A quick way to tell if someone is a native Korean speaker or not, is to pay attention to whether or not they use sounds such as "umm" or "uhh" often when speaking. This isn't to say that Koreans don't make these sounds (they do), but they often use different sounds than in English.

This video will share some alternate sounds that you can make when you're thinking to sound more like a native speaker.

If you're preparing for a test, you need as much practice as you can get. But even if you're not preparing for a test, being able to analyze Korean and solve problems is an important skill to have - even for daily conversations with friends.

So I've put together this series for you to practice of various difficulty levels from Beginner to Advanced. Try to solve the ones that match your current level.

I'm really enjoying making these episodes where I grade YOUR Korean abilities.

In this episode I grade Diana, who's one of my subscribers. I show what things she does well, and also how she can improve.

The particle (으)로 has a large variety of different usages, but one of the most common ways it gets used is to mean "Toward" or "Using."

Using (으)로 to mean "Toward" is pretty straightforward, but using it to mean "Using" is a bit different.

In a future live stream I'll also explain some more of the uses of (으)로, but this live stream focuses on how it means "Using."