Real-Life Korean Conversations For Beginners includes 40 dialogues that you face in real-life. At the beginning of each chapter, there is a short two-line dialogue to serve as a preview of the longer 12 or 13-line main dialogue. Previewing the shorter dialogue first will make studying the main dialogue seem a bit easier! 

Each dialogue has an English translation, a vocabulary list, grammar exercises, and pronunciation exercises to help increase study efficacy. There is even a related cultural tip to help put each dialogue in perspective. 

All dialogues and words in this book have corresponding audio files recorded by native speakers to help with proper pronunciation and the development of listening skills. Download the files for FREE from TalkToMeInKorean. 

Index

Preface

How to Use This Book

Dialogue 01-40:

Introductions #

Dialogue No.1 Self-Introductions 12

Dialogue No.2 Exchanging Numbers 20

Friends #

Dialogue No.3 How are you? 28

Dialogue No.4 Plans 36

Invitations #

Dialogue No.5 Dinner 44

Dialogue No.6 Wedding 52

Family #

Dialogue No.7 Coming Home 60

Dialogue No.8 Waking Up 68

Shopping #

Dialogue No.9 Marketplace 76

Dialogue No.10 Clothing Store 84

Dialogue No.11 Shoe Store 92

Dialogue No.12 Electronics Store 100

Dialogue No.13 Furniture Store 108

Dialogue No.14 Cosmetics Store 116

Dialogue no.15 Bookstore 124

On a Date #

Dialogue no.16 Blind Date 132

Dialogue #17 Movie Date 140

Dialogue no.18 Park 148

Dialogue no.19 Confessing 156

Dialogue No.20 Rejection 164

At Work #

Dialogue No.21 Overtime Work 172

Dialogue No.22 Meeting 180

Dialogue No.23 Work Schedule 188

Dialogue No.24 Getting a Job 196

Dialogue No.25 Company Dinner 204

School  #

Dialogue No.26 Class 212

Dialogue No.27 Exam 220

Food #

Dialogue No.28 Restaurant 228

Dialogue No.29 Coffee Shop 236

Dialogue No.30 Friend’s House 244

Dialogue No.31 Cooking 252

Dialogue No.32 Ordering Delivery 260

Health #

Dialogue No.33 Pharmacy 268

Dialogue No.34 Hospital 276

Dialogue No.35 Not Feeling Well 284

Transportation #

Dialogue No.36 Taxi 292

Dialogue No.37 Bus 300

Dialogue No.38 Subway 308

Dialogue No.39 Airplane 316

Dialogue No.40 Bicycle 324

Going to a wedding? Want to see that new movie? Starting a budding romance? Once you’ve studied with this book, you’ll have no problem doing those things in Korean! Real Life Korean Conversations for Beginners includes 80 different dialogues taken from real life so you can navigate through social situations in Korean with ease.

-In each unit of Real Life Korean Conversations for Beginners there are 2 dialogs delivered just like native Korean speakers would use in conversation. The first dialogue is a short warm-up and the following dialogue is more in depth. You can listen and follow along with the accompanying audio tracks (tip: try repeating each line in a loud voice; this improves your pronunciation and puts you on the fast track to fluency!). 

-Each unit also includes a list of the important words used in the conversation, followed by a grammar break-down with activities so you can practice that newly learned vocabulary like a champ.

There are also cultural tips to help you understand some of the how and why Koreans speak the way they do.

  -One of the best features of the book is the pronunciation points. There are 2 pronunciation points with exercises accompanying each dialogue to help the words roll right off your tongue like a natural.

-Are you ready to speak Korean like a native? The best way to do so is to listen to natural conversations and then repeat what you’ve learned. Real Life Korean Conversations for Beginners is the perfect tool to help you do just that!  

-Real Life Korean Conversations for Beginners includes 40 different dialogues taken from real life so you can navigate through social situations in Korean with ease.