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Level 5 · Lesson 9

Speak Like a Native

Reactions, casual speech, texting, slang abbreviations, sound-symbolic words and the social rules behind how Koreans talk.

Narae
Narae

Words you can use right away in restaurants, shops and the subway, plus the expressions friends use these days.

  1. 1 Natural Reactions and Back-Channel Words Week 24
  2. 2 Talking Casually with Friends (반말) Week 33
  3. 3 Texting Like a Korean: ㅋㅋ, ㅎㅎ and Emoticons Week 34
  4. 4 Popular Abbreviations and New Words Week 46
  5. 5 Sound and Mimetic Words Week 47
  6. 6 Phrases You Hear in K-Dramas Week 49
  7. 7 Age, Titles and Address: 언니, 오빠, 형, 누나, 선배 Week 43
  8. 8 Food, Table Manners and the Words of Jeong (정) Week 24
  9. 9 Korean at Work Week 50

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