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The Korean Wiki Project is a collaborative effort to unify knowledge on the Korean language and to make the information easily accessible and relevant to anyone. First, this site is under major construction. A lot of the articles are incomplete and have been created for future editing. The site hasn't been publicly released yet and won't be until a good amount of articles have been completed.

This website explains Korean grammar patterns, idioms, slang, along with practical vocabulary words organized by subject. This site will also thoroughly teach you how to read and write Hangeul (한글), the Korean script, with many examples and even advanced consonant assimilation rules. The site was originally intended to explain everything in English, however as the majority of Korean language students these days are Japanese and Chinese, we encourage users to provide translations in both languages respectively.

One of the goals of this project is to provide the most accurate, in depth information and accurate translations for Korean grammar patterns and vocabulary words where other dictionaries and books fail. Another goal is to make all information on here simple and easy to understand.

In order to make use of this wiki, your computer must first properly display Korean characters. If you see boxes, random characters or question marks, throughout this wiki instead of Korean characters, then your computer isn't properly displaying Korean characters. As a test, your browser should properly display the following:

If you only see boxes, numbers, or questions marks in the white box above, please see the simple instructions on how to install Korean on our computer here

As with all good wikis, we need a number of good contributors, both non-native and native speakers alike. Non-native speakers, especially those who have taken Korean classes and own various textbooks, shouldn't shy away from contributing. By contributing, you can help cement concepts in your mind. However, with non-native speakers contributing, not all examples and sentences will come out correctly. There are always sentences that seem good, but still sound awkward to native speakers. This is where having native speakers contributing would be extremely helpful. If you want to start contributing now, please create an account. After creating an account, please visit the getting started guide for more helpful information. The more people contributing, the more we can get done, which means more accurate and thorough information about the Korean language available to everyone.

You don't have to be a grammar guru or an expert to contribute. If you have other ways to contribute, then by all means please do so.

• We are looking for photographers, especially those with high quality cameras, to take any pictures related to Korea, especially if it shows Chinese characters in use and things for the vocabulary page.
• Have a digital recorder? Please record anything related to Korean, i.e. subway announcements and upload them here!
• Audio editing specialist who can cut out background noise on records or can enhance them in anyway.
• Graphic designers, 3D modelers and regular artists.
• We also need some experienced wiki users with help modifying this wiki. Have an idea? Please post it on the brainstorm page.

Anyone who has studied Korean as a second language knows it’s hard to find a book that is both accurate and easy to read. On top of that, most books don’t provide thorough details on grammar usage and don’t describe the feeling certain grammar and words give. Even the best dictionaries provide no insight into whether the word is mostly used by females, if it’s inappropriate to use with strangers and if the word sounds too formal to use on most occasions. These are often learned in intensive language institutes and through immersing yourself in Korean, where using the wrong word might’ve made a few people laugh at your expense.

For students studying at a language institute, the standard text book might not provide enough explanations, examples or have numerous bad translations. So these students often rely on other textbooks (which have their own problems as well) and end up looking through several textbooks. When it’s time to study, no student wants to carry around several textbooks and hunt for the same grammar pattern in each one. Additionally, there will be things the student learns in class that aren’t provided in any of their textbooks.

With a wiki, people who have already figured out accurate translations for Korean grammar patterns can give their own 2 cents on current articles, as well as create their own articles. Telling the textbook it’s wrong isn’t going to change anything, whereas in a wiki if you see something wrong you can fix it yourself and add your own insight. Furthermore no one wants to carry around several text books and pages of notes and go searching through them; it’s much easier to pull up an article on this wiki, not to mention it can be accessed anywhere, anytime. For more information, see about Korean Wiki Project.

If you're completely new to Korean, you should learn Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, first. You can also browse the articles in the basics section.

For more advanced users, select any of the main categories at the left side of the page to find a subject you are interested in studying.

If you are confused about how to exactly use this wiki, see the getting started section for more information.

Have an article creation or explanation request? Please make one here and we will try to prioritize it.

As with all good wikis, we need a number of good contributors, both non-native and native speakers alike. Non-native speakers, especially those who have taken Korean classes and own various textbooks, shouldn't shy away from contributing. By contributing, you can help cement concepts in your mind. However, with non-native speakers contributing, not all examples and sentences will come out correctly. There are always sentences that seem good, but still sound awkward to native speakers. This is where having native speakers contributing would be extremely helpful. If you want to start contributing now, please create an account. After creating an account, please visit the getting started guide for more helpful information. The more people contributing, the more we can get done, which means more accurate and thorough information about the Korean language available to everyone.

You don't have to be a grammar guru or an expert to contribute. If you have other ways to contribute, then by all means please do so.

• We are looking for photographers, especially those with high quality cameras, to take any pictures related to Korea, especially if it shows Chinese characters in use and things for the vocabulary page.
• Have a digital recorder? Please record anything related to Korean, i.e. subway announcements and upload them here!
• Audio editing specialist who can cut out background noise on records or can enhance them in anyway.
• Graphic designers, 3D modelers and regular artists.
• We also need some experienced wiki users with help modifying this wiki. Have an idea? Please post it on the brainstorm page.

• Body parts: A big vocabulary list of body parts, both formal and informal.
• Subway announcements: Some of the subway announcements too fast for you to understand? We've recorded and typed some out for you.
• Internet and text messaging: Learn the slang everyone's using online.
• Hangeul Assistant: Type Korean on any computer, conjugate verbs and practice text messaging in Korean.
• Tutorial for how to text message in Korean
• V + (으)ㄹ 게요: Books never fully explain this grammar's limitations, so we did our best to.
• 2NE1 - I Don't Care: Learn grammar and vocabulary with this popular song.
• 북한 dialect: Learn differences in a language separated by 50 years.
• ㄹ irregular verbs: Ever wonder why some verbs conjugate differently?

The Korean Wiki Project is a collaborative effort to unify knowledge on the Korean language and to make the information easily accessible and relevant to anyone. First, this site is under major construction. A lot of the articles are incomplete and have been created for future editing. One of the goals of this project is to provide the most accurate, in depth information and accurate translations for Korean grammar patterns and vocabulary words where other dictionaries and books fail. Another goal is to make all information on here simple and easy to understand. As more people contribute to this project, the information becomes more accurate and better explained. For more information on this project, see the about section.

First thing, do you see random boxes and gibberish or Korean characters: "안녕하세요?" If you see gibberish, you need to install Korean characters. (link)

• If you are using an old browser such as internet explorer 6, please upgrade! Not only are you using a browser thats 9 years old, but one that's unsafe. The internet has changed a lot in 9 years, look into download the latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera or the latest version of Internet Explorer. Without a new browser, this site cannot be displayed properly! See the difference here. (Perhaps needs a browser sniffer here if possible)
• In order to contribute to this wiki, you need to be able to type in Korean in most cases. For instructions on how to install Korean language input, click here
• If you are not able to read the Korean script, then the first thing you should do is learn how to read it. Check the out Learn hangeul section.

• Body parts: A big vocabulary list of body parts, both formal and informal.
• Subway announcements: Some of the subway announcements too fast for you to understand? We've recorded and typed some out for you.
• Internet and text messaging: Learn the slang everyone's using online.
• Hangeul Assistant: Type Korean on any computer, conjugate verbs and practice text messaging in Korean.
• Tutorial for how to text message in Korean
• V + (으)ㄹ 게요: Books never fully explain this grammar's limitations, so we did our best to.
• 2NE1 - I Don't Care: Learn grammar and vocabulary with this popular song.
• 북한 dialect: Learn differences in a language separated by 50 years.
• ㄹ irregular verbs: Ever wonder why some verbs conjugate differently?

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Important tasks. If you can, please contribute to these articles in any way possible.

Internet and text messaging

We need more work done on this page. Please add content to this page.

Sogang and Yonsei categories needed!

We already have categories up for grammar patterns that appear in the Seoul National University program in the grammar pattern section. However we need current and former Sogang and Yonsei students to categorize grammar patterns for their respective text books. For example, if you see a grammar pattern that appeared in the level 1 book of the Sogang program, add [[Category:Sogang Level 1 Grammar]] or if there is a grammar pattern in Yonsei's level 3 grammar add [[Category:Yonsei Level 3 Grammar]] to the bottom of the particular grammar page (and so on). As an example here are the categories for SNU:

• Category:SNU level 1 grammar
• Category:SNU level 2 grammar
• Category:SNU level 3 grammar
• Category:SNU level 4 grammar

Welcome template

Could someone please translate this into Korean as well? Just translate the basics and leave the links the same, I will fix the links.

Passive form

We need a more complete list of passive verbs.

Causative form

We need a more complete list of Causative verbs.