Hangul is easy, endings are not
You can learn Hangul in an afternoon. The challenge is verb endings and particles like ์/๋ and ์ด/๊ฐ. Lina corrects them gently.
Learn Korean ยท 2Lingua
Learn Korean by speaking it. ๐ฐ๐ท
Don't just memorize words. Have real conversations with Lina โ order at a cafรฉ in Seoul, chat with friends over chimaek, speak politely to your partner's parents. Like a tutor, but for $7 a month.
30 min/day voice โข Report card after every chat โข No download
See Lina in action
Lina plays a barista in Seoul
Lina์ด์ ์ค์ธ์! ์ฃผ๋ฌธํ์๊ฒ ์ด์?Eoseo oseyo! Jumunhasigesseoyo?Welcome! Are you ready to order?
You์์ด์ค ์๋ฉ๋ฆฌ์นด๋
ธ ํ ์ ์ฃผ์ธ์.Aiseu amerikano han jan juseyo.One iced americano, please.
Lina๋ค! ๋์๊ณ ๊ฐ์ธ์?Ne! Deusigo gaseyo?Sure! For here?
โ โํ ์ ์ฃผ์ธ์โ = perfect - the right counter (์ for cups) and the polite โjuseyoโ
๐ก Tip: Korean uses counters: ํ ์ (one cup), ํ ๊ฐ (one item), ํ ๋ช (one person). To answer โFor here?โ, say ๋ค (yes) or ํฌ์ฅ์ด์ (to go).
Why Korean is different
Age and respect
Speak politely (with -์) to anyone older until they say otherwise, and use ์จ or titles with names. Lina reminds you when you're too casual.
Real life, not textbook
Cafรฉs, convenience stores, the subway, chimaek with friends โ not just "the cat is on the table."
What you'll learn
- Week 1Greetings + introductions - ์๋ ํ์ธ์, ๋ฐ๊ฐ์ต๋๋ค
- Week 2Food + cafรฉs - ordering, counters, prices
- Week 3Respect + family - speech levels, age, family titles
- Week 4Daily life - subway, directions, phone calls, small talk
5 phrases you'll speak today
A free preview. Press โถ to hear each one, then say it out loud.
- 1์๋ ํ์ธ์AnnyeonghaseyoHello
- 2์ ์ง๋ด์ จ์ด์?Jal jinaesyeosseoyo?How have you been?
- 3๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋คGamsahamnidaThank you
- 4์ ๋ ...์ ๋๋คJeoneun ...imnidaI am... (my name is...)
- 5์ด๊ฑฐ ์ผ๋ง์์?Igeo eolmayeyo?How much is this?
Conversations with Lina work in Korean today. The phrasebook, stories and podcasts are in Spanish and German so far; more languages are coming.
Free vs paid for Korean
FREE
- Read this page
- The 5 phrases above
- 1 free text demo with Lina (3 min)
PAID ยท $7/mo
- 30 min/day voice with Lina in Korean
- Unlimited text chat
- Full report cards
- Full phrasebook
- Unlimited vocabulary garden
Korean questions
Is Korean hard?
Hangul takes a day; grammar takes practice. Daily conversations with Lina make the endings automatic.
Do I need to read Hangul?
It helps, and it's quick to learn. Lina can add romanisation while you get used to it.
Which Korean?
Standard Seoul Korean.
Does Lina know K-drama Korean?
Yes โ she can explain casual expressions you hear in dramas and tell you when they're too informal for real life.