Elementary (TOPIK 2)

Formal Speech, Part 1 of 2: -ㅂ니다 / -습니다

Make formal 합니다 statements with -ㅂ니다 after a vowel, -습니다 after a consonant, 입니다 and 아닙니다 with nouns, and ㄹ stems.

Formal Speech, Part 2 of 2: Questions, Past and Future

Ask formal questions with -ㅂ니까 / -습니까 and talk about the past and future in 합니다 speech.

Drill: Formal Endings, Parte 1 de 2

Put everyday verbs, descriptive verbs and nouns into formal present, past, future and questions until the endings come without thinking.

Drill: Formal Endings, Parte 2 de 2

Please Do and Let's: -(으)십시오 and -(으)ㅂ시다

Give formal instructions with -(으)십시오 and -지 마십시오, suggest with -(으)ㅂ시다, and state intentions with -겠-.

Practice: Subway, Airport and the News

Understand and repeat real subway, airport and weather announcements, all in formal 합니다 speech.

When to Use 합니다 and When 해요

Know which settings call for formal 합니다 and which for polite 해요, and how Koreans mix the two in one conversation.

Contrast Clinic: 합니다 or 해요?

Pick 합니다 or 해요 for a news anchor, a café, a boss and a classmate, and produce the right form.

Transformations: 해요 to 합니다 and Back

Turn a 해요 self-introduction into a formal interview answer, and pass on a formal announcement to a friend in 해요.

Error Hunt: Formal Speech

Find and fix the formal-speech mistakes English speakers make most: wrong endings, mixed styles and the wrong 'let's' to a boss.

Dialogue Lab: First Day at the Office

Follow James through his first day at a Seoul company: formal introductions, a switch to 해요 at lunch, and formal replies to the team leader.

Real-World Mission: A One-Minute Presentation

Build and say a short formal presentation of yourself, your city or your company, from 안녕하십니까 to 감사합니다.

Unit 1 review: Formal Speech

Listen, speak and write with what you learned in "Formal Speech", then a short unit quiz.