Day 7: Week 1 Review

everything from Days 1–6, tested · 40 min

Seven days ago you could not read a single character. Today you find out what stuck.

Do the tests before you read the summary. A review you read is worth almost nothing; a review that catches you being wrong is worth the whole week.

1. Week 1 on one page

The alphabet (Days 1–2)

Vowels: ㅏ a · ㅓ eo · ㅗ o · ㅜ u · ㅡ eu · ㅣ i — extra stroke = y ⚠️ ㅓ ≠ ㅗ (lips relaxed vs rounded) · ㅡ ≠ ㅜ (lips wide vs round) Consonants: ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅎ — shape = where in the mouth ★ + stroke = aspirated ㅋㅌㅍㅊ · doubled = tense ㄲㄸㅃㅆㅉ — 달 / 탈 / 딸 Blocks: vertical vowel → consonant left · horizontal → consonant on top ㅇ silent at the top, ng at the bottom 7 final sounds: k · n · t · l · m · p · ng — all unreleased Sound rules: ★ 연음 한국어→[한구거] · 비음화 감사합니다→[감사함니다] · 경음화 학교→[학꾜]

Greetings and register (Day 3)

★ 해요체 for everything — polite, warm, never wrong 안녕하세요 — one greeting, all day ★ 안녕히 가세요 (to the one leaving) / 안녕히 계세요 (to the one staying) 감사합니다 · 죄송합니다 · 저기요 ⚠️ 안 가요? → 네 = "correct, I'm not going" — the opposite of English

Sentences (Days 4–6)

★ The verb goes LAST. Always.

이에요 / 예요 — batchim → 이에요, vowel → 예요 · negative ~이/가 아니에요 저는 (humble I) — say it once, then drop it Particles: 이/가 = new / subject · 은/는 = known / topic / contrast ★ 이/가 ≈ "a" · 은/는 ≈ "the" · question words always take 이/가 Verbs: ★ no person endings · stem + 아요 (ㅏ/ㅗ) or 어요 · 하다 → 해요 ★ 하다 = word factory — 공부해요, 일해요, 운동해요 ★ One form, four jobs — 가요. / 가요? / 가요. / 가요! Negation: 안 + verb · 하다 verbs split → 공부 안 해요

The four things English speakers get wrong

1. ㅓ and ㅗ merged — they are different words (서울 / 소울)
2. Releasing final stops — 밥 ends with the lips shut, no puff
3. 저는 in every sentence — say it once
4. Answering a negative question the English way — 안 가요? → 네

2. ✍️ Dictation — 15 sentences

Write them in Hangul, without looking. No romanisation.

1. 안녕하세요. 반가워요.
2. 이름이 뭐예요?
3. 저는 알렉스예요.
4. 어디에서 왔어요?
5. 저는 미국 사람이에요.
6. 무슨 일 하세요?
7. 저는 학생이에요.
8. 저는 회사원이 아니에요.
9. 누가 왔어요? — 친구가 왔어요.
10. 저는 커피가 좋아요.
11. 오늘은 안 가요.
12. 한국어 공부해요.
13. 매일 운동해요.
14. 같이 영화 봐요.
15. 안녕히 계세요.

Scoring

⚠️ Diagnose the error type. Writing 옷 as 오 is a batchim problem. Writing 커피 as 커비 is a tense/aspirated problem. Dropping 이/가 is a particle problem. Three different fixes.

3. 🗣 Speaking test — one minute about yourself

Record yourself. One take, no notes, no stopping.

The eight things you must include

• ☐안녕하세요 + your name (저는 ~예요)
• ☐where you're from (~에서 왔어요 / ~사람이에요)
• ☐your job (~이에요/예요)
• ☐one thing you are not (~이/가 아니에요)
• ☐your age, as the memorised phrase
• ☐two things you do (verbs in 해요체)
• ☐one thing you like (저는 ~이/가 좋아요)
• ☐a closing — 안녕히 계세요 or 가세요, correctly chosen

Model answer (~45 seconds)

안녕하세요. 저는 알렉스예요. 만나서 반가워요.캐나다에서 왔어요. 지금 서울에 살아요.학생이에요. 회사원이 아니에요.스물다섯 살이에요.매일 한국어 공부해요. 그리고 운동해요.저는 커피가 좋아요. 차는 안 마셔요.친구가 한국 사람이에요. 같이 영화 봐요.안녕히 계세요!

Self-scoring (out of 8)

★ Keep this recording. You re-record the same minute on Day 30.

4. 🎭 Role-play — survive five turns

Open the Role-play mission. Scene: meeting someone at a language exchange in Seoul. Use 해요체. Five exchanges, no English.

1. Greet and give your name
2. Ask where they're from — answer when asked back
3. Ask what they do — answer, and say what you are not
4. Say what you study or do every day
5. Say what you like — and say goodbye correctly

If you get stuck, these are legal and native:

★ Using these is passing, not failing. And say 네 while listening — silence reads as incomprehension.

5. Thirty review questions

Reading (1–6) — read aloud, give the sound.

1. 한 2. 국 3. 밥 4. 꽃 5. 강 6. 딸

Sound rules (7–10) — how is it actually said?

1. 한국어 8. 감사합니다 9. 학교 10. 음악

Contrasts (11–13)

1. 달 / 탈 / 딸 — which is which? 12. 어 vs 오 13. 그 vs 구

Greetings (14–17)

1. Leaving a shop 15. A guest leaves your home 16. Excuse me, calling a waiter
2. 안 가요? and you're not going — 네 or 아니요?

이에요/예요 (18–21)

1. 학생___ 19. 의사___ 20. 미국 사람___ 21. "I'm not a student"

Particles (22–26)

1. 저___ (topic) 23. 저___ (subject) 24. 이름___ 뭐예요?
2. 누가 왔어요? — 민수___ 왔어요. 26. 저___ 커피___ 좋아요.

Verbs (27–30)

1. 먹다 → 28. 마시다 → 29. 보다 → 30. "I don't study"

Scoring: 26–30 excellent · 20–25 on track · 15–19 reread your two weakest days · under 15 repeat week 1 — one day now saves five later

6. Week 1 final check

What week 1 actually gave you

You can read anything. Not understand it — read it, correctly, out loud. That is the wall most learners never get past, and you cleared it in two days.

You can also greet anyone, introduce yourself completely, say what you are and are not, and use verbs in the politeness level adults actually use.

What is still missing: you cannot yet say what you did it to — the object particle is Day 11 — or count anything, or talk about the past. Weeks 2 and 3.

★ The one honest warning before week 2. ⚠️ If your batchim is shaky, fix it today.Every particle you meet from here attaches to a noun and triggers 연음. Day 11 (을/를), Day 15 (에/에서) and Day 26 (past tense) all assume you hear the bottom of the block.Day 2 is the one day in this course you cannot skip.

7. 📲 Upload to LangNote

Upload section 1 (the summary) and section 2 (the 15 sentences) → study language Korean.

★ Two numbers to write down today

You fill the same table on Day 14, Day 21 and Day 30. Without today's numbers there is nothing to compare against — this is the only day you cannot recover later.

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