Free Korean particles guide

What's inside

• What particles areHow a particle sticks to the end of a word, the two shapes most of them take after a consonant or a vowel, and the ones that never change.
• Topic, subject, object은/는, 이/가 and 을/를 with a picture to remember each, the hardest pair side by side, and the short forms dramas use, like 난, 넌 and 내가.
• Place, time and people에, 에서, 에게, 한테, 께 and 으로/로, with the ㄹ rule and when to use 에 or 에서.
• Everyday particles도, 만, 의, 부터, 까지, 보다 and 처럼, three ways to say and from formal to casual, and why friends drop particles altogether.
• PracticeTen lines you hear in K-dramas, like 나도 몰라 and 여기서 뭐 해?, to read and explain, then ten words to give the right particle shape. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn to read Hangul and a few basic words first. This guide builds on them.
2. Read the first page and say both shapes of each particle out loud.
3. Come back to the second page whenever 은/는 and 이/가 start to blur together.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for the same particles in K-dramas with Kitsumi.

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