The Tools and Resources I Use for Learning Korean

Here are all of my favorite Korean language tools and resources for beginning, intermediate, and advanced level learners. All links are below! (This video is not sponsored.)
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Naver Dictionary (tool): en.dict.naver.com/#/main
Korean-English Learners’ Dictionary (tool): krdict.korean.go.kr/eng/mainA...
10 ways to use Naver Dictionary for studying Korean (video): • 10 ways to use Naver D...
Hangul Attack (game): • Free Korean Typing Gam...
Romanized Hangul Keyboard (tool): www.mauvecloud.net/charsets/h...
How to Type in Korean (video): • How to Type in Korean ...
동아 Kids’ News (news): kids.donga.com/
Naver Webtoon (comics): comic.naver.com/index
Find Korean podcasts on AudioClip (app) audioclip.naver.com
HelloTalk (app): www.hellotalk.com/
Tandem (app): www.tandem.net/
Anki (tool): apps.ankiweb.net/
How You Should Study Korean Vocabulary (video): • How You Should Study K...
Korean Verb Conjugator (tool): koreanverb.app/?search=%ED%95...
Naver’s Spelling Machine (tool): search.naver.com/search.naver...
Daum’s Spelling Machine (tool): dic.daum.net/grammar_checker.do
국립국어원 (tool): www.korean.go.kr/
Dialect Dictionary (tool): dialect.korean.go.kr/dialect/
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Dictionaries
00:49 Typing
01:25 Reading Practice
01:56 Listening Practice
02:06 Apps
03:11 Vocabulary
03:29 Verbs
03:44 Spelling Machine
04:31 Advanced Tools
05:13 Conclusion
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[@beratsamil]

My favorite tool is called "Learn Korean with GO! Billy Korean"

[@auricia201]

Not me wondering 10 min ago if playing The Sims in Korean would count as a good resource for learning vocabulary 😂

[@ChanyeolsHaneul]

All games help. 😊

[@-DubuLightsMyWorld]

@@ChanyeolsHaneul Hello friend, trying to learn 한국어 as well I see 😁😁 I see you everywhere 😂

[@hopegate9620]

That's actually a pretty good idea. I've been playing Stardew valley in Korean, but it's been hard because I realized I haven't actually learned any farm related vocabulary yet. Hopefully the Sims will be easier to understand

[@AndyKeppel]

He posted a video recently about how his kid became fluent partly by playing Minecraft in Korean. I wish I was that brave. 파이팅!

[@auricia201]

@@hopegate9620 yes, I think it would help, to learn the name of many action, and since you can choose what to click in, ir would be easier. However 😅 I've already tried putting a game called cats and soups in Korean, but I get lazy and just click based on the locations and don't actually read 😓 (And fun fact, the game is actually Korean)

[@-HASSAN10-]

Nothing is permanent but Billy's shirt and cap are permanent...😂❤

[@44percentstronger]

2:25 that was super funny. Especially when you said: "Do you think that's Hangul you're writing?"

[@noni6420]

This was really useful, thank you so much for your efforts!

[@harmonqhs]

Thanks so much for sharing how to change your keyboard form English to Korean. I really needed that! 😊

[@sarahpitwell]

Hi Billy, I really do love your little skits in these type of videos. I was a big fan of Mirinae when they first started their lessons (and you didn't have to buy a paid subscription) but they are still good at unpicking a whole sentence in Korean, particularly if you want to understand song lyrics 🎼😀

[@alejandrarivera9130]

Excellent recommendation! Thank you

[@Kyle-uo5bg]

If you're a beginner and want to look up information about conjugation/etymology I personally like Wiktionary, however I always double check with another resource (I use Naver's as well)

[@ajithisaac603]

Informative video

[@choicelyon2131]

Thanks for making this! I'm planning to spark my Korean journey back up and was looking for resources to facilitate that process. I'll definitely try some of these out!!

[@choicelyon2131]

Update: I just started using Anki and really like it! I love the cycling frequency feature. I'm gathering vocab from comics/informal written works and the vocab mixed into the curriculum I follow, and creating cards along the way. Thanks for this recommendation!! :)

[@steffenweis4185]

haha just tried Hangeul attack it's so fun but so stressfull 😂 it's quite the rush! but great design! love it :)

[@BlobOfZero]

I was literally just wondering what some good reading materials were and then this video popped up! 😊

[@myes7479]

너무 감사해요

[@thewniverse]

Can't wait to try the national language site as well as the dialect site well they are the same but still cool I've been trying to find advance learning sites

[@essmandi]

Do you have recommendations for podcasts on AudioClip? It’d be super helpful to have suggestions based on levels! I’m intermediate in reading and writing, but it’s difficult to find podcasts that will help get my listening up to that level. (And thank you as always for your videos!)

[@chickpeapeace]

i use teuida for speaking practice. memrise is good coz it has videos of native speakers on the courses they make and you can do pronunciation and listening practice and i also use it make my own courses to memorise vocab and lyrics. using memrise made me keep forgetting how to spell memorise tho lol 이 비디오 정말 재밌었어요 ㅎㅎ 선생님 갑사합니다

[@tanzer98]

Billy you are a godsent 😭🙏

[@cloudwatcher608]

2:19 That must have been the matrix, because I’ve never seen Billy without his trademark button-down shirt before

[@RiaS825]

For some reason watching videos related to Korean gives me more motivation to study Japanese

[@paulwalther5237]

😂

[@susangarcia338]

Huh, it's the opposite for me :P

[@cloudwatcher608]

I think that at certain points in language learning you hit a plateau of sorts, and progress is harder to achieve. In those instances I’m tempted to go back to Japanese (I can read hiragana and katakana and know a few kanji and basic grammar) but I really just want to stick with Korean and reach a decent conversational level. My progress has definitely progressed since I found Billy so that’s been super motivating.

[@soletsgoseethestars]

this video made me laugh so much help 😭 i love it!!

[@user-Korpan]

0:15 "my potions are too strong for you traveler!!" haha Great video.

[@jamesdowdle7587]

I use Naver dictionary daily, and it's fantastic! Any recommendations for offline dictionaries? Particularly for Android phones? It's awkward when I want to look up a word I hear or read and I don't have good cell coverage where I'm at.

[@Shiraori999]

I'm transcribing manwhas and unknown words/expression I find in novels into a text file to improve my typing speed.

[@Shree_Hari_Aashray]

감사합니다 빌리 💕(well I translate it in my keyboard) 🙃

[@LegalTyranny]

Hi Billy. I have been watching a Jong Dojoeng and they mentioned 2 treatments for acute nephritis. They were in romanization but as a Chinese medicine user I wanted to know if these are things you can convey in English? simigihwan and eumyangssangbongtang . I'm very curious as I have been using a formula for myself called You Gui Yin. Thanks if you or any one else can help.

[@cz5831]

I am currently trying LingQ for more reading practice for my level....that has always been something I struggled to find in my journey...reccomended? Hehe

[@paolojabad]

안녕하세요, i’m learning both Japanese and Korean at the same time and one tool I love is Tanoshii Japanese, basically a dictionary that gives context and conjugation. Even reverse conjugation searches, to help me get the dictionary form. This is basically what I’ve struggled to find for my Korean learning. Which one here do you think is the closest?

[@-l485]

as someone who had learned japanese for over ten years, i wish you good luck in learning both at the same time. there's pros and cons but prepared to get mindfucked a bit lol also, if you have android, highly recommend takoboto dictionary for JP i'm also searching for a good korean dictionary app because naver sadly doesn't have one (it used to but then they just made it an english dictionary app only :s)

[@rensvh98]

I learned English really well from a very young age by watching TV shows in English (with subtitles in my native language) and also by playing video games in English, most notably Pokémon. Switching the language in Genshin Impact from English to Korean, though, makes it that I have no clue what's going on and what my objectives are... I wonder why it's so much more difficult now. I guess I should immerse myself in Korean a lot more, but also, immersion is very tough if you just can't get a grip. Not sure how to tackle this.

[@paulwalther5237]

I think adults need a foundation in the language before they start benefiting from immersion. Especially if it’s a distant language from your native one and Korean probably is if you’re watching this.

[@Kyle-uo5bg]

I sort of agree, I think Immersion when you're brand new to the language has different benefits, like just getting used to the sounds, intonation and pace of a language. I don't think you'll acquire much vocabulary that way, but I noticed that if I heard a word a few times and then later on I found out what it meant I would acquire it much easier@@paulwalther5237

[@mimim.s77]

As the other commenter said you need a base of at least a beginner level a trick I do to make it faster and immerse in what I like is choosing a topic of my interest and collecting all the vocab that might come up if you memorise them with some of the most used grammar rules you will be able to understand quite a bit at first and it get better as time passes you can search new things that pop up as you go but the key is to stick to one topic at a time and move to another that shares similarities

[@paulwalther5237]

@@mimim.s77 I think the topic idea is pretty good. Back in the day when I read books to learn German I stuck to the same author for a while before switching to a new author. But stayed within the same genre. Even just switching authors it felt like my German had gotten a lot worse. But if you’re watching KZbin videos or maybe reading KZbin subtitles just sticking to one topic could work great. I’m going to try that for Korean. KZbin seems more efficient than novels.

[@mimim.s77]

@@paulwalther5237 actually I did the same I do believe novels are the best for improving vocabulary the issue is that even within the same genre you will find the writer going on on many different topics at a time which is overwhelming for beginners so it's better suited for intermediate especially those who hit the plateau and couldn't get better at least that's how it was for me

[@caroline.mokone5879]

Honestly, I'm watching Go Billy is due to me feeling stuck with what I should study next, or should I just revise the grammar I have learned in the past 8 months. Recently, I'm feeling demotivated and stuck altogether but I still listen to Korean podcasts and started watching variety shows which I didn't like at first but they're working since I can recognise most of the words and basic speech endings. I want to acquire the speaking and listening skills more. So, what should I do Billy, please help?

[@GoBillyKorean]

What are you using for learning Korean currently? I have a free full course (100 episodes) that you can use on my channel to start :)

[@kimjia8218]

I really need korean friends who can help me to practice korean 😅 Because all people I found in dating apps are not searching for language exchange , that’s so sad 😅

[@PaulinaKarolina]

I know 한.. 글 😂😂 I’m dead. Thanks 😂

[@Aadrian7]

What about Daum? I often find Naver a bit clunky and weird in comparison, but maybe I should reconsider.

[@GoBillyKorean]

Daum is fine too!

[@weakanklesfornamjoon]

So what’s the verdict on Papago? I live on it while I’m an exceedingly slow learner. I know J-Hope uses it for English translating! ✌️

[@GoBillyKorean]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/faqxeaOMpNqfprc

[@shillpagajendrapanndeshwar4487]

Can you please share a video on 의태요 &의성어 words

[@moose4231]

I Find ChatGPT useful. However, I'm not fluent in Korean. So I can't really be to critical on its response accuracy. What are you thoughts on it?

[@GoBillyKorean]

Not reliable, but fun. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2rKYZmVhtKGq6M

[@moose4231]

감사합니다!

[@rayanrahmoune1064]

Anki app doesn't work

[@TifasaurusRex]

Not the Matrix!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@globulidoktor1733]

I would give a honorable mention to an app called duo... just kidding

[@gavasiarobinssson5108]

As long it isnt duolingo. Just horrid

[@weakanklesfornamjoon]

Eh. Depends on what you’re using it for. Grammar rules, sentence formulation doesn’t happen but I need the constant fast exposure to Hangeul letters and vocab that it provides. Other tools are higher pressure higher stress for me at least.

[@gavasiarobinssson5108]

@@weakanklesfornamjoon vocabulary is simply wrong!

[@ishaboy5090]

g레앋 v읻어 빌뤼! 이 엕외엗 팃 톨오욱h뤼

[@alejandrarivera9130]

Excellent recommendation! Thank you