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Level 5

Intermediate Grammar

Intermediate grammar: connecting endings, honorifics

  • Connect sentences with linking endings
  • Use formal honorific speech (존댓말)
  • Express conditions, reasons, and contrast

Lessons

Lesson 1

Connecting Sentences: ~고, ~(으)면서

Connect two actions or states using ~고 (and) and ~(으)면서 (while doing).

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Lesson 2

Reasons: ~(으)니까, ~아/어서

Express reasons and causes with two different patterns and their nuances.

6 Vocabulary2 Grammar13 Practice
Lesson 3

Honorifics: 존댓말 System

Understand formal and polite speech levels, and the honorific ~(으)시다.

6 Vocabulary2 Grammar13 Practice
Lesson 4

Casual Speech: 반말

Learn how to speak casually with friends using 반말 (informal speech).

6 Vocabulary2 Grammar13 Practice
Lesson 5

Irregular Verbs

Master the most common irregular verb patterns in Korean.

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Lesson 6

Quoting & Reported Speech

Report what someone said using indirect quotation patterns.

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Lesson 7

Negation & Prohibition

Express negation with 안/못 and prohibition with -지 마세요. Understand the difference between inability and refusal.

6 Vocabulary2 Grammar12 Practice
Lesson 8

Guessing & Possibility

Express guesses, assumptions, and uncertainty using -(으)ㄹ 것 같다, -나 봐요, and -겠-.

6 Vocabulary2 Grammar12 Practice