Speak Korean Today
Like Duolingo, but for Speak Korean Today. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in Speak Korean Today
- Annyeong-haseyo is the standard polite greeting
- Bowing is a non-verbal component of the greeting
- The polite form is safer than the informal form for strangers
- A greeting without a bow can feel blunt or disrespectful
- Gyeseyo is used when the other person is staying (to stay)
- Gaseyo is used when the other person is going (to go)
- The necessity of the physical bow during a greeting
- Distinguishing between the two polite ways to say goodbye based on who is leaving
- Servers do not typically perform 'check-ins' and wait for the customer to signal
- The word 'Igeo' is used to point at a specific item on a menu
- Calling out 'Yeogiyo' (Over here) is the polite and expected way to summon help
- Native Korean numbers (hana, dul, set) are used for counting items
- Table buttons are a standard tool for requesting service for any reason
- The button notifies the server immediately so you don't have to shout
- Gamsahamnida is the standard formal 'thank you'
- Sugohaseyo is a common way to acknowledge someone's work or service as you leave
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Speak Korean Today the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
You’ve just walked into a local shop in Seoul. Which greeting should you use to be polite to the owner?
Get it right to open this lesson and 35 more in the app.
Where Speak Korean Today takes you
Skip the boring grammar drills and start speaking Korean that actually sounds natural. Master the essential phrases for your next trip and learn the secrets to perfect pronunciation.
- 1
Survive Your First Day
- Saying Hello and Goodbye
- Ordering Your First Meal
- How to Say Thank You Properly
- Asking for the Bathroom
- The Magic Word for 'Excuse Me'
- 2
Sound Like a Local
- Mastering the 'Double' Sounds
- The Secret to Natural Vowels
- How to Flow Words Together
- 3
Navigate Real Situations
- Shopping and Asking for Prices
- Taking the Subway and Bus
- Making Friends at a Cafe
- Handling Emergencies Simply
- 4
Understand the Hidden Rules
- When to Be Formal or Casual
- Body Language and Bowing
- How the Alphabet Actually Works
- Why Sentence Order is Different
- Counting People vs. Objects
- Common Slang You'll Hear
4 sections · 18 units · 36 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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Speak Korean Today is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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