Learn Korean with Love Alarm
Yes, Love Alarm is a B1-level pick for Korean learners. An app pings when someone nearby likes you in this teen romance, a simple premise that keeps the language casual and emotional. Its short run and high-frequency relationship vocabulary make it a comfortable B1.
Key takeaways
- Love Alarm is a B1-level pick for Korean, best suited to intermediate learners.
- A short teen romance in casual, high-frequency Korean.
- It runs 2 seasons, 14 episodes, so its vocabulary recurs enough that finishing it builds real Korean listening.
- Against the 18 other Korean titles in our difficulty index, it is easier than 14 of them.
- Expect everyday Korean such as 좋아하다 and 알람.
- Watch it with Korean subtitles rather than your own language, which the research links to the biggest listening gain.
- Difficulty
- B1 (moderate)
- Best for
- intermediate learners
- Format
- TV series
- Length
- 2 seasons, 14 episodes
- Original audio
- Korean
- Genre
- romance, teen, drama
- Platform
- Netflix
- Relative difficulty
- Easier than 14 of 18 other Korean titles we rate
- In our index
- 1 of 19 Korean titles
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Korean words you'll hear in Love Alarm
- 좋아하다
- to like (joahada)
- 알람
- alarm (allam)
- 고백
- confession of feelings (gobaek)
- 울리다
- to ring (ullida)
- 짝사랑
- one-sided love (jjaksarang)
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Love Alarm good for Korean beginners?
- It suits high-beginners at B1. The teen romance uses casual, everyday Korean and lots of emotion words, so with graded subtitles it is an approachable first drama.