode consists of two parts: A mini-lesson on the very Korean word

37. Verb Conjunctive -고 (introducing our first verb conjunctive!)

May 8th, 2022 28m 23s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!----- In this episode, we will learn our very first verb conjunctive, the 고 c

36. More Situational Examples: Present Tense & Its Meanings (Bonus: 김치찌개 recipe!)

Mar 29th, 2022 20m 39s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----This episode is an extension of the previous episode, Episode 35, which c

35. Korean Present Tense Form & Its Meanings

Mar 19th, 2022 21m 40s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!----- This episode will first introduce a few expressions exchanged with someo

34. How To Use Particle 에 l Part 3: Temporal

Jan 23rd, 2022 20m 40s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----We’ll continue with the particle 에, and, as the last part of this 3-part

33. How To Use Particle 에 l Part 2: Destination

Jan 6th, 2022 17m 7s

32. How To Use Particle 에 l Part 1: Locational

Nov 30th, 2021 22m 28s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In this episode, you’ll be introduced to the multi-use particle 에. It ha

31. "How Do I Study Korean?"

Oct 12th, 2021 16m 51s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----In this episode, Teacher Kay will share her thoughts on the single most

Bonus

30.5. Korean Pop Music & the Language

Sep 24th, 2021 10m 55s

* If you liked the content of our podcast, please visit our website, essentialkorean.com, to check out our thoughtfully presented courses, along with other resources!-----You'll find that the structure of this episode, Ep. 30.5, is a bit differ