Maia

Learn Korean.

한국어

Learn Korean with a course built for its unique structure -- Hangul, honorific levels, and SOV word order -- not a Mandarin curriculum with Korean words swapped in.

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Why Korean

Korean is spoken by 80 million people in South and North Korea and by large diaspora communities worldwide. Driven by the global reach of K-pop, Korean cinema, and Korean cuisine, interest in learning Korean has surged.

Korean has one significant advantage for beginners: Hangul, its writing system, was deliberately designed to be logical and learnable. You can learn to read Korean in a few hours. The real challenges lie in grammar -- honorific levels, verb conjugation, and sentence structure that puts the verb at the end.

What makes Korean challenging — and how Maia helps

Honorific levels

Korean has multiple speech levels encoding formality and social hierarchy. Using the wrong level is a real social error. Maia teaches the two most important levels (polite and casual) in context, then introduces others as you advance.

Verb-final sentence structure

Korean sentences end with the verb, and modifiers come before what they modify. Maia helps you build an intuitive sense of Korean word order through structured practice.

Particles and topic marking

Korean uses particles to mark the role of each noun in a sentence -- subject, object, topic, location. Maia teaches the core particles through conversation so you learn them in use, not in isolation.

What your course includes

  • •Lessons starting from Hangul through complex grammar
  • •AI podcast episodes with Korean and English hosts
  • •Reading, vocabulary, and grammar exercises
  • •Spaced repetition for vocabulary and grammar patterns
  • •Adaptive curriculum based on your progress

Sample lesson topics

  1. 1.Hangul: reading and writing Korean in your first lesson
  2. 2.Greetings and politeness: annyeonghaseyo and speech levels
  3. 3.Basic sentences: particles, subjects, and verb endings
  4. 4.Numbers and counting: native Korean vs. Sino-Korean systems
  5. 5.Describing things: adjectives and modifiers in Korean
  6. 6.Making plans: future tense and time expressions
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