About

This site explains Korean to English speakers — specifically the parts that textbooks tend to skip, where the grammar is technically correct and the sentence still doesn't sound like something a Korean person would say.

Who writes it

I'm a native Korean speaker. I'm not a linguist, and I'm not a certified language teacher — so I don't write as one. What I can do is tell you when something sounds off to a Korean ear, and then go find out whyrather than leaving it at "it just does."

Every Korean sentence on this site is written from scratch and checked by a native speaker before it goes up. None of the examples are copied from textbooks, apps, or other websites.

How claims get checked

Where a question has a documented answer, I go to the source — usually표준국어대사전 (the standard Korean dictionary published by 국립국어원, the National Institute of Korean Language), or published research. When I cite a study, I read the study.

Where a question doesn't have a documented answer, I say so in the article instead of inventing a rule. You'll find sentences on this site that amount to "I looked for a source on this and couldn't find one." That's deliberate. A confident-sounding rule that turns out to be wrong is worse for a learner than an acknowledged gap.

What this site avoids

• Overcorrecting. A lot of Korean-learning content treats every register wrinkle as a social disaster. Most of them aren't. When something barely matters, I'll tell you it barely matters.
• Fake authority. No invented credentials, no claims about experiences I haven't had, no reviews of things I haven't used.
• Machine-generated pronunciation. If audio is ever added here, it will be recorded by a native speaker. Synthesized pronunciation is a bad idea for learners, who can't yet hear when it's wrong.

Corrections

If something here is wrong, I want to know. Korean usage varies by region, age, and situation, and no single speaker's judgment covers all of it. Corrections are welcome via the contact page.