korean learningThe First 100 Korean Words to Learn (From K-Dramas You've Already Seen)
The highest-frequency Korean words in any K-drama — greetings, reactions, people, verbs, and feelings — with the drama context that makes them stick.
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personal finance연금저축·IRP 완전 정리: 세액공제 16.5%를 안 받을 이유가 없습니다
연금저축계좌와 개인형퇴직연금(IRP)을 구분하고, 세액공제율 16.5%와 납입·공제 한도, 중도 해지 시 불이익, 은퇴 뒤 연금 수령 때의 분리과세까지 계산 예시로 정리합니다. 한국인을 위한 재테크 시리즈 1편.
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korean learningKorean Pronunciation for Beginners: The 5 Sounds You're Saying Wrong
The aspirated vs tense consonants, the tricky vowels ㅓ and ㅡ, unreleased final letters, and the double life of ㄹ — how native speakers actually hear them.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 5: Conjugation — Present, Past, 이에요/예요
The engine of Korean sentences: stem plus ending. Build the polite present with 아/어요, the past with 았/었, and the copulas 이에요/예요 and 있어요/없어요.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 8: Connecting Sentences — 그리고, 하지만, 그래서
Korean links sentences two ways: adverbs like 그리고/하지만/그래서 between sentences, or clause endings -고/-지만/-서 glued to the first verb. Both explained.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 1: Hangul — Read Korean in One Sitting
Hangul is the most learnable writing system on earth — the 14 base consonants, 10 vowels, how letters pack into syllable blocks, and real reading practice.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 4: Numbers — Two Systems, One Rule
Korean uses two number systems at once: Sino for money, dates, and minutes; native for counting and hours. The split, the irregular tens, and counters.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 3: Politeness — Ending Sentences in -요
Korean bakes your relationship with the listener into every verb ending — formal vs polite vs casual, why -요 is the safe default, and the honorific -시-.
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korean learningLearn Korean, Part 2: Sentence Structure and the Particle System
Korean puts the verb last; particles do word order's job. Topic vs subject, object and location markers, and how to read any sentence with a literal gloss.
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