You know the words. Let’s get them out of your head.
90 minutes of actually speaking Korean — not studying it.
- Tuesdays
- 90 min
- Cafe Papa, Sinchon
- Max 7
€29 per session
Your Korean isn’t the problem.
New grammar, new words, every week — piling up faster than you can use them. And somewhere in there, it starts to feel like guilt. All that studying, just sitting there.
You live in Seoul. You came here to actually speak Korean. But somehow, the chances never come. 알아듣는데 말이 안 나와요.
Then you order in Korean — and the barista answers in English. Again.
It’s not that you can’t speak. It’s that you’ve never had a place where you had to. You don’t need more input. You need reps. (And no — not the “안녕하세요, 제 이름은 제시카” kind.)
90 minutes.
Talk first, fix after.
10 min — Warm up
English is fine. Coffee, small talk, exhale.
60 min — Korean only
You: Talk in Korean only, mistakes and all. Can’t find a word mid-sentence? Note it, keep going.
Me: I talk with you. Simple corrections in the moment, no explanations. Anything bigger, I write down for later.
20 min — Fix & upgrade
You: We go through what you couldn’t say. Ask, understand, practice it.
Me: I pull out what I wrote down. Explain it properly — the more natural way to say it. Then we drill it until it’s in your mouth, not just your notes.
No levels. No tests. No homework. Bring what your class taught you — this is where you actually drill it into your mouth.
존댓말 is keeping you at arm’s length.
Same sentence, three distances:
Class taught you the bottom two. But nobody makes friends in 존댓말 — it’s the language of cashiers, professors, and people you’ll never text again.
반말 is where Korean actually begins — jokes, nicknames, “야 뭐해.” No class can teach it, because you learn it the way Koreans do: with a friend, mid-conversation, getting it slightly wrong until you don’t.
That’s what Tuesdays are for.
From someone who was exactly where you are.
“I try to speak Korean to the locals here, but they always respond to me in English. After years of studying Korean back home, it feels like there’s no real way to use it with locals here.”
Hi, I’m Eungul.
I run Seoul tours (kimchimaninseoul) and kept meeting the same person over and over — someone who studied so much Korean, but never got to actually speak it.
So Tuesdays happen. I’m not your teacher. I’m just the friend at the table who knows why it comes out wrong — and tells you after, not mid-sentence.
Also @kimchimaninseoul. Lives in Mangwon. Will absolutely talk about food.
€29 per session
€29 per session
Seoul Besties After Dark 🎤
First and third Tuesdays, some of us don’t go home after the session. We go to 노래방.
Same rule, looser grip: try Korean, English is fine. Turns out it’s easier to speak a language after you’ve screamed a ballad in it.
€5 if you were at that day’s session. €10 if you just want the 노래방.
Questions people actually ask
Is this a Korean class?
No. It’s a conversation table. You already have a class — this is where you use what it taught you. I don’t lecture; you talk, I take notes, we fix things at the end.
What level do I need?
If you can survive — slowly, awkwardly — for a few minutes in Korean, you’re in. If you know zero Korean, take a semester first, then come. Total beginners and this format don’t mix.
Will I be forced to speak?
Yes — gently. That’s the whole point. Max 7 people means there’s nowhere to hide, but also no audience. Everyone else is exactly as nervous as you.
What if I freeze mid-sentence?
You will. Everyone does. Nobody jumps in to rescue you in English, and thirty seconds later you find another way to say it. That moment is the product.
Do I need to prepare anything?
No homework. But your week in Seoul will hand you things — collect them:
- “친구가 ‘밥 한번 먹자’ 했는데 3주째 연락이 없어요. 이거 진심이에요?”
- “카톡 답장이 ‘ㅋ’ 하나만 왔어요. 화난 거예요?”
- “‘저기요’로 웨이터 불러도 진짜 괜찮은 거죠?”
The moments that make you go “wait, what?” — that’s the best fuel for the table.
Where and when exactly?
Tuesdays, 90 minutes, Cafe Papa in Sinchon, Seoul — a few minutes from Sinchon Station (Line 2). €29 per session.