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Korean speaking practice for beginners: 11 short lines by topic

Korean speaking practice for beginners works without a partner: listen to a short line a Korean speaker really says, say it after them, record it, and play your take next to the original. Here are 11 short beginner sentences in five everyday topics, from two slow Korean videos, each with its meaning and how it is said. Free, in your browser, no account.

Start with the shortest line

같이 갈까요?

Meaning: Shall we go together? Hungry at 9 p.m., Jaerim invites viewers to come along to the convenience store. Said: [가치 갈까요].

Listen and record this line 0:45–0:48

The line opens “After the speaker”: listen to the whole line, then say it. Say it twice, open Compare to hear your take, then go on to the first topic.

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Topic 1: at a convenience store

이것도 매워요.

Meaning: This one is spicy too. At the cup-noodle shelf she picks them up one by one: this one is spicy, this one is spicy too. Said: [이걷또 매워요].

Practise this line → 1:47–1:51

이제 계산해요.

Meaning: Now I pay. Noodles, a rice ball and a drink chosen, she takes them to the counter.

Practise this line → 3:47–3:51

Topic 2: at the dry cleaner’s and a cosmetics shop

바지가 길어요.

Meaning: The trousers are long. A friend gave them to her as a present, but they are too long, so she takes them to the dry cleaner’s to be shortened. Said: [바지가 기러요].

Practise this line → 1:41–1:45

화장품이 정말 많아요.

Meaning: There are so many cosmetics. On the second floor of a big cosmetics shop, looking for hand cream. Said: [화장푸미 정말 마나요].

Practise this line → 3:42–3:46

Topic 3: at a pharmacy

눈이 아파요.

Meaning: My eyes hurt. Why she stops at the pharmacy. Said: [누니 아파요].

Practise this line → 5:30–5:33

인공 눈물이 필요해요.

Meaning: I need eye drops (artificial tears). The line straight after, before she walks into the pharmacy. Said: [인공 눈무리 피료해요].

Practise this line → 5:33–5:37

Topic 4: at a café

카페에 자주 가요.

Meaning: I go to cafés often. Right after saying she really likes cafés.

Practise this line → 6:22–6:27

분위기가 좋아요.

Meaning: It has a nice atmosphere. About her favourite café: it is pretty, and the atmosphere is nice. Said: [분위기가 조아요].

Practise this line → 7:10–7:14

Topic 5: telling someone about your day

오늘 진짜 바빴어요.

Meaning: I was really busy today. Back home, she sums up the day: dry cleaner’s, cosmetics shop, pharmacy, café. Said: [오늘 진짜 바빠써요].

Practise this line → 9:37–9:41

커피가 정말 맛있었어요.

Meaning: The coffee was really good. Her last line about the day, just before asking viewers what they did today. Said: [커피가 정말 마시써써요].

Practise this line → 10:22–10:25

Korean pronunciation in these sentences: three rules

Koreans do not say each syllable block on its own. Three rules show up in the lines above; listen for them in the speaker’s voice.

  • Linking (연음): a final consonant (batchim) moves to the next syllable when that syllable starts with a vowel: 길어요 is said [기러요], 눈이 [누니], 화장품이 [화장푸미].
  • ㅎ goes silent between sounds: 좋아요 is said [조아요], 많아요 [마나요].
  • ㅌ becomes ㅊ before 이: 같이 is said [가치], so the first line sounds like [가치 갈까요].

Sada matches words, not sounds, so a recognised word does not prove you linked it right. Play your take next to the original and listen for these places.

Daily Korean speaking practice: 10 minutes

  1. Day 1: the first line and the convenience store topic. Say each line three times “After the speaker”; choose 0.75× under “More options” if you need it.
  2. Days 2 to 5: one new topic a day, then one line from the day before.
  3. Day 6: all 11 lines in page order, once each, then Compare on the one you found hardest.
  4. Day 7: choose “With the speaker” and say the lines along with the speaker, at normal speed.

For a routine with longer lines, the Korean shadowing guide has one for practising alone.

Make your own sentence with -요

Most of these lines end in the polite -아요 / -어요. Once you can say a line, change one word to say something about you: 바지가 길어요 becomes 머리가 길어요 (“my hair is long”), 카페에 자주 가요 becomes 도서관에 자주 가요 (“I go to the library often”). Sada compares you only with lines that are in a video, so the sentences you make up are for saying out loud, not scored.

The two videos on this page

Beginner is our estimate for these two slow videos, not a TOPIK level. When they feel easy, go on to Korean shadowing with four upper beginner–intermediate lines.

Lines and times checked against the captions Sada uses on 25 October 2026. Captions can change.

What Sada checks, and what it does not

Sada shows which words of the line it recognised, which it missed, and your timing against the speaker. If the speech recognizer spaces your words differently from the captions, they still count. Sada does not grade individual sounds, pitch or a TOPIK speaking score. Recognition runs in your browser, so your recordings are not uploaded.

Questions people ask

Is there free Korean speaking practice online?

Yes. Sada is free in your browser, with no account: open one of the 11 lines on this page, say it after the speaker, and compare your take with the original. You can also paste any YouTube video with Korean captions.

How do beginners practise speaking Korean?

Start with short, slow lines and say them after the speaker, not with them. Begin with the shortest line on this page, take one topic a day, and only then speak along at normal speed.

Is there a Korean speaking practice app?

Sada is a website, not an app to install: it runs in the browser on a phone or a computer, free. You can add it to your home screen.

Does Sada grade Korean pronunciation or TOPIK speaking?

No. Sada shows which words it recognised and your timing; it does not grade individual sounds or pitch, and it gives no TOPIK score. Play your take next to the original to compare.

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