TOPIK I exam preparation guide: build a listening and reading study plan
Use an official practice interface, diagnose listening and reading errors, and turn the results into a realistic four-week preparation loop.
Intermediate
Connect ideas, expand conversations, and read longer Korean with English guidance.
Korean particles 에게, 한테 and 께: mark a recipient or source
Choose a written, conversational or respectful recipient marker, then distinguish who receives from where something came from.
Pharmacy and hospital vocabulary in Korean: symptoms, time, medicines and allergies
Describe a symptom without diagnosing it, disclose medicines and allergies, and confirm a pharmacist or clinician’s instructions.
What does 맛집 mean? Ask for Korean restaurant recommendations without hype
Understand 맛집 as a recommendation claim, ask what a restaurant does well, and separate taste from practical details.
Korean vegetarian and vegan restaurant phrases: ask about exact ingredients
State what you eat, ask about broth and seasoning, and confirm preparation without treating a menu label as a guarantee.
Korean polite vs casual speech levels: 해요체, 해체 and 하십시오체
Compare three listener-facing styles, change endings consistently, and ask before moving from polite to casual Korean.
How to improve Korean listening skills: a three-pass practice routine
Listen for the situation, recover selected details, then use the transcript to diagnose one specific gap.
Korean dining etiquette phrases: ask before sharing, pouring or paying
Use polite Korean to check how a dish is shared, decline alcohol, and agree on payment without turning habits into universal rules.
Korean convenience store phrases: bags, receipts and heating food
Respond to checkout questions, ask about a promotion, and confirm what a clerk will heat or include.
Korean grammar comparison: -지만 vs -는데 for contrast and background
Compare -지만 with -는데, -은데 and -ㄴ데 so that the first clause signals the relationship you actually mean.