Korean vocabulary in the form you will say it,
not just the dictionary form
For beginners who already read Hangul, and anyone coming back to Korean. Every card has audio, a transcription, a full example sentence, and the polite spoken forms of the word.
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Why Korean feels hard
Korean is logical on paper – and different the moment you say it out loud.
Here is what trips learners up and what the cards do about each.
Dictionary form and spoken form
먹다 is what the dictionary shows; 먹어요 is what you say. The stem changes before the ending, and irregular verbs change it again: 듣다 becomes 들어요, 춥다 becomes 추워요. Under every verb and adjective you see the present and the past in polite speech, with the irregular pattern named.
Speech levels
Dramas are full of 해, 먹어, 가자. With strangers, colleagues, and shop staff you need 해요. Every example sentence on a card is in 해요체, the polite everyday form, so what you repeat is what you can say to anyone.
Sounds the spelling hides
같이 is said 가치, 합니다 is said 함니다: consonants change at the seam between syllables, and reading alone will not tell you. Every card plays the word and the example and shows the transcription.
Particles
이 or 가, 은 or 는, 을 or 를 depend on how the word ends, and the choice between them changes the emphasis. A rule explains it once; full example sentences show it every time you review.
Words built from shared syllables
학교, 학생, 학년 share 학. Most Korean nouns are built from Chinese-origin syllables that keep coming back. When a word has such a part, the memory cue on the card points to it, so a new word attaches to one you already know.
Nouns that become verbs
공부 is study, 공부하다 is to study, and hundreds of nouns work the same way. A noun card that forms a verb with 하다 shows that verb right under the word, so you get two words for the price of one.
Where it pays off
Where you will need your Korean words
The cards are the same, but different words come first depending on what you need Korean for.
K-dramas and K-pop
A word you have heard twenty times with audio you recognize even in fast dialogue. The lines and lyrics stop being a wall of sound and start breaking into words you know.
Travel in Korea
Ordering in a restaurant, asking the way, reading a menu or a subway sign: the words of a trip, in the polite form that works with everyone you meet.
Work and study
TOPIK, a university program, a Korean company: the vocabulary is organized by level, from beginner to advanced, so you work through it in order, not at random.
Life in Korea
A bank account, a phone contract, a clinic, a delivery: everyday life in Korea has its own words, and the people behind the counter expect you to know them.
Getting started
From sign-up to your first card in a couple of minutes
No word lists to hunt for, no cards to make, no review schedule to plan – the app takes care of all that.
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Answer a couple of questions
Tell us your language, your level, what you're learning for, and the topics you care about. It takes under a minute.
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You get 300 ready cards
From your answers the app picks words for your level and goals and groups them into sets, one for each topic you chose.
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Straight to the words
After setup you land on a card, not on an empty dashboard. Your first session has as many words as you chose per day: 10, 20, or 30.
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The next day
Your dashboard has one main button. It opens a session where new words come together with the ones that are due for review, so you never have to decide what to study today.
Behind the calm pace is spaced repetition: each review lands just as the memory starts to fade, so words settle into your active vocabulary.
Yes. The cards are written in Hangul with audio and a transcription, without romanization. Hangul takes a few days with any free guide, and after that you are ready to start.
The headword is the dictionary form, like 먹다. Right under it you see the present and the past in polite speech, 먹어요, 먹었어요, with the irregular pattern named when there is one, and the example sentence uses the spoken form.
Every example is in 해요체, the polite everyday form you can use with anyone. The full description of a word shows the formal 합니다 and the plain forms when you need them.
Yes, if you can already read Hangul. You choose your level at the start, and the first 300 Korean flashcards are picked for it. Each card gives you the sound, the transcription, the spoken forms, and a full example sentence, so you are not left guessing how a new word behaves.
It helps with what speaking depends on: having the word ready, in the form you say it. Reverse cards make you recall the Korean word from its translation, and short exercises make you use it in a sentence, by voice or typing.
No. It is a vocabulary trainer: ready cards, spaced repetition, reverse cards, and short exercises. It works well next to a course, a tutor, or a textbook, because it takes care of the words.
Yes. The first month is free: your first 300 ready Korean vocabulary cards, no credit card. After that nothing is charged unless you choose a plan, and your words and progress stay saved.
Unlike Anki, there is nothing to set up: no building decks or importing shared files – ready-made Korean cards come with audio, images, and example sentences. And unlike gamified apps, there are no streaks or lives to protect: just a calm daily review queue powered by spaced repetition.
Start Korean the way you will say it: 먹어요, not just 먹다
The first month is free: 300 ready Korean vocabulary cards with audio, the spoken forms, full example sentences, and spaced repetition. No credit card required.
