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Is Korean Hard to Learn? Hangul in Days, Honorifics for Years

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Is Korean hard to learn? Reading Hangul’s 24 letters takes days, but real fluency takes years. For English speakers the alphabet is the easy part. The hard parts are the verb-last word order, the small grammar tags called particles, and a system of politeness levels that changes how every sentence ends.