Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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📌 Useful Tips (not mentioned in the video)

1. Catching Rabbits? 🐇
→ This isn’t something I made up, and it's a real Korean expression! 😁 In Korean, instead of "catching birds" as in the English phrase "catch two birds with one stone," we often say "catching rabbits." 🐇 Of course, we do use the hanja proverb 일석이조 (一石二鳥) that means "one(일) stone(석), two(이) birds(조)," but in native Korean, 토끼 (rabbits) is more frequently used.

2. Speech Levels in the Conversation
→ Both the professor and student use 존댓말 (polite speech) in this conversation. But if you listen closely, you’ll notice that the student speaks more respectfully and uses honorific verbs like -(으)시다 and 드리다 often. In contrast, the professor never uses these forms. When creating this dialogue, I imagined about a 20-year age gap between them. In real life, it would sound unnatural for someone much older, like the professor, to use overly formal speech with a student. (This shows how, even within the same 존댓말, the use or omission of honorific verbs can make the speech sound simpler or more respectful.)

🔗 If you’d like to learn more about honorific verbs, you can watch this class: youtu.be/v7oFvmlrKD8?si=BBTNXLiw6gl7Tj1W

3. Is This Video Too Difficult for Beginners?
→ This content is ideal for intermediate learners, but even beginners can benefit! If you picked up just a few phrases or vocabulary, that’s a great start! 😊

📄⬇️ Conversation Script in PDF: explorekorean.net/extra-class-notes/?vid=37

여러분, 모두 화이티이이이잉! 💪🔥

00:00 Intro
00:18 Vocab
02:22 Listen
07:36 Conversation Breakdown (Grammar & Phrases)
32:38 Instruction for Speaking Practice
33:23 Speaking Practice
38:58 Outro
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