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Kimchi and Coffee

A letter from Sara · Letter 1

▶ Sam reads it to you

사랑하는 스튜어트에게

Saranghaneun Seutyueoteuege

Dear Stewart,

샘 씨 집 식탁, 기억나요?

Saem ssi jip siktak, gieongnayo?

Sam's family's table. Do you remember?

당신은 늘 가운데에 앉았어요.

Dangsineun neul gaundee anjasseoyo.

You always sat in the middle.

모두 한국어로 말했어요.

Modu hangugeoro malhaesseoyo.

Everyone talked in Korean.

당신은 웃었어요. 먹었어요. 말은 안 했어요.

Dangsineun useosseoyo. Meogeosseoyo. Mareun an haesseoyo.

You smiled. You ate. You didn't talk.

↓ then the coach, then Sunhee

You know some Korean words. Nothing comes out.

That has a name. We call it The Freeze.

I'm Stewart. I had it too.

My wife Sara grew up in Spanish.

Her mom speaks no English.

For two years I sat at her mom's table and smiled.

I knew the words. I could not say one of them.

So Sara started writing me letters.

Half English. Half Spanish. She read them out loud, and I said every line back.

Then one day at Walmart, the lady at the register was stuck.

I helped her. In Spanish.

👇

Now we're doing it in Korean.

Sara and I are both learning Korean. From zero.

We've made Sara's letters into Korean for you.

Sam, our teacher, checks the Korean and reads each one out loud.

And now they come to your email, too.

Your morning, in four steps.

5 to 10 minutes, with your coffee.

Step 1

Read Sara's letter.

Every line has the Hangul, the sound, and the English under it.

Step 2

Hear Sam read it.

Sam, our teacher, checks the Korean and reads it out loud.

Step 3

Say it with the coach.

The coach goes line by line. You say each line back.

Step 4

Use it with Sunhee.

She asks you the week's saying. You answer her out loud.

You learn the sound, not just the word.

같이 (together) is spelled with a T. Koreans say gachi.

The coach teaches you one rule like that in every letter.

Four weeks in.

A letter from Sara five mornings a week, every line said out loud.

A sound rule in every letter, the kind the spelling never shows.

A practice day each week to say it all again.

The week's saying in four regional voices: Seoul, Gyeongsang, Jeolla and Chungcheong.

Sunhee, asking you the week's saying, every day.

Your four free weeks

Week 1: The middle seat
Stewart sits in the middle of Sam's family's table. He knows one word: 네 (ne), yes. So the rice keeps coming. Then he learns 배불러요 (baebulleoyo), I'm full.
Week 2: The photo wall
Stewart is always behind the camera. So he is in none of the family photos. Then Sam's mom gets him into one. His face is the funniest one on the wall.
Week 3: The secret stew
Sam's mom makes the best kimchi stew in the neighborhood. Stewart wants to learn it. But first he has to ask her in Korean.
Week 4: The spicy one
Sam's uncle makes a kimchi so hot it hurts. Stewart keeps saying yes to it. Then a mild white kimchi shows up on the table.

Five letters. Then a day to say the week back. Then the saying in four Korean accents.

Questions, answered

What does it cost?

The first four weeks of letters are free.

No card.

If you want them to keep coming after that, it's $5 a month.

What happens after the four free weeks?

You've graduated from the free course.

Nothing is charged on its own.

Ready for week 5? Keep going for $5 a month.

I can't read Hangul. Is this for me?

Yes.

Every line has the sound written in English letters, and the meaning under it.

Sam reads every letter, so you hear it before you say it.

How long does it take each day?

5 to 10 minutes.

Hear the letter, go through it with the coach, then say it to Sunhee.

How often will I get emails?

A letter from Sara five mornings a week.

Then a practice day.

Then a day you hear the week's saying in four regional voices.

What if I miss a morning?

Nothing breaks.

Just open the next letter.

What makes this different from other apps?

Most apps teach you to recognize Korean.

Here a real story comes to your email every morning.

And you say every line out loud.

Who is Sunhee?

Your practice partner.

She asks you the week's saying from Sara's letters, and you answer her out loud.

She opens in your web browser, from a link in the email. No app to download.

Who is Sam?

Our Korean teacher.

He has taught Korean for five years.

He checks the Korean in each letter, then reads it out loud.