Learn Korean
Korean is spoken by over 75 million people and written in Hangul, an elegant alphabet designed to be learned in an afternoon.
Below you'll find 5,113 native-checked Korean phrases organized by theme, the essential phrases to learn first, and a self-guided path from beginner to advanced. Browsing is free — the real progress comes when you say these out loud with a person.
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Essential Korean phrases for beginners →
The handful of phrases worth learning first, with pronunciation and usage.
Self-guided
The Korean mastery path →
A sequenced A1→C2 path: the Core 3000 words, graded readers, conversations and games.
Common Korean phrases people ask about
- How do you say “What for?”? 뭐 하러?
- How do you say “What is it?”? 그것은 무엇입니까?
- How do you say “What's your name?”? 이름은 무엇입니까?
- How do you say “Where's Tom hiding?”? 톰은 어디에 숨어 있어?
- How do you say “Where is it?”? 어디에요?
- How do you say “Where is that place?”? 그 거리는 어디에요?
- How do you say “Where are you going?”? 어디로 갑니까?
- How do you say “Do you know him?”? 그를 알아?
Browse Korean phrases by theme
A path from beginner to fluent
Phrases are the start. flountain's self-guided path sequences your whole journey across the CEFR levels:
A1–A2 · Beginner
Survival Korean: greetings, courtesy, numbers, ordering food and asking directions — the phrases on this page.
B1–B2 · Intermediate
Real conversations: opinions, plans, stories and small talk, plus the Core 3000 vocabulary and graded readers.
C1–C2 · Advanced
Nuance and fluency: idiom, register and culture — built through reading, conversation and tutor feedback.
Ready to actually speak Korean?
Browsing phrases is the start. Practice out loud with native-speaker peers for free, or book a 1-1 video lesson with a vetted Korean tutor.