Causative verbs in Korean: -게 하다, word forms and who does the action
Compare an action with causing it, distinguish 먹이다 and 입히다 from a general -게 하다 pattern, and interpret force, permission and negation from context.
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Understand nuance, register, argument and complex Korean texts through close reading and practice.
Korean proverbs in context: advice, encouragement and implied criticism
Read three Korean proverbs, interpret what a speaker is doing with them, and practise separating encouragement from criticism and a saying from evidence.
Write a balanced comparison in Korean: 보다, 에 비해 and 반면에
Compare two fictional courses in Korean, distinguish session length from weekly study time, and write conclusions that stay within the evidence.
Korean honorifics: distinguish the listener, subject and recipient
Follow three relationships in a Korean sentence, choose between 주시다, 드리다 and 드리시다, and revise honorifics without changing who did what.
Korean passive expressions: change the focus without losing the facts
Read and edit Korean passive expressions, distinguish events from resulting states, and keep unknown causes out of your translation.
Korean vocabulary roots: use Hanja to check meaning in context
Build a checked Korean word family, distinguish different words written 전기, and use a dictionary without turning roots into automatic translations.
Korean idioms in context: 눈이 높다, 입이 무겁다 and 발이 넓다
Read three Korean idioms closely, choose an English meaning that fits, and separate a speaker’s judgement from the evidence.
Direct and indirect quotation in Korean: keep the speaker, time and meaning clear
Report a Korean statement accurately with -(ㄴ/는)다고 and -(이)라고, while tracking pronouns, time references and the limits of what was said.
Jeong in Korean: read the context before choosing a translation
Explore 정 through an original Korean reading, phrase comparisons and translation practice that preserves context and limits.
Write a formal email in Korean: a clear request from subject to sign-off
Build a respectful Korean email with a useful subject, enough context, a precise request, and a sign-off that fits the relationship.