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.

Using this content

Everything here — the writing, the example sentences, the tables and graphics — is original work and is protected by copyright. You're very welcome to link to it, quote a short passage with credit, or share it with someone learning Korean.

What's not okay is copying whole posts, republishing them (translated or not), or passing this material off as your own. If you'd like to reuse something beyond a short quote, just ask through thecontact page — I'm usually happy to say yes. If you find this content republished somewhere without permission, I'd genuinely appreciate a heads-up.