Kippy
Your friendly guide. Asks about your day and helps when you get stuck.
Try It Now: Practice Speaking Korean Out Loud
Play each sentence and notice where it sounds different from how it's spelled. Then practice it and get instant feedback on your pronunciation.
์ ๋ ๊ทธ๋ ๊ฒ ์๊ฐํด์.
jeodo geureoke saenggakaeyo ยท I think so too.
์ฃผ๋ง์ ๋ญ ํ์ด์?
jumare mwo haesseoyo? ยท What did you do on the weekend?
๊ทธ๊ฑด ์ข ์๋ ๊ฒ ๊ฐ์์.
geugeon jom anin geot gatayo ยท I don't think that's quite right. A soft way to disagree.
Want more? Turn any sentence you need into Korean with the two-way translator and practice saying it, or pick something to talk about from daily conversation topics.
What Is AI Korean Speaking Practice?
AI Korean speaking practice means having spoken conversations in Korean with an AI partner that listens, replies and gives you feedback. With Kippy, you talk out loud about everyday things, get a suggested reply when you freeze, and see corrections on your pronunciation and grammar. You can practice whenever you have five minutes, without a tutor or a language exchange partner.
Korean asks you two questions before you start. First, how polite should you be? The polite ํด์ style, with sentences ending in ์, is safe with almost anyone you don't know well. ๋ฐ๋ง, casual speech, is for close friends and people younger than you, which is one reason Koreans often ask your age early on. Second, how does it actually sound? Letters change when they meet: ๊ฐ์ด sounds like ๊ฐ์น, and ๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋ค sounds like ๊ฐ์ฌํจ๋๋ค.
That is why reading Korean and speaking it are different skills. Hangul is quick to learn, but final consonants (batchim) and sound changes don't stick from a chart. They stick when you say real sentences, see which words were hard to understand, and say them again.
- Works on
- iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later
- Price
- Free to download. Premium is $99.99 a year (US)
- Languages
- Korean and 9 more languages to practice
- Help in your language
- Explanations in your own language, for any language pair
Practice Korean Conversations with AI Characters
Real conversations are not polite question-and-answer drills. In Kippy you choose who you talk to:
Tippy
Sweet, playful, and always in your corner. She makes speaking practice feel a little less scary.
Yappy
Argues back. Over 18? Doesn't always mind the language.
An argument is a good test of your Korean. You have to stay polite, find the word and keep going when someone pushes back. Here is what a conversation with Yappy can look like:
์์งํ ์ด๋์ ์๊ฐ ๋ญ๋น์์. ์ํ๊ฐ ์ต๊ณ ์์.
Honestly, exercise is a waste of time. The sofa is the best.
์ ๋ ์ง๋์ฃผ์ ์ ์ด๋ํ์ด์. ๊ทธ๋ฐ๋ฐ ๊ธฐ๋ถ์ด ์ ์ข์์ด์.
Correction
์ ๋ ์ง๋์ฃผ์ ์ด๋ ์ ํ์ด์. ๊ทธ๋ฐ๋ฐ ๊ธฐ๋ถ์ด ์ ์ข์์ด์.
I didn't exercise last week either. But I felt bad.
์ ๋ ์ง๋์ฃผ์ ์ด๋ ์ ํ์ด์. ๊ทธ๋ฐ๋ฐ ๊ธฐ๋ถ์ด ์ ์ข์์ด์.
๊ธฐ๋ถ์ด์? ์ํ ์์์๋ ๊ธฐ๋ถ์ด ํญ์ ์ข์๋ฐ์?
Felt bad? I always feel great on the sofa.
ํ์ง๋ง 30๋ถ๋ง ๊ฑธ์ด๋ ์ ์ ๋ ์ ์์.
But if I walk for just 30 minutes, I sleep better.
ํ โฆ ์ ์ ์ค์ํ์ฃ . ์ข์ ์ง์ ์ด๋ค์.
Hmโฆ Sleep does matter. Good point.
How Kippy Helps You Practice Speaking Korean
Kippy works like a Korean speaking partner on your phone. It gives you something to answer, helps when you get stuck, and shows you what to work on.
A Hint When You Freeze Suggested replies when the right ending won't come. 
Help in Your Own Language Ask why a sentence ends in ์, then switch back to Korean. 
Real Situations Ordering food, shopping, making friends and more. 
Pronunciation Feedback See, word by word, what was hard to understand. 
Grammar Check Fixes for particles and endings without stopping the chat. 
Your Own Phrasebook Save the Korean you actually said. Why You Need More Korean Speaking Practice
Most Korean learners have plenty of input: dramas, music, variety shows and apps. What they don't have is someone to answer in Korean on a Tuesday night.
6 min
of speaking time each, if ten learners share a one-hour class
That is the best case, before instructions, listening tasks and waiting for your turn.
With Kippy the session starts right away. No booking, no language exchange to schedule, no waiting until you feel ready.
Korean Speaking Situations You Can Practice with AI
Pick a situation, then speak through it:
| Situation | What to practice |
|---|---|
| First meetings | Introduce yourself in polite Korean and answer the age question that decides how you'll talk. |
| Cafรฉs and restaurants | Get the server's attention with ์ ๊ธฐ์, order, and ask for it less spicy. |
| Shopping | Ask about prices, sizes and colors, and ask to try something on. |
| Getting around | Take the subway or a taxi, ask for directions and check where to get off. |
| Making friends | Talk about dramas, music, food and weekends, and handle the moment someone suggests ๋ฐ๋ง. |
| Work | Speak politely with colleagues and managers, give an update and ask for help. |
| Phone and video calls | Start a call, ask someone to repeat, confirm a time and end politely. |
| Opinions | Disagree with Yappy and explain why, without dropping your ์. |
Korean Phrases for When You're Not Understood
Nobody is understood every time, especially while batchim are still new. What matters is keeping the conversation going. Listen to each phrase, then try saying it yourself:
When you didn't catch it
๋ค์ ํ๋ฒ ๋งํด ์ฃผ์๊ฒ ์ด์?
dasi hanbeon malhae jusigesseoyo? ยท Could you say that again?
When it's too fast
์ฒ์ฒํ ๋งํด ์ฃผ์ธ์.
cheoncheonhi malhae juseyo ยท Please speak slowly.
When your first try came out wrong
๋ค์ ๋งํ๋ฉดโฆ
dasi malhamyeonโฆ ยท In other wordsโฆ
When you're missing a word
โฆ ํ๊ตญ์ด๋ก ๋ญ๋ผ๊ณ ํด์?
โฆ hangugeoro mworago haeyo? ยท How do you say โฆ in Korean?
When you need a second
์ ๊น๋ง์.
jamkkanmanyo ยท Just a moment.
When you want to check you understood
โฆ๋ผ๋ ๋ป์ด์์?
โฆraneun tteusieyo? ยท Do you mean โฆ?
In Kippy you can use them for real: ask Tippy or Yappy to repeat, rephrase when they look confused, and keep going. Stuck halfway through a sentence? Guided conversations suggest what to say next.
Who This Korean Speaking Practice App Is For
Kippy is built for people who understand more Korean than they can say. It is a good fit if you:
- can read Hangul but rarely say Korean out loud;
- want to talk with Korean friends, a partner or family;
- are planning a trip, a study year or a job in Korea;
- want explanations in English when speech levels and sound changes get confusing.
Kippy gives you speaking practice on the days you would otherwise get none.
What Learners Say About Kippy
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Can I practice speaking Korean with AI for free?
Yes. Kippy is free to download from the App Store for iPhone and iPad. Premium is $99.99 a year (US).
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How is Kippy different from practicing Korean with ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a general assistant. Kippy is built for speaking practice: it suggests replies when you get stuck, checks your pronunciation and grammar, saves the phrases you used, and lets you practice real situations. Tippy keeps things sweet and playful, while Yappy has opinions of his own and argues back.
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Do I need to read Hangul before I start?
It helps, and it doesnโt take long. Hangul has a small set of letters that combine in a regular way, so most learners can sound out words quickly. Being able to read along makes conversations easier, and instant translation helps when a word is new.
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Should I learn polite Korean or banmal first?
Start with the polite ํด์ style. It works with strangers, shop staff, colleagues and new friends. Switch to ๋ฐ๋ง when a friend suggests it, because using it too early can sound rude. If youโre not sure which one fits, ask Kippy to explain in English.
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Why doesn't Korean sound the way it's written?
Sounds change when syllables meet. A final consonant can move to the next syllable or change completely: ๋จน์ด์ sounds like ๋จธ๊ฑฐ์, and ๊ตญ๋ฌผ sounds like ๊ถ๋ฌผ. Kippyโs pronunciation checker gives word-by-word feedback, so you can see which words didnโt come across and try them again.
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How do I practice speaking Korean alone?
Talk to Kippy for five minutes a day. Pick a topic, answer out loud, and use the hint when you freeze. Short, regular conversations help more than one long session a week.
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Is Kippy good for Korean beginners?
Yes, once you can read some Hangul. Kippy can explain things in English, suggest what to say next and translate when you need it, so you can start speaking before you feel ready.
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Where can I get Kippy?
Download Kippy from the Apple App Store for iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later). On a computer, scan the QR code on this page with your iPhone.
