Practical Korean Usage Pre-Intermediate 2

PRACTICAL KOREAN USAGE — PRE-INTERMEDIATE 2
Your AI-Powered Guide to Korean Grammar
by Sungtaek Lee (이성택)


"Learning" Korean and "communicating" in Korean are two different things. This book teaches you to communicate.

Three books in, and you're still here — that means you're the real thing. You've got nouns with tags (Basic 1), verbs with time (Basic 2), and the connectors that glue it all together (Pre-Intermediate 1).

But here's the truth: so far, you've been talking TO Korean. You haven't been talking WITH it. Your Korean has been a monologue — you describe, explain, narrate. Real communication asks for more:

"My friend TOLD me the restaurant is good."
"This is MORE delicious THAN that."
"Could you DO this FOR me?"
"I ENDED UP moving to Korea."
"Is it OKAY if I sit here?"

This is the grammar of conversation — of two people trying to understand each other across a table, a phone screen, or a KakaoTalk chat.

Practical Korean Usage: Pre-Intermediate 2 is where Korean becomes social. Books Basic 1 through Pre-Intermediate 1 gave you a beautiful, fully furnished apartment. This one hands you the front door.

WHAT YOU'LL MASTER — 14 grammar points, organized by the role you'll play:

📨 The Messenger — reported speech: -다고 / -(이)라고 / -냐고 / -자고 하다
⚖️ The Judge — comparison: 보다 / 만큼 / 처럼
🌏 The Experiencer — -(으)ㄹ 줄 알다, -아/어 보다 (knowing how, trying & experience)
🤝 The Connector — -아/어 주다·드리다, -게 되다 (doing for others, ending up)
🗓️ The Planner — -(으)려고 하다, -아/어도 되다 / -(으)면 안 되다 (intention, permission & prohibition)
🙇 The Social Navigator — 존댓말 complete: the full Korean politeness system

WHY THIS BOOK IS DIFFERENT

🤖 Learn with AI. Built-in AI Companion challenges let you rehearse real conversations with Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT — your personal Korean tutor, on demand.

🇰🇷 100% Hangul, zero romanization. You read Korean as Korean — the fastest path to actually thinking in the language.

🎬 K-Culture on every page. Every pattern lives inside a K-drama, K-pop, or real-life moment.

💙 Graduate with your cast. 서준, 하은, and 민호 see you all the way to the finish — capped by a free-form Korean "sonnet" entirely your own.

WHO IT'S FOR
Learners who've finished PKU Pre-Intermediate 1 — or who can already handle particles, verb conjugation, and connectors — and are ready to actually talk WITH people, not just describe the world.

The capstone of the Practical Korean Usage (PKU) series — your AI-powered bridge from describing Korea to belonging in it.

Once your Korean is social, it's real. Open the front door. 🚪

— Sungtaek Lee


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SERIES
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Basic 1 — Particles (조사)
Basic 2 — Verbs & Tenses (동사 활용·시제)
Pre-Intermediate 1 — Connectors (연결어미)
Pre-Intermediate 2 — Real Communication (간접화법·높임말) ← THIS BOOK