Korean for the Real World
Move beyond textbook greetings and start speaking like a local. Master the flow of natural sentences and handle everyday situations with confidence and cultural nuance.
Like Duolingo, but for Korean for the Real World. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
54 levels across 4 sections, about 108 minutes end to end, roughly 22 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Get Things Done in the City, Connect and Share Your Life, Polishing Your Sentence Flow, and Mastering Social Nuance. It assumes you already know the basics.
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You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Korean for the Real World the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Where Korean for the Real World takes you
- 1
Get Things Done in the City
- Ordering Food with Specific Requests
- Navigating Public Transit and Transfers
- Shopping for Clothes and Asking for Sizes
- Making Appointments and Checking Times
- 2
Connect and Share Your Life
- Describing Your Daily Routine Naturally
- Talking About Your Hobbies and Interests
- Expressing Feelings and Physical States
- Sharing Past Experiences and Travel Stories
- Making Plans and Suggesting Activities
- Giving and Receiving Directions
- 3
Polishing Your Sentence Flow
- Connecting Ideas with 'And' and 'But'
- Explaining Reasons and Consequences
- Describing People and Things with Detail
- 4
Mastering Social Nuance
- Choosing the Right Level of Politeness
- Softening Your Speech for Politeness
- Using Honorifics for Elders and Bosses
- Casual Talk with Close Friends
- Common Slang and Texting Abbreviations
4 sections · 18 units · 54 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Tomo is in ChatGPT
Tomo is also a ChatGPT plugin: the same playable courses, built and played inside your chat.
Add Tomo to ChatGPT- What to ask
- “Make me a Tomo course on black holes.” “Turn this chat into a Tomo course.”
- What you get
- Quick questions with instant feedback, hearts and stars, ready to play in about a minute.
- Where it goes
- No sign-up to start. Connect your Tomo account and your streak carries on in the app.
You pick the voice
Korean for the Real World is taught in the Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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Start Korean for the Real World today.
Download Tomo, search Korean for the Real World, and play your first lesson in under a minute.