Korean to Stay Connected

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For intermediate and advanced Korean learners who want to stay connected to Korean through quiet, personal stories. Korean to Stay Connected is a slow podcast about language, memory, and everyday thoughts. I am a Korean language teacher. I have taught Korean in several countries.During my time teaching abroad, students often said:“I want to keep studying Korean, but there’s nothing I can just listen to.”This podcast is for learners who already know some Korean and want to maintain it — not through intense studying, but through calm, natural listening.You don’t need to understand everything.Just listening is enough. If you’d like to speak Korean slowly like this, you can find my 1:1 lessons here: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1

Episodes

  1. Apr 11

    EP31. When Something Is Already Gone (아/어 버렸어요)

    I’d love to hear from you. In this episode,  I talk about one of my favorite Korean grammar patterns: 아/어 버렸어요. One of the beautiful things about Korean is that small endings added to a verb can carry feeling, emotion, and the speaker’s point of view. 아/어 버리다 is one of those expressions. It is often used when something has come to an end, and the speaker wants to express not just the fact that it ended, but also the feeling that comes with that ending — regret, disappointment, or sometimes even relief. For example, there is a difference between: 버스가 갔어요. and 버스가 가 버렸어요. Both can be translated similarly, but the second one carries a stronger sense that  it is already gone, and cannot come back. That is what I find so beautiful about learning a language. A translator may give you the same result, but someone who has studied the language, can hear the deeper feeling inside it. In this episode, I also share a personal memory from my time in Finland, when my mother stayed with me for two weeks and then returned to Korea. After she left, I found myself saying: 엄마가 가 버렸어. 나는 다시 혼자가 되어 버렸어. That small grammar pattern held all the loneliness I felt at that moment. This episode is about how Korean can hold the temperature of the heart in just a few extra syllables. 🎧 Take this episode slowly, and listen for the feeling hidden at the end of the sentence. Teacher Profile: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1

    7 min

  2. Apr 6

    EP30. Spring in My Hometown (고향의 봄)

    I’d love to hear from you. In this episode,  I talk about my hometown — and what it feels like to return there in spring. Last weekend, I took a 4.5-hour bus ride from Seoul back to my hometown. In just a few hours, the crowded city slowly disappears,  and a quieter place appears — with fewer people, more nature, and a different kind of air. There’s something about hometowns that can’t be fully explained in words —  a familiar atmosphere, a certain scent, and a feeling of warmth. For me,  that warmth comes from  my parents’ smiles — the same place, the same love, waiting for me every time I return. Spring has arrived both in Seoul and in my hometown. But they feel different. Spring in Seoul brings me excitement and the feeling of a new beginning. Spring in my hometown brings me comfort — a quiet sense of warmth and belonging. Has spring arrived  in your hometown too? 🎧 Take this episode slowly,  and think about  the place that feels like home to you. Teacher Profile : https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1

    4 min

  3. Apr 3

    EP29. Mountain After Mountain (산 넘어 산)

    I’d love to hear from you. In this episode, I talk about the Korean expression “산 넘어 산” —  which means mountain after mountain. It’s a phrase we use when one challenge ends, only to find another waiting ahead. Lately, this expression has stayed with me. I thought once I got over this one hill, things would finally become easier. That maybe a flat, peaceful path would follow. But instead, another mountain appeared. There were moments when I felt tired, and moments when I lost my motivation. But along the way, there were also small, quiet things — a clear stream, a gentle breeze, warm sunlight. And somehow, those moments gave me the strength to keep walking. So these days, I’ve been thinking: Maybe life isn’t about reaching the end of the mountains,  but about walking through them. Not just the destination, but the people we meet, the strength we build,  and the small warmth we feel along the way. It’s April now in Korea — the beginning of spring. Today, I changed my wardrobe.  I put away my heavy winter clothes  and filled my closet with lighter, brighter spring pieces. And somehow, my heart felt a little lighter too. What does the beginning of April feel like for you? If you feel like you’re going through  “mountain after mountain,” there is someone here feeling the same way. Let’s keep going,  slowly, together. 🎧 Take this episode gently.  Even this path is already part of your life. Teacher Profile : https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1

    5 min
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For intermediate and advanced Korean learners who want to stay connected to Korean through quiet, personal stories. Korean to Stay Connected is a slow podcast about language, memory, and everyday thoughts. I am a Korean language teacher. I have taught Korean in several countries.During my time teaching abroad, students often said:“I want to keep studying Korean, but there’s nothing I can just listen to.”This podcast is for learners who already know some Korean and want to maintain it — not through intense studying, but through calm, natural listening.You don’t need to understand everything.Just listening is enough. If you’d like to speak Korean slowly like this, you can find my 1:1 lessons here: https://www.italki.com/ko/teacher/7545999?lv=1

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    Lumibo
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