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Episode 10: How To Tell Understanding & Knowing: Difference between 알겠습니다 & 알겠어요 & More Comparisons

Essential Korean Podcast

English - May 09, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB
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Lesson Recap & Transcript

In this episode, you will learn 12 variations of two Korean verbs 알다 'to understand' or 'to know' and 모르다 'to not understand' or 'to not know.' Many Korean students ask about the usage of different forms of the verbs 알다 and 모르다. This episode will try to demystify some important aspects of them.

By the end of this episode, you'll have learned when to use and how to say: 

Two ways to say “I got it” or “I understand it now (with the newly received information)”: "알겠습니다" "알겠어요" 

Three ways to say “I don't get it” or “I don't understand it (even with the newly received information)”: "모르겠습니다" "모르겠어요" "모르겠는데요"

and

Two ways to say “I know” or “I understand”: "압니다" "알아요" Three ways to say “I don't know”: "모릅니다" "몰라요" "모르는데요" 

and a couple of ways to ASK others about their understanding and knowing --

-ALL IN KOREAN!


This episode consists of 1) Lesson with Speaking Practice and 2) Mini Quiz for Review.

Tune in and follow along - repeat after Teacher Kay 케이쌤, answer the questions, and find yourself SPEAKING Korean!

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