Learn Korean
Korean, with a hook on every word.
Hangul is learnable in a day, so the alphabet comes first and mnemonics key off the sound, never the shape.
물
mul
water
sounds like mool
A MULE drinks a whole river dry in one go. Mul is water.
Sample hooks
What the first words look like
물
mul
water
sounds like mool
A MULE drinks a whole river dry in one go. Mul is water.
밥
bap
rice, meal
sounds like bop
Every grain of rice BOPS up and down in the bowl to music. Bap.
집
jip
house, home
sounds like jeep
A JEEP parked so long in one spot that a family moved into it and called it home. Jip.
책
chaek
book
sounds like check
You CHECK a book out of the library and the book checks you out right back. Chaek.
사람
saram
person
sounds like sa-ram
A RAM in a suit walks in as the only PERSON at the meeting. Saram.
친구
chingu
friend
sounds like chin goo
Your friend greets you by pressing their CHIN into a jar of GOO. Chingu.
손
son
hand
sounds like sohn
Your SON's hand is bigger than yours and will not let go. Son is hand.
고양이
goyangi
cat
sounds like go yang ee
A cat that says GO YANG EE instead of miaow, once per step. Goyangi.
학교
hakgyo
school
sounds like hock yo
A pawn shop where you HOCK your homework and say YO to the teacher. Hakgyo is school.
A story in Korean
What you will be reading first.
빵집 앞의 개A1
Tap an underlined word. In the app the same tap also tells you whether that word is already in your collection and when it is next due.
Korean, specifically
Do I need Hangul first?
Yes, and it takes about a day. Everything carries a transliteration so you are not blocked while you learn it, and the hooks key off the sound rather than the shape of the letters.
How many words are loaded for Korean?
100 to start, chosen by frequency, each with a gloss, a part of speech, an example sentence and a hook. You can import your own list on top at any point.
Is the audio real Korean?
The audio uses the voices installed on your own device, picked for Korean and set per sentence. On a modern phone that is good. On some desktops it is only adequate, and recorded native audio is the next content investment.
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