From getting a table to asking for more side dishes to splitting the bill — the phrases that carry an entire meal in Korean, in the order you'll need them.
The staff will ask you three questions at the counter. Here they are, plus how to get your ramyeon heated, what 1+1 means, and why the seating area matters.
Tteokbokki stalls move fast and rarely have English menus. Here is how to order, how to ask about the spice level, and the food words worth knowing before you go.
Korean borrowed thousands of English words, then reshaped them. Here are the ones that trip up English speakers, grouped by what happened to them.
Korean has no articles, usually no plurals, and no verb agreement. Here is how it signals the same information, and why adding 그 everywhere makes you sound strange.
Seoul's subway is easy to use and hard to ask about. Here are the phrases for asking directions, the words on the signs, and what the announcements are actually saying.
Cafes are the easiest place to use Korean for the first time. Here is the full sequence — ordering, the two questions the staff will ask you, and how to pay.
Hangul was invented in 1443 with a design brief most writing systems never had. Here is what makes its structure unusual, and what it means for someone learning to read it.
Busan or Pusan? Kim or Gim? Korean has had several romanization systems, and traces of all of them survive. Here is what the differences mean and when to stop relying on romanization.
Adding a Korean keyboard takes two minutes on any device. Here is how to set it up, how the layout is organized, and why it makes more sense than QWERTY does.
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