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26.17 ዽ૑ၔ ხ૵ ඳ༼ ઢ႗ၦ࿝ဠ' [Hangugeun chigeum museun kyejeorieyo?] What season is it now in
Korea?

ઢ႗ [kyejeol] season

This question shouldn’t be too hard to answer. Unless you’re in the Southern Hemisphere (or along the equator,
as I said), the season in Korea should be roughly the same as where you are. But, even if you’re sitting in the heat
of summer or the freezing cold of winter, let’s imagine we’re in Korea enjoying the beautiful spring and fall.

26.18 รၦ࿝ဠ. [Pomieyo.] It’s spring.
26.19 ਜ਼ၕၦ࿝ဠ. [Kaeurieyo.] It’s fall.

Days, months, years

In English, you list dates in something of a strange order, I think. It’s often month, day, then year. For many other
parts of the world, it goes from smallest to largest: day, month, year. Well forget all that, because Korean is totally
different. It gives dates from the largest unit to the smallest one: year, month, day. Just like we learned with time
(hour, minute, second) in the last chapter, right?

This might be a little tricky to remember for English speakers, but I have great news. Korean has no long and
strange month names to memorize like English does! All you have to do is put a Sino-Korean number in front of

the word ဵ [weol] (“month”). Wow, how easy! And the same goes for years and days. Just use the proper Sino-
Korean number and follow it with ஶ [nyeon] (“year”) or ၩ [il] (“day of the month”). This is so simple, I bet you

can do it right now:

26.20 ࿼௵ၔ ၦᅩཊ ஶ, ࿼ ဵ, ཊຳ ၩၦ࿝ဠ. [Oneureun icheonship nyeon, o weol shipsam irieyo.]
Today is May 13, 2010.

Oh, it’s the 13th of the month? I wonder what day of the week it is.

26.21 ඳ༼ ဠၩၦ࿝ဠ' [Museun yoirieyo?] What day of the week is it?
26.22 ૵ဠၩၦ࿝ဠ. [Keumyoirieyo.] It’s Friday.

Yikes! Today is Friday the 13th! But wait, before you start knocking on wood and throwing salt over your
shoulder, consider this: 13 isn’t an unlucky number in Korea. No, the number to watch out for in Korea is even
worse, because it’s so much more common. It’s 4! But why would the number 4 be considered unlucky? Well, it’s

because the pronunciation of four, ຫ, is the same as the pronunciation of the Chinese character meaning “death.”

Pretty scary, huh?

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Okay, enough about that. Let’s move on to talk about a happier day:

26.23 ࿼௵ၔ ኖဵ ཊ࿼ ၩၦ࿝ဠ. [Oneureun parweol shibo irieyo.] Today is August 15.

What, you don’t think August 15th is special? Well, to Koreans it’s very important, because August 15, 1945,
is the day we regained our independence from Japan. Remember, as I told you at the very beginning of this book,
Korea’s history is very important to understanding the culture of the modern country.

How about this one:

26.24 ࿼௵ၔ ૐဵ ၦཊኖ ၩၦ࿝ဠ. [Oneureun kuweol ishippal irieyo.] Today is September 28.

September 28th…another national holiday? Not really, but it should be. It’s my birthday! So, as I’m fond of
reminding people:

26.25 ૯ ஃၔ ႞ ແၩၦ࿝ဠ. [Keu nareun che saengirieyo.] That day is my birthday.

ஃ [nal] day

Do you want to congratulate me? If so, you can say:

26.26 ᆔዻጄဠ [Chukahaeyo!] Congratulations!

ધ൩ཀఁఋ. Shall we celebrate? I think so, because once we get to the next chapter, there will be real cause

for a party—your graduation party!

Further Vocabulary: Daily words
A few more words on the theme of days and dates:

ၩ჎ၩ [iljuil] a week, one week લ፨ၩ [konghyuil] national holiday
჎൥ [chumal] weekend ዀၩ [pyeongil] weekday
፨ၩ [hyuil] holiday

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Korean Style: Which receives deliveries first: floor 2 or basement level 2?

Because the number 4 is considered unlucky in Korea, in many buildings the fourth floor will be symbolized
with an "F" standing for the English "four" instead of the actual number. But actually, what you consider to
be the fourth floor in your country might not be the same level as the one in Korea. I mean, different countries
have different ways of counting floors. Some count starting with the ground level as # 1, while others consider

the floor directly above ground level to be the first one. Korea follows the first rule. So 1 [�] � is ground
level,2 [0l] � is the next one up, and so on.

Here's a riddle for thinking about the structure of Korean buildings:

Two Koreans who live in the same building call a Chinese restaurant at exactly the same time to order
some noodles for delivery. One of them is on the2nd floor, while the other is on the2nd basement level. Who
will get their delivery first?

Consider what's going through the mind of the Chinese deliveryperson. She's standing on the ground
level, floor 1. To get to floor2, she has to go up one flight of stairs. But to get to basement level2, she'll need
to go down two flights of stairs. So, who's going to get their food first?

CHAPTER

27

I Wish You Would Come Back to
Korea Someday

ዾ ྜਜ਼ ࿎Ⴀਜ਼ ዽ૑࿝ ఋགྷ တၒඓ Ⴙઔ࿌ဠ
[Hal ssiga eonjenga hanguge tashi wasseumyeon chokesseoyo.]
Wanting and Wishing

Well, it’s almost time to head back to your country now. I mean metaphorically—the book’s almost over! Of
course, you can physically stay in Korea as long as you want. ^^

So, what would you want to do if you were really leaving Korea? You’d probably want to head to ၨຫ౏ to

pick up some last-minute traditional souvenirs. Or you might wish for one last night on the town with your friends.
Oh, and you’ll probably want to pack your luggage. So…what do you want to do? Yes, I agree. Let’s learn how to
express what you want.

Want to…

It’s pretty easy to say what you want in English, isn’t it? I mean, you just use the verb “want” and then add the
infinitive of whatever action you want to do. Well, this must be a universal thing, because expressing wants in
Korean is really easy, too!

In this case, the word for “want” is ཌྷఋ [shipda]. (Don’t be fooled—it’s not a verb as in English, but actually an
adjective!) Okay, then we have to connect this to the action verb we want to do. That’s done with the ending ધ,
which belongs to good ole pattern 1. So, what you get is V ધ ཌྷఋ. The only important thing to remember here
is that this construction only works when what you want is a verb. You can’t use the word ཌྷఋ with a noun, as
in the English sentence “I want candy.” Instead, in Korean this would have to be “I want to eat candy” (ຫሱၕ
ൾધ ཌྷ࿌ဠ. [Satangeul meokgo shipeoyo.])

So let’s start with a very general but important question:

27.1 ශ ዻધ ཌྷၒໞဠ' [Mweo hago shipeuseyo?] What do you want to do?

And now, let’s answer:

27.2 ဨ൘୾ೡ ᆵૐ౹ዽቇ ბ ໓මၕ ຫધ ཌྷ࿌ဠ. [Urinara chingudeulhante chul seonmureul sago
shipeoyo.] I want to buy gifts to give my friends in my country.

27.3 ྤ௴ ึ౹ዽቇ ၵถ ၨຫ൐ ዻધ ཌྷ࿌ဠ. [Aneun bundeulhante chakbyeol insareul hago shipeoyo.]
I want to say goodbye to people I know.

27.4 ჴၕ ཎધ ཌྷ࿌ဠ. [Chimeul ssago shipeoyo.] I want to pack my luggage.

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໓ම [seonmul] present, gift ჴ [chim] luggage
ၵถ [chakbyeol] farewell ཎఋ [ssada] to pack
ၨຫ [insa] greeting, salutation

Yes, you’d better start packing. Don’t forget to take your Korean book and notes with you!

Don’t want to, hate doing…

Are you happy to finally be heading home? Of course you are. But at the same time, you don’t want to have to say
goodbye to all your friends, do you? Goodbyes are always hard. But hey, why don’t you express to your friends
how difficult it is to leave them? I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.

You need to learn how to say you don’t want to leave, or that you hate saying goodbye. Let’s start with the first
of these. It’s a negation, right? And I’m sure you remember that there are two ways to make a negative sentence
in Korean. Look:

27.5 ྦ ಞ୾ધ ཌྷ࿌ဠ. [An tteonago shipeoyo.] I don’t want to leave.

27.6 ಞ୾ધ ཌྷხ ྨྤဠ. [Tteonago shipji anayo.] I don’t want to leave.

ಞ୾ఋ [tteonada] to leave

That’s right! You can either add ྦ before the verb to create the short-form negation, or go the longer route
and use the expression V ધ ཌྷხ ྨఋ. But what if you’re really upset about having to go? You can express

yourself in stronger terms by saying you hate doing something:

27.7 ጘ࿌ხૺ ཈࿌ဠ. [Heeojigi shireoyo.] I hate parting.

ጘ࿌ხఋ [heeojida] to part ཈ఋ [shilta] hateful

I know, I know. It’s very hard to leave, isn’t it? But you still have to concentrate for just a little bit longer so

we can examine this sentence. Unlike ཌྷఋ, ཈ఋ doesn’t come after the ending ધ, but rather ૺ. Are you

familiar with this pattern 1 ending? I hope so. This is the ending that turns verbs or adjectives into nouns, just like

adding “-ing” to a verb in English, remember? Very useful! ጘ࿌ხఋ is a verb that means “to part,” but in this
sentence it’s changed into ጘ࿌ხૺ, meaning “parting.” As you can see, the verb ཈ఋ is used with nouns that

you hate. They don’t even have to be verbs that you turn into nouns either—real nouns work too! All you have to
do is add the subject particle to them. Check it out:

27.8 ႔௴ ၦถၦ ཈࿌ဠ. [Cheoneun ibyeori shireoyo.] I hate farewells.

ၦถ [ibyeol] farewell, parting

Yeah, me too.

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I wish…

There’s a Korean saying: “Those who meet must part.” Yep. It’s true in any language. But the real meaning of this
saying is that you don’t need to be sad on account of parting. It happens to everyone, and you always have the
possibility of meeting again.

Yet, this is little consolation when you’re leaving friends. All the Koreans you’ve met during your stay will be
so sad to see you go, because Koreans are known for being very passionate and open with their emotions. Your
friends will probably say to you, “I wish we could see each other again.” Or, “I wish you would come back to
Korea someday.” So, to make sure you don’t miss these important words of parting, let’s learn some expressions
dealing with wishes.

In English, when you talk about a wish that hasn’t been fulfilled yet, you use the past tense: “I wish I had a
million dollars…” If I were a bird…” Why is this? No one knows. But, coincidentally, it works the same way in
Korean.

Verbs you’re wishing about are conjugated in the past tense and then given the conditional ending “if.” You

remember this one, don’t you? Yes, it’s (ၒ)ඓ. And finally, the word for “to wish,” Ⴙઔఋ, comes at the end.
So in total you have the expression ྰၒඓ ࿘ၒඓ ࿰ၒඓ Ⴙઔఋ. I bet you wish to see some

examples:

27.9 ဨ൘ਜ਼ ఋགྷ ย ༘ ၰ࿘ၒඓ Ⴙઔ࿌ဠ. [Uriga tashi pol su isseosseumyeon chokesseoyo.] I wish
we could see each other again.

27.10 ዾ ྜਜ਼ ࿎Ⴀਜ਼ ዽ૑࿝ ఋགྷ တၒඓ Ⴙઔ࿌ဠ. [Hal ssiga eonjenga hanguge tashi wasseumyeon
chokesseoyo.] I wish you (Hal) would come back to Korea someday.

ఋགྷ [tashi] again ࿎Ⴀਜ਼ [eonjenga] someday

My sentiments exactly.

The big goodbye

I can’t believe how far you’ve come in 27 short chapters! You’ve successfully journeyed through the world of
Korean language, and with only little old me to guide you. I hope that you’ve enjoyed my company as much as I’ve
enjoyed yours, and that I’ve been able to open your eyes to what makes Koreans, their culture, and their language
tick. With the knowledge you’ve gained from this book, you’re ready for anything. Don’t hesitate to dive in and
use it!

You know I hate goodbyes, so I only have one thing left to say:

27.11 พધ ཌྷၕ ੿࿵ဠ [Pogo shipeul keoyeyo.] I’ll be missing you!

พધ ཌྷၕ ੿࿵ဠ
I’ll be missing you!

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Further Vocabulary: Korean national holidays
I know you’re sad, but here are some reasons to celebrate.

໕ஃ [seolral] New Year’s Day
ຳၩ႗ [samiljeol] 3.1. (Independence Declaration Day, March 1)
࿌൚ၦஃ [eorininal] Children’s Day (May 5)
઼ฟ႗ [kwangbokjeol] National Liberation Day (August 15)
ᆓ໐ [chuseok] Korean Thanksgiving Day (August 15 in the lunar calendar)
੭ᅩ႗ [kaecheonjeol] National Foundation Day of Korea (October 3)
ሙ൘༺ൠ༺ [keuriseumaseu] Christmas

Korean Style: Crossword puzzle
You’re going to need something to pass the time on that long plane ride back to your home country. Do you
enjoy crossword puzzles? Me too. When I was little, my dad and I would buy a crossword puzzle book every
weekend and solve the puzzles together. That’s probably where my love of languages came from. If you
feel similarly, then I recommend taking on the challenge of a Korean crossword puzzle. You may think it’s
difficult…and you’d be right. In fact, most Korean crosswords are too hard for the average Korean. But don’t
worry, because I’ve prepared a special one for you, using only words you’ve learned in this book. A great
chance for review, wouldn’t you agree? Okay, are you ready? Go!

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1. very, so
Across 3. what (kind of)
4. to see, or to try, or the particle meaning “than”
2. honorific of ၴఋ (“to sleep”) 5. who
7. the modifier form of the pure-Korean word for
4. generally, usually
6. friends “eleven”
8. what you’ve been learning (“Korean language”) 9. yesterday
10. most 11. Japan
12. Sino-Korean for thirty-two 13. the particle meaning “to be called”
14. ramen

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7 12 13

89 14

10 11

(See page 192 for answers.)

Appendix: Grammar Terms

English Korean Meaning Example
adjective
adverb ጨဧຫ a modifying part of speech, The squid tastes delicious.
ิຫ typically helping to describe a
article શຫ noun ࿼ჷ࿌ਜ਼ ൪ၰ࿌ဠ.
ગၗ
aspiration ෦ᆹ a modifying part of speech, I quickly ate my squid.
batchim typically used to give
๗ો૶ information on how an action ୾௴ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ๥൘
comparative ጺဧ (verb) is carried out ൾ࿘ఋ.

conjugation ႚ໵ ิຫ in English, a short word that See the squid swimming in the
helps identify a noun; these do
conjunctive not exist in Korean tank?
adverbs
༘Ⴎ࿝໏ ጘ࿔ᆳ௴
࿼ჷ࿌ พ࿥ဠ'

a pronunciation technique in The characters ΍ and Ώ are
which a puff of air is released
along with the sound(s) aspirated.

΍઴ Ώၔ ગၗၦ࿝ဠ.

in Korean, a consonant that How do you pronounce the
appears in the third position
of a syllable; often, special batchim Ώ?
pronunciation rules are ෦ᆹ Ώၔ ࿌಩઎
associated with them ෧ၗጄဠ'

a grammatical tool to show a My squid is more delicious than
comparison between two things;
affects adjectives and adverbs yours.

ஏ ࿼ჷ࿌ਜ਼ ఁ ੿พఋ
ధ ൪ၰ࿌.

rules governing how verb forms How do you conjugate the verb
are created to show grammatical
features like person and tense “to walk” in the present tense?

ጢႁ གྷ႞࿝໏ ౏ຫ
“ંఋ”௴ ࿌಩઎
ጺဧጄဠ'

words that connect two different I ordered a lot of squid, but I
clauses or sentences to show
the meaning between them; couldn’t eat all of it.
usually referred to in English as
“conjunctions” ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ൣၦ
჎බጋხൢ ఋ ජ
ൾ࿘࿌ဠ. OR
࿼ჷ࿌൐ ൣၦ
჎බጋ࿌ဠ. ૯ഄხൢ ఋ
ජ ൾ࿘࿌ဠ.

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English Korean Meaning Example
consonant
ၴၗ a letter or character representing The letter “b” is the first
contraction a consonant sound (as opposed
ᆔ྾ to a vowel) consonant in the English
declarative ዀ໏බ
(indicative) ხགྷఝ඗ຫ alphabet.
demonstrative ၦთ කၗ
pronoun ࿌ු “b”௴ ࿱࿌ ྩኒฐၡ ᅭ
diphthong ฀ᄆ ၴၗၦ࿝ဠ.
ු೭ གྷ႞
ending ౏ၗၦၡ࿌ the shortening and joining of two I simply cannot Ɗ can’t get

future ౏ၗၦጨ࿌ words or sounds to make their enough of this delicious squid.
homonym
pronunciation easier ၦ ࿼ჷ࿌௴ ྤඳ൘ ൣၦ
homophone
ൾ࿌౅ ൪ၰ࿌ဠ.

a type of sentence that states I love squid.
information
႔௴ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ Ⴙྤጄဠ.

a word that singles out or points You eat this squid, and I’ll eat
to a noun
that one.

ఁਜ਼ ၦ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ൾၒඓ
୾௴ ૯ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ൾၕ઎.

the combination of two or more The vowel sound in “boy” is [o]
vowel sounds to create one new
one + [i], a diphthong.

“boy”ၡ කၗၔ [o]ဉ [i]ਜ਼
છጁౘ ၦთ කၗၦ࿝ဠ.

a set pattern attached to the Most verbs in English are
stem of a verb in order to create
meaning through conjugation conjugated into the past tense

with the ending -ed.

࿱࿌࿝໏ ఝิึၡ
౏ຫ௴ ઴੿ གྷ႞࿝໏
࿌ු -ed ጨሲച ጺဧጄဠ.

a verb tense indicating I will finish my plate of squid.
something that hasn’t happened
yet ႞ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ఋ ൾၕ
੿࿵ဠ.

a word with the same spelling “Band” (e.g., a rock band) and
and sound as another but a
different meaning “band” (e.g., a rubber band) are

homonyms.

“ഛ ෲ౵” ၡ “ෲ౵”ဉ
“ધඳ ෲ౵” ၡ “ෲ౵”௴
౏ၗၦၡ࿌࿵ဠ.

a word with the same sound as “Bare” and “bear” are
another but a different spelling
and meaning homophones.

“bare”ဉ “bear”௴
౏ၗၦጨ࿌࿵ဠ.

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English Korean Meaning Example
honorific
ைၭ൥ verb conjugations and special You don’t need to use honorifics
words used in Korean to show when talking to your squid.
respect to the person you’re
talking to and/or about ࿼ჷ࿌࿝ ఝጄ ൥ዾ ಕ
ைၭ൥ၕ ྒྷ ዶဠ௴
࿖࿌ဠ.

imperative ඗കබ a type of sentence that gives a Love your squid!
infinitive ౏ຫ ဴጨ command
࿼ჷ࿌൐ Ⴙྤዻໞဠ

the most basic, unconjugated Infinitives in English are
form of a verb
signified by the word “to” and in

Korean by the ending ఋ.
ิႜຫೣ ࿱࿌࿝໏௴
“to” ဉ ጀନ ྐၨ ఎ࿌,
ዽ૑࿌࿝໏௴ ࿌ු ఋച
୵୾௴ ఎ࿌൐ ൥ጄဠ.

inquisitive ၡබබ a type of sentence that poses a Do you love squid?
(interrogative) ༘ང࿌ question
࿼ჷ࿌൐ Ⴙྤዻໞဠ'
modifier
a word or other grammatical Adjectives and adverbs are
element that describes or
qualifies another considered modifiers in English.

ጨဧຫဉ ิຫ௴
࿱࿌࿝໏ ༘ང࿌࿵ဠ.

noun ඗ຫ a part of speech representing I’d like more squid, please.
object ඛ႕࿌ people, places, and other
omission ແ೷ physical and abstract objects ࿼ჷ࿌ Ⴓ ధ ჎ໞဠ.

a noun that receives the action in We ate squid.

a sentence ဨ൘௴ ࿼ჷ࿌൐

ൾ࿘࿌ဠ.

the removal of sentence elements It’s okay to omit the subject of

that are unnecessary because a Korean sentence if it can be

they are already understood understood from the context.

ዽ૑࿌࿝໏ බ൰ၕ

ቛጄ ၦጄዾ ༘ ၰၕ

ಕ௴ ჎࿌൐ ແ೷ጄ౅

ાᅐྤဠ.

particle Ⴎຫ a Korean grammar element, The object particle ၕ ൐
usually attached to nouns, that
adds meaning to and/or signifies signifies that a noun is an object.
the grammatical function of a
word ඛ႕ગ Ⴎຫ “ ၕ ൐”
ၔ ૯ ඗ຫਜ਼ ඛ႕࿌ၭၕ
୾ረஏဠ.

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English Korean Meaning Example
past
personal ઴੿ གྷ႞ a verb tense indicating I finished my plate of squid.
pronoun ၨᆼ ఝ඗ຫ something that has already
happened ႔௴ ႞ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ఋ
plain ෥൥ ൾ࿘࿌ဠ.
໴၉ગ
possessive ໏༜࿌ a word that singles out or points I will eat my squid, and you eat
to a person
predicate ႖ᆳຫ yours.

preposition ጢႁ ႔௴ ႞ ࿼ჷ࿌൐
ჰጌጨ ൾၕ઎ဠ. ఙཅၔ ఙཅ
present ᅯ၉බ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ౵ໞဠ.
progressive ࿌੝
propositive verb conjugations and words You can use plain forms when
stem used when you don’t need to
show respect to the person talking to your squid.
you’re talking to and/or about
࿼ჷ࿌࿝ ఝጄ ൥ዾ ಕ௴
෥൥ၕ ྐඓ ౕဠ.

word forms that indicate The leftover squid is Hal’s, not
ownership of something
mine.

ஆၔ ࿼ჷ࿌௴ ႞ ੿ਜ਼
ྤఁધ ዾ ੿࿵ဠ.

the second part of a simple Squid is delicious.
sentence, used in this book to
describe how two nouns or a ࿼ჷ࿌௴ ൪ၰ࿌ဠ.
noun and an adjective are linked
by the verb “to be”

in English, words used in Let’s eat squid at the restaurant
conjunction with nouns to add
meaning; in Korean, particles on the corner.
perform this role
ဨ൘ ႔ කቬၦ࿝ ၰ௴
ངఙ࿝໏ ࿼ჷ࿌൐
ൾ࿌ဠ.

a verb tense indicating I always finish my plate of squid.
something ongoing or habitual
႔௴ ጃື ႞ ࿼ჷ࿌൐
ఋ ൾ࿌ဠ.

a verb tense indicating I am eating squid right now.
something in the process of
occurring ႔௴ ხ૵ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ൾધ
ၰ࿌ဠ.

a type of sentence that makes a Let’s eat some squid.

suggestion or proposal ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ൾၴ.

the base of a verb that doesn’t The stem of the verb “to love” is
change and onto which
conjugative endings are added “lov-.”

౏ຫ “to love”ၡ ࿌੝ၔ
“lov-”࿵ဠ.

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English Korean Meaning Example
subject
suffix ჎࿌ a noun that performs the action We ate squid.
ႚුຫ in a sentence
superlative ဨ൘௴ ࿼ჷ࿌൐
ᆊື૶ ൾ࿘࿌ဠ.
tense
གྷ႞ an element added to the end of In Korean, the honorific suffix is
verb words or verb stems to create
vowel ౏ຫ meaning (ၒ)གྷ.
කၗ ዽ૑࿌࿝໏ “ (ၒ)གྷ”௴
ைၭၡ ႚුຫ࿵ဠ.

a grammatical tool to show My squid is the most delicious.
that something is the “best” or
“most” out of a group of three or ႞ ࿼ჷ࿌ਜ਼ ႞ၩ
more things; affects adjectives ൪ၰ࿌ဠ.
and adverbs

a conjugative tool that shows the I wrote a sentence in the past
timeframe in which an action
(verb) takes place tense.

႔௴ ၦ බၿၕ ઴੿
གྷ႞ച ཨ࿌ဠ.

a part of speech representing I eat squid all the time.
the action taking place in the
sentence ႔௴ ௵ ࿼ჷ࿌൐ ൾ࿌ဠ.

a letter or character representing The letter “a” is the first vowel
a vowel sound (as opposed to a
consonant) in the English alphabet.

“a”௴ ࿱࿌ ྩኒฐၡ ᅭ
කၗၦ࿝ဠ.

Korean-English Glossary

abeoji (ྤ෾ხ) father, dad funny (adj.), interesting (adj.) chimdae (ᆹఝ) bed
achim (ྤᆹ) breakfast (n.), chinaeda (ხஏఋ) live (v.)
chajeongeo (ၴ႖੿) bicycle chinandal (ხ஁ఐ) last month
morning chaju (ၴ჎) often chingu (ᆵૐ) friend
chakbyeol (ၵถ) farewell (n.) chip (ჵ) house, home
adeul (ྤ౹) son chakda (ၵఋ) small (adj.) choahada (Ⴙྤዻఋ) like (v.)
agassi (ྤਜ਼ྜ) miss (title) chal (ၹ) well (adv.) chogeum (Ⴎ૵) a little (bit)
ai (ྤၦ) child chom (Ⴓ) a little, please
ajeossi (ྤ႔ྜ) sir chalhada do well (v.) chopda (Ⴔఋ) narrow (adj.)
aju (ྤ჎) very, so chota (Ⴙఋ) good (adj.)
ajumeoni (ྤ჎ൽఁ) madam cham (ၻ) sleep (n.) chu (჎) week
ajumma (ྤეൠ) madam cham (ᅒ) very, so chuda (჎ఋ) give (v.)
alda (ྩఋ) know (v.) chamae (ၴ൯) sister chuk (჏) soup, straight (direction)
an (ྦ) inside (n.), do not changmun (ᅖබ) window chukda (჏ఋ) die (v.)
anae (ྤஏ) wife changnangam (ၿ஁੢) toy (n.) chul (ბ) line (n.), means (n.)
anda (ྦྷఋ) sit (v.) chapda (ၼఋ) catch (v.), hold (v.) chumal (჎൥) weekend
aniyo (ྤఁဠ) no che (႞) my (honorific of ஏ) chumushida (჎ඳགྷఋ) sleep (v.)
annyeong haseyo (ྦ஻ዻໞဠ) chebal (႞෧) please
cheil (႞ၩ) most (superlative) (honorific of ၴఋ)
hello (lit., How are you?) cheo (႔) I (honorific of ୾), that chung (თ) middle
chupda (ᆘఋ) cold (adj.)
annyeonghi (ྦ஻ᎁ) peacefully (far away) churida (ბၦఋ) reduce (v.)
annyeonghi kaseyo (ྦ஻ᎁ chuseok (ᆓ໐) Korean
cheoeum (ᅧၗ) first (time)
ਜ਼ໞဠ) goodbye (to someone cheogeodo (႕࿌౅) at least Thanksgiving
cheogeot (႔ઇ) that (far away)
leaving) cheogi (႔ૺ) over there (far away) chuwi (ᆓ၁) cold (n.)
cheohui (႔፻) we (honorific of
annyeonghi kyeseyo (ྦ஻ᎁ eodi (࿌ಀ) where
ઢໞဠ) goodbye (to someone ဨ൘) eoje (࿌႞) yesterday
cheok (႕) experience (n.) eojetbam (࿌Ⴄ෫) last night
staying) cheomshim (႙ཉ) lunch eojjaetdeun (࿌ᄍ౷) anyway
cheongbaji (ᅯ෡ხ) jeans eolda (࿑ఋ) frozen (adj.)
anta (ྨఋ) not (negation) cheongdo (ႜ౅) approximately eolgul (࿑૔) face (n.)
anyo (ྤ௔) no cheongmalro (ႜ൥ച) really eolma (࿑ൠ) how much, what
ap (ླ) front (n.) cheonhwagi (႖ጷૺ) telephone (n.) eomeoni (࿌ൽఁ) mother
apateu (ྤኒቼ) apartment cheonhyeo (႖ጠ) (not) at all eomma (࿔ൠ) mom
apeuda (ྤይఋ) sick (adj.), cheonyeok (႔வ) dinner, evening eoneo (࿎࿌) language
cheulgeopda (ჩઆఋ) pleasant eonje (࿎႞) when
painful (adj.) eonjenga (࿎Ⴀਜ਼) someday
(adj.), happy (adj.) eoreun (࿌൏) adult
appa (ྤ๢) dad eoryeopda (࿌ഒఋ) difficult (adj.)
arae (ྤ೭) lower cheulgeopge (ჩઆ઎) happily eotteoke (࿌಩઎) how
cheung (ᆲ) floor (story) eotteota (࿌಩ఋ) how (adj.)
bulgogi (ุધૺ) Korean barbecue chigap (ხ੣) wallet
chigeop (ჯ࿕) job, occupation
cha (ᅍ) tea chigeum (ხ૵) now
chada (ၴఋ) sleep (v.) chihacheol (ხዻᅪ) subway
chaek (ᅙ) book (n.) chim (ჴ) luggage
chaemieopda (ႁු࿖ఋ) boring

(adj.), dull (adj.)

chaemiitda (ႁුၰఋ) fun (adj.),

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eumak (ၗྥ) music ikda (ၪఋ) read (v.) kasu (ਜ਼༘) singer
eumshik (ၗང) food il (ၩ) work (n.), job keikeu (ᇛၦሙ) cake
eumshikjeom (ၗང႙) restaurant immat (ၮ൪) appetite keolrida (ઃ൘ఋ) get sick (v.), last
ingan (ၨ੝) human being
hada (ዻఋ) do (v.) insa (ၨຫ) greeting (n.) (time duration) (v.)
haendeul (ጆ౹) steering wheel inteonet (ၨሽற) Internet
haendeupon (ጆ౵዇) cell phone ip (ၮ) mouth (n.) keomda (અఋ) black (adj.)
haengbok (ጌฟ) happiness ipda (ၮఋ) wear (v.) keonganghada (ઁ੧ዻఋ) healthy
haengbokada (ጌฟዻఋ) happy ireonada (ၩ࿌୾ఋ) wake up (v.),
(adj.)
(adj.) get up (v.)
keonmul (ઁම) building
hakgyo (ዼો) school (n.) ireum (ၦ൑) name (n.) keonning (ᇓఉ) cheating (n.)
halmeoni (ዾൽఁ) grandmother itda (ၰఋ) exist (v.) keopi (ᇑዳ) coffee
haneul (ዻ௵) sky, heaven itda (ၲఋ) forget (v.) keori (੿൘) distance
hangahada (ዽਜ਼ዻఋ) free ittaga (ၦಋਜ਼) later keotda (ંఋ) walk (v.)
keu (૯) that (nearby)
(available) (adj.) jjada (჻ఋ) salty (adj.) keuda (ሙఋ) big (adj.)
jjajeungseureopda (჻ჭ༺ഀఋ) keugeot (૯ઇ) that (nearby)
hangeul (ዽ૳) the Korean writing keugi (ሙૺ) size (n.)
irritated (adj.) keujeokke (૯႔ନ) day before
system
jjalda (ᄀఋ) short (adj.) yesterday
hangsang (ጃື) always jjeum (ᅁ) approximately
hangugeo (ዽ૑࿌) Korean jjigae (ᅄ੭) stew (n.) keunyang (૯஝) just (adv.)
jjireuda (ᅄ്ఋ) prick (v.) keuraeseo (૯೭໏) so, therefore
language keureochiman (૯ഄხൢ) but
kabang (ਜ਼෮) bag (n.) keureoke (૯ഄ઎) so (like this/that)
hanguk (ዽ૑) Korea kabyeopda (ਜ਼ทఋ) light (in keurigo (૯൘ધ) and
hanpyeon (ዽኻ) meanwhile keuriseumaseu (ሙ൘༺ൠ༺)
harabeoji (ዾྤ෾ხ) grandfather weight) (adj.)
hayansaek (ዻ྿຺) white (the Christmas
kachi (੪ၦ) together
color) kada (ਜ਼ఋ) go (v.) kibun (ૺึ) feelings, mood
kaenyeom (੭ஸ) concept kichim (ૺᆹ) cough (n.)
hayata (ዻ࿇ఋ) white (adj.) kaeul (ਜ਼ၕ) fall (autumn) kilda (૾ఋ) long (adj.)
heeojida (ጘ࿌ხఋ) part (v.) kagyeok (ਜ਼ગ) price (n.) kimbap (଀෬) rice rolled in dried
helseu (ጛ༺) fitness kajok (ਜ਼Ⴏ) family
heon (጑) old, used kakkapda (ਜ਼଍ఋ) close (adj.), laver
heori (ጏ൘) waist
heurida (፯൘ఋ) cloudy (adj.) near (adj.) kipda (ଅఋ) deep (adj.)
hoesa (ፂຫ) company, office kipi (ଅၦ) depth
hwajangji (ጷၿხ) tissue kakkeum (ਜ਼ୱ) sometimes kippeuda (ૺພఋ) glad (adj.),
kalbitang (੟๗ሱ) beef-rib soup
(Kleenex) kamgi (੢ૺ) cold (n.), flu happy (adj.)
kamsahamnida (੢ຫጁఁఋ)
hwajangshil (ጷၿཇ) restroom kireum (ૺ൑) oil (n.)
hwanada (ጷ୾ఋ) get angry (v.) thank you kiri (૾ၦ) length
hyeongje (ጨ႞) brother, sibling kkakada (ଈఋ) cut (v.), discount
hyuil (፨ၩ) holiday kanhosa (੝ጭຫ) nurse (n.)
hyujitong (፨ხቛ) wastebasket kap (੤) price (n.) (v.)
karae (ਜ਼೭) phlegm
i (ၦ) tooth, this kare (ᆽഅ) curry kkeulda (୮ఋ) draw (v.)
ibeon (ၦ฀) this (time) kaseum (ਜ਼༿) chest kkeunta (୭ఋ) quit (v.)
ibyeol (ၦถ) farewell (n.) kkeut (୵) end (n.)
igeot/igeo (ၦઇ) this kkori (ଵ൘) tail (n.)
kkuda (୏ఋ) dream (v.)
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kkum (୔) dream (n.) malsseumhashida (൥ྖዻགྷఋ) namdongsaeng (ஆ౏ແ) brother
kkwak (ୁ) tightly talk (v.) (honorific of ൥ዻఋ)
ko (ᇬ) nose (younger)
kochu (ધᆓ) hot pepper mani (ൣၦ) much
koeropda (ૃടఋ) pained (adj.), mannada (ൢ୾ఋ) meet (v.) namja (ஆၴ) man
manta (ൣఋ) plenty (adj.) namjjok (ஆᄠ) south
distressed (adj.) mashida (ൠགྷఋ) drink (v.) nampyeon (ஆኻ) husband
mashitda (൪ၰఋ) delicious (adj.) nara (୾ೡ) country, land (n.)
komapseumnida (ધ൩ཀఁఋ) mat (൪) taste (n.), flavor nat (஋) day
meokda (ൾఋ) eat (v.) nat (஌) face (n.)
thank you meolda (඀ఋ) distant (adj.) natda (ஈఋ) recover (v.)
meonjeo (ൿ႔) first ne (஫) yes
kong (લ) ball meori (ൽ൘) head, hair, brain neo (ஞ) you (plain)
kong (ᇳ) bean meotjida (඄ხఋ) handsome (adj.) neohui (ஞ፻) you all (plain)
kongbu (લิ) studying (n.) miguk (ු૑) USA neolbi (தၦ) area (extent)
kongbuhada (લิዻఋ) study (v.) mikkeureojida (ු୪೻ხఋ) slip neolda (தఋ) large (adj.)
konghyuil (લ፨ၩ) national neomu (ஞඳ) too (much)
(v.) neutda (௼ఋ) late (adj.)
holiday ni (ఁ) your (plain)
milda (ෘఋ) push (v.) nochida (௉ᆳఋ) miss (v.)
konsenteu (ᇮ໠ቼ) outlet, socket mitda (෗ఋ) trust (v.), believe (v.) nopda (ைఋ) high (adj.)
koyangi (ધ࿅ၦ) cat miyeokguk (ු࿦૑) seaweed soup norae (ி೭) song
kugyeonghada (ૐઠዻఋ) look modeun (ක౷) all, every noteu (ிቼ) notebook
modu (ක౞) everybody noteubuk (ிቼี) laptop
around (v.) mok (ඛ) neck, throat nugu (௛ૐ) who
mom (ච) body nun (௝) eye (n.), snow (n.)
kuk (૑) soup more (කഅ) day after tomorrow nupda (௡ఋ) lie (down) (v.)
kul (૔) oyster moreuda (ක്ఋ) not know (v.)
kunin (૒ၨ) soldier mot (ජ) (can)not oda (࿼ఋ) come (v.)
kwaja (઴ၴ) cookie moyang (ක࿅) shape (n.) oeguk (ဘ૑) foreign country
kwangwang (શ઼) tour (n.) mueot (ඳ࿗) what oenjjok (ယᄠ) left (direction)
kwi (૥) ear muge (ඳ઎) weight oi (࿼ၦ) cucumber
kwichanta (૥ᅐఋ) troublesome mugeopda (ඳઆఋ) heavy (adj.) ojingeo (࿼ჷ࿌) squid
munje (බ႞) problem olppaemi (࿿๭ු) owl
(adj.), tiresome (adj.) mutda (භఋ) ask (v.) oneul (࿼௵) today
myeoneuri (එ௲൘) daughter-in- oppa (࿼๢) brother
kyejeol (ઢ႗) season (n.) ot (ဆ) clothes
kyeolhonhada (છጯዻఋ) get law
paengmireo (෱ු೻) rearview
married (v.) myeonheo (ඓጏ) license (n.)
mirror
kyeongchal (ઠᅑ) police na (୾) I (plain)
kyeoul (ખါ) winter nae (ஏ) my (plain) paeuda (෰ဨఋ) learn (v.)
kyeshida (ઢགྷఋ) exist (v.) naeda (ஏఋ) pay (v.) paji (෡ხ) pants
naeil (ஏၩ) tomorrow pakkat (෡଑) outside (n.)
(honorific of ၰఋ) naemsae (ஓູ) smell (n.) pal (෧) foot
kyoshil (ોཇ) classroom nai (୾ၦ) age (n.) pal (ኖ) arm
nal (ஃ) day palda (ኖఋ) sell (v.)
madang (ൠఙ) yard, garden (n.) nalssi (ஃྜ) weather (n.)
madeopda (൪࿖ఋ) bad (adj.)
maepda (൴ఋ) spicy (adj.)
maeum (ൠၗ) heart, mind
makda (൦ఋ) clear (sunny) (adj.)
mal (൥) speech
malhada (൥ዻఋ) talk (v.)
malsseum (൥ྖ) speech (honorific

of ൥)

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panchan (෥ᅏ) side dish sadari (ຫఋ൘) ladder ssauda (ཎဨఋ) fight (v.)
pang (෮) room (n.) sae (ູ) new sseuda (ྐఋ) bitter (adj.)
pangapta (෥੣ఋ) glad (adj.) saekkkal (຺ଊ) color (n.) ssitda (ྡྷఋ) wash (v.)
pap (෬) steamed rice saenggak (ແੜ) thought su (༘) ability
pappeuda (෡ພఋ) busy (adj.) saenggakada (ແੜዻఋ) think sukje (༙႞) homework
pati (ኒኊ) party (n.) sul (༜) alcohol
peongeori (ง࿌൘) mute (n.) (v.)
peotda (ฆఋ) undress (v.) tachida (ఋᆳఋ) hurt (v.)
pi (๗) rain (n.) saengil (ແၩ) birthday tada (ረఋ) ride (v.), take (v.),
pibimbap (๗๜෬) a rice bowl sagwa (ຫ઴) apple
sahoejeok (ຫፂ႕) social burn (v.)
with assorted ingredients saja (ຫၴ) lion
sajin (ຫჰ) photo taechung (ఝᆚ) approximately
pibu (ዳิ) skin (n.) salda (ະఋ) live (v.) taehaksaeng (ఝዼແ) university
pigonhada (ዳ઩ዻఋ) tired (adj.) sam (າ) life
pihaenggi (๗ጌૺ) airplane samgyetang (ຳઢሱ) chicken student
pilryeodeurida (๚഍౵൘ఋ) lend
soup with ginseng and various taek (ఞ) house, home (honorific
(v.) (honorific of ๚഍჎ఋ) of ჵ)
pilryeojuda (๚഍჎ఋ) lend (v.) ingredients
pissada (๗ཎఋ) expensive (adj.) taeryak (ఝ೷) approximately
poda (พఋ) see (v.), watch (v.), san (ຮ) mountain taeshin (ఝཅ) instead
sarajida (ຫೡხఋ) disappear (v.) taeum (ఋၗ) next time
meet (v.) saram (ຫ೥) person takda (఍ఋ) brush (v.)
saranghada (ຫ೩ዻఋ) love (v.) tal (ఐ) month, moon
podo (ዅ౅) grape satang (ຫሱ) candy talda (ఐఋ) sweet (adj.), sugary
poepda (ัఋ) see (v.), meet (v.) seoda (໏ఋ) stop (v.), stand (v.)
seojjok (໏ᄠ) west (adj.), hang (v.)
(honorific of พఋ) seolral (໕ஃ) New Year’s Day
pokkeumbap (ภၗ෬) fried rice seongham (ໜጀ) name (n.) talrida (ఐ൘ఋ) run (v.)
polpen (ยኴ) ballpoint pen tambae (క෰) cigarette
pom (ร) spring (the season) (honorific of ၦ൑) tanggida (ఙૺఋ) pull (v.)
potong (พቛ) usually seonmul (໓ම) present (n.), gift tangshin (ఙཅ) you (used
ppalrae (๥೭) laundry seonsaengnim (໓ແఆ) teacher
ppalri (๥൘) hurry (n.) seulpeuda (༽ይఋ) sad (adj.) primarily by couples)
ppang (๫) bread (n.) seupgwan (ཀશ) habit
ppareuda (๢്ఋ) fast (adj.) seuweteo (༺်ሽ) sweater tari (ఋ൘) leg, bridge
pukjjok (ีᄠ) north shigan (གྷ੝) hour tashi (ఋགྷ) again
pumonim (ิකఆ) parents shiheom (གྷጔ) exam, test (n.) teiteuhada (వၦቼዻఋ) date (v.)
punwigi (ึ၁ૺ) atmosphere shikkeureopda (གྷ୪ഀఋ) noisy telrebijeon (ቊഅ๗႖) television
teo (ధ) more
(ambience) (adj.) teopda (రఋ) hot (adj.)
teowi (ధ၁) heat (n.)
pyeol (ถ) star (n.) shilta (཈ఋ) hateful (adj.) teung (౾) back (body part)
pyeong (บ) illness, disease shinbal (ཅ෧) shoes teuraibeo (౵ೡၦ෾) screwdriver
pyeongil (ዀၩ) weekday shinggeopda (ཌઆఋ) bland (adj.) teureogada (౹࿌ਜ਼ఋ) enter (v.)
pyeonhada (ኻዻఋ) comfortable shinnada (ཅ୾ఋ) excited (adj.) teureom (౵೿) drum (n.)
shyaweo (ໂဲ) shower (n.) teurida (౵൘ఋ) give (v.)
(adj.) shyupeo (༴ኩ) supermarket
son (໷) hand (n.) (honorific of ჎ఋ)
ramyeon (ೡඓ) instant noodles ssada (ཎఋ) cheap (adj.), pack (v.) teushida (౵གྷఋ) eat (v.)
ssal (དྷ) rice (uncooked)
sada (ຫఋ) buy (v.) (honorific of ൾఋ)
teutda (౸ఋ) listen (v.)
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toeda (౗ఋ) become (v.) ulda (ါఋ) cry (v.) yeodongsaeng (࿥౏ແ) sister
tolda (౉ఋ) turn (v.) unjeon (ဪ႖) driving (n.)
ton (ే) money uri (ဨ൘) we (plain) (younger)
tongjjok (౏ᄠ) east utda (ူఋ) laugh (v.), smile (v.)
tongmul (౏ම) animal uulhada (ဨါዻఋ) gloomy yeogi (࿥ૺ) here
tongsaeng (౏ແ) sibling (younger) yeoja (࿥ၴ) woman
topda (్ఋ) help (v.) (adj.), depressed (adj.) yeojjuda (࿥ᄴఋ) ask (v.)
toragada (౉ྤਜ਼ఋ) return (v.)
ttae (ಕ) time (n.) uyu (ဨ၉) milk (n.) (honorific of භఋ)
ttaemun (ಕබ) because of yeokkweon (࿥૟) passport
ttaerida (ಕ൘ఋ) beat (v.) wa (ဉ) wow! yeol (࿩) fever
ttal (ಎ) daughter wae (ဒ) why yeolshimhi (࿩ཉᎁ) hard (adv.)
ttatteutada (ಋ೔ዻఋ) warm (adj.) wang (ထ) king yeonghwa (࿱ጷ) movie
tteok (ಟ) rice cake wi (၁) upper yeonse (࿨ໞ) age (n.) (honorific
tteonada (ಞ୾ఋ) leave (v.) wiheom (၁ጔ) danger
ttereojida (ಡ࿌ხఋ) fail (v.) of ୾ၦ)
ttoneun (ವ௴) or yaegi (࿈ૺ) story (tale) yeonseup (࿨ཀ) practice (n.)
ttwida (ೇఋ) run (v.), jump (v.) yaegihada (࿈ૺዻఋ) talk (v.) yeop (࿳) side (n.)
twi (౪) back (n.) yagu (྽ૐ) baseball yeoreobun (࿥೻ึ) you all
yak (྾) approximately
uija (ၡၴ) chair yaksok (྾໵) appointment, (honorific of ஞ፻)
uisa (ၡຫ) doctor yeoreum (࿥൑) summer
engagement yeppeuda (࿵ພఋ) beautiful

yatda (࿆ఋ) shallow (adj.) (adj.), pretty (adj.), cute (adj.)
ye (࿵) yes
yojeum (ဠც) nowadays
yuri (၉൘) glass

English-Korean Glossary

ability su (༘) bicycle chajeongeo (ၴ႖੿) clothes ot (ဆ)
adult eoreun (࿌൏) big (adj.) keuda (ሙఋ) cloudy (adj.) heurida (፯൘ఋ)
again tashi (ఋགྷ) birthday saengil (ແၩ) coffee keopi (ᇑዳ)
age (n.) nai (୾ၦ), yeonse (࿨ໞ) bitter (adj.) sseuda (ྐఋ) cold (adj.) chupda (ᆘఋ)
black (adj.) keomda (અఋ) cold (illness) (n.) kamgi (੢ૺ)
(honorific) bland (adj.) shinggeopda (ཌઆఋ) cold (n.) chuwi (ᆓ၁)
body mom (ච) color (n.) saekkkal (຺ଊ)
airplane pihaenggi (๗ጌૺ) book (n.) chaek (ᅙ) come (v.) oda (࿼ఋ)
alcohol sul (༜) boring (adj.) chaemieopda (ႁු
all modeun (ක౷) comfortable (adj.) pyeonhada
always hangsang (ጃື) ࿖ఋ)
and keurigo (૯൘ધ) brain meori (ൽ൘) (ኻዻఋ)
animal tongmul (౏ම) bread (n.) ppang (๫) company (business) hoesa (ፂຫ)
anyway eojjaetdeun (࿌ᄍ౷) breakfast (n.) achim (ྤᆹ) concept kaenyeom (੭ஸ)
apartment apateu (ྤኒቼ) bridge (n.) tari (ఋ൘) cookie kwaja (઴ၴ)
appetite immat (ၮ൪) cough (n.) kichim (ૺᆹ)
apple sagwa (ຫ઴) brother (younger) namdongsaeng country nara (୾ೡ)
appointment yaksok (྾໵) cry (v.) ulda (ါఋ)
approximately cheongdo (ႜ౅), (ஆ౏ແ) cucumber oi (࿼ၦ)
brother, sibling hyeongje (ጨ႞) curry kare (ᆽഅ)
yak (྾), taeryak (ఝ೷), brush (v.) takda (఍ఋ) cut (v.) kkakada (ଈఋ)
taechung (ఝᆚ), jjeum (ᅁ) building keonmul (ઁම) cute (adj.) yeppeuda (࿵ພఋ)
area (extent) neolbi (தၦ) burn (v.) tada (ረఋ)
arm pal (ኖ) busy (adj.) pappeuda (෡ພఋ) dad appa (ྤ๢)
ask (v.) mutda (භఋ), yeojjuda but keureochiman (૯ഄხൢ) danger wiheom (၁ጔ)
(࿥ᄴఋ) (honorific) buy (v.) sada (ຫఋ) date (v.) teiteuhada (వၦቼዻఋ)
at least cheogeodo (႕࿌౅) daughter ttal (ಎ)
cake keikeu (ᇛၦሙ)
atmosphere (ambience) punwigi candy satang (ຫሱ) daughter-in-law myeoneuri
cat koyangi (ધ࿅ၦ)
(ึ၁ૺ) catch (v.) japda (ၼఋ) (එ௲൘)
cell phone haendeupon (ጆ౵዇) day nat (஋), nal (ஃ)
back (body part) teung (౾) chair uija (ၡၴ) day after tomorrow more (කഅ)
back (n.) twi (౪) cheap (adj.) ssada (ཎఋ)
bad (adj.) madeopda (൪࿖ఋ) cheating (n.) keonning (ᇓఉ) day before yesterday keujeokke
bag (n.) kabang (ਜ਼෮) chest kaseum (ਜ਼༿)
ball kong (લ) child ai (ྤၦ) (૯႔ନ)
ballpoint pen polpen (ยኴ) Christmas keuriseumaseu (ሙ൘༺ deep (adj.) kipda (ଅఋ)
baseball yagu (྽ૐ) delicious (adj.) mashitda (൪ၰఋ)
bean kong (ᇳ) ൠ༺) depressed (adj.) uulhada (ဨါ
beat (v.) ttaerida (ಕ൘ఋ) cigarette tambae (క෰)
beautiful (adj.) yeppeuda (࿵ພఋ) classroom kyoshil (ોཇ) ዻఋ)
because of ttaemun (ಕබ) clear (sunny) (adj.) makda (൦ఋ) depth kipi (ଅၦ)
become (v.) toeda (౗ఋ) die (v.) chukda (჏ఋ)
bed chimdae (ᆹఝ) close (nearby) (adj.) kakkapda difficult (adj.) eoryeopda (࿌ഒఋ)
believe (v.) mitda (෗ఋ) dinner cheonyeok (႔வ)
(ਜ਼଍ఋ) discount (v.) kkakada (ଈఋ)
disappear (v.) sarajida (ຫೡხఋ )

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disease pyeong (บ) fitness helseu (ጛ༺) happiness haengbok (ጌฟ)
dislike (v.) shilta (཈ఋ) flavor mat (൪) happy (adj.) kippeuda (ૺພఋ),
distance keori (੿൘) floor (story) cheung (ᆲ)
distant (adj.) meolda (඀ఋ) flu kamgi (੢ૺ) cheulgeopda (ჩઆఋ),
distressed (adj.) koeropda (ૃടఋ) food eumshik (ၗང) haengbokada (ጌฟዻఋ)
do (v.) hada (ዻఋ) foot pal (෧) hard (adv.) yeolshimhi (࿩ཉᎁ)
do well (v.) chalhada (ၹዻఋ) foreign country oeguk (ဘ૑) hate (v.) shilta (཈ఋ)
doctor uisa (ၡຫ) forget (v.) itda (ၲఋ) head meori (ൽ൘)
draw (v.) kkeulda (୮ఋ) healthy (adj.) keonganghada (ઁ੧
dream (n.) kkum (୔) free (available) (adj.) hangahada ዻఋ)
dream (v.) kkuda (୏ఋ) heart maeum (ൠၗ)
drink (v.) mashida (ൠགྷఋ) (ዽਜ਼ዻఋ) heat (n.) teowi (ధ၁)
driving (n.) unjeon (ဪ႖) fried rice pokkeumbap (ภၗ෬) heaven haneul (ዻ௵)
drum (n.) teureom (౵೿) friend chingu (ᆵૐ) heavy (adj.) mugeopda (ඳઆఋ)
front (n.) ap (ླ) hello annyeonghaseyo (ྦ஻ዻ
ear kwi (૥) frozen (adj.) eolda (࿑ఋ) ໞဠ)
east tongjjok (౏ᄠ) help (v.) topda (్ఋ)
eat (v.) meokda (ൾఋ), teushida fun (adj.), funny (adj.) chaemiitda here yeogi (࿥ૺ)
high (adj.) nopda (ைఋ)
(౵གྷఋ) (honorific) (ႁුၰఋ) hold (v.) chapda (ၼఋ)
end (n.) kkeut (୵) holiday hyuil (፨ၩ)
enter (v.) teureogada (౹࿌ਜ਼ఋ) garden (n.) madang (ൠఙ) home chip (ჵ), taek (ఞ) (honorific)
evening cheonyeok (႔வ) get angry (v.) hwanada (ጷ୾ఋ) homework sukje (༙႞)
every modeun (ක౷) get up (v.) ireonada (ၩ࿌୾ఋ) honey kkul (୒)
everybody modu (ක౞) gift seonmul (໓ම) hot (adj.) teopda (రఋ)
exam shiheom (གྷጔ) give (v.) chuda (჎ఋ), teurida hot pepper kochu (ધᆓ)
excited (adj.) shinnada (ཅ୾ఋ) hour shigan (གྷ੝)
exist (v.) itda (ၰఋ), kyeshida (౵൘ఋ) (honorific) house (n.) chip (ჵ), taek (ఞ)
glad (adj.) kippeuda (ૺພఋ),
(ઢགྷఋ) (honorific) (honorific)
expensive (adj.) pissada (๗ཎఋ) pangapta (෥੣ఋ)
experience (n.) cheok (႕) glass yuri (၉൘) how eotteota (࿌಩ఋ) (adj.),
eye (n.) nun (௝) eotteoke (࿌಩઎)
gloomy (emotion) (adj.) uulhada
face (n.) nat (஌), eolgul (࿑૔) how much eolma (࿑ൠ)
fail (v.) ttereojida (ಡ࿌ხఋ) (ဨါዻఋ) human being ingan (ၨ੝)
fall (autumn) kaeul (ਜ਼ၕ) go (v.) kada (ਜ਼ఋ) hurry ppalri (๥൘)
family kajok (ਜ਼Ⴏ) good (adj.) chota (Ⴙఋ) hurt (v.) tachida (ఋᆳఋ)
farewell (n.) chakbyeol (ၵถ), goodbye annyeonghi kaseyo (ྦ஻ᎁ husband nampyeon (ஆኻ)

ibyeol (ၦถ) ਜ਼ໞဠ), annyeonghi kyeseyo I na (୾), cheo (႔) (honorific)
fast (adj.) ppareuda (๢്ఋ) (ྦ஻ᎁ ઢໞဠ) illness pyeong (บ)
father, dad abeoji (ྤ෾ხ) grandfather harabeoji (ዾྤ෾ხ) inside (n.) an (ྦ)
feelings kibun (ૺึ) grandmother halmeoni (ዾൽఁ) instant noodles ramyeon (ೡඓ)
fever yeol (࿩) grape podo (ዅ౅) instead taeshin (ఝཅ)
fight (v.) ssauda (ཎဨఋ) greeting (n.) insa (ၨຫ) interesting (adj.) chaemiitda (ႁු
first meonjeo (ൿ႔)
habit seupgwan (ཀશ) ၰఋ)
hair meori (ൽ൘) Internet inteonet (ၨሽற)
hand (n.) son (໷)
handsome (adj.) meotjida (඄ხఋ)
hang (v.) talda (ఐఋ)
happily cheulgeopge (ჩઆ઎)

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irritated (adj.) jjajeungseureopda listen (v.) teutda (౸ఋ) name (n.) ireum (ၦ൑), seongham
little (a little) chom (Ⴓ), chogeum (ໜጀ) (honorific)
(჻ჭ༺ഀఋ)
(Ⴎ૵) narrow (adj.) chopda (Ⴔఋ)
jeans cheongbaji (ᅯ෡ხ) live (v.) salda (ະఋ), chinaeda (ხ near (adj.) kakkapda (ਜ਼଍ఋ)
job chigeop (ჯ࿕), il (ၩ) neck mok (ඛ)
jump (v.) ttwida (ೇఋ) ஏఋ) new sae (ູ)
just (adv.) keunyang (૯஝) long (adj.) kilda (૾ఋ) no aniyo (ྤఁဠ), anyo (ྤ௔)
noisy (adj.) shikkeureopda (གྷ୪
king wang (ထ) look around (v.) kugyeonghada
know (v.) alda (ྩఋ) ഀఋ)
Korea hanguk (ዽ૑) (ૐઠዻఋ) north pukjjok (ีᄠ)
Korean barbecue bulgogi (ุધૺ) love (v.) saranghada (ຫ೩ዻఋ) nose ko (ᇬ)
Korean language hangugeo (ዽ૑ lower arae (ྤ೭) not know (v.) moreuda (ක്ఋ)
luggage chim (ჴ) notebook noteu (ிቼ)
࿌) lunch cheomshim (႙ཉ) now chigeum (ხ૵)
nowadays yojeum (ဠც)
ladder sadari (ຫఋ൘) madam ajumma (ྤეൠ), ajumeoni nurse (n.) kanhosa (੝ጭຫ)
land (n.) nara (୾ೡ) (ྤ჎ൽఁ)
language eoneo (࿎࿌) occupation chigeop (ჯ࿕)
laptop noteubuk (ிቼี) man namja (ஆၴ) office hoesa (ፂຫ)
large (adj.) neolda (தఋ) marry (v.) kyeolhonhada (છጯ often chaju (ၴ჎)
oil (n.) kireum (ૺ൑)
last (time duration) (v.) keolrida ዻఋ) old heon (጑)
means (n.) chul (ბ) or ttoneun (ವ௴)
(ઃ൘ఋ) meanwhile hanpyeon (ዽኻ) outlet (electricity) konsenteu (ᇮ໠
last month chinandal (ხ஁ఐ) meet (v.) poda (พఋ), poepda
last night eojetbam (࿌Ⴄ෫) ቼ)
late (adj.) neutda (௼ఋ) (ัఋ) (honorific), mannada outside (n.) pakkat (෡଑)
later ittaga (ၦಋਜ਼) (ൢ୾ఋ) owl olppaemi (࿿๭ු)
laugh (v.) utda (ူఋ) middle chung (თ) oyster kul (૔)
laundry ppalrae (๥೭) milk (n.) uyu (ဨ၉)
learn (v.) paeuda (෰ဨఋ) mind (n.) maeum (ൠၗ) pack (v.) ssada (ཎఋ)
leave (v.) tteonada (ಞ୾ఋ) miss (title) agassi (ྤਜ਼ྜ) painful (adj.) apeuda (ྤይఋ)
left (direction) oenjjok (ယᄠ) miss (v.) nochida (௉ᆳఋ) pants paji (෡ხ)
leg tari (ఋ൘) mom eomma (࿔ൠ) parents pumonim (ิකఆ)
lend (v.) pilryeojuda (๚഍჎ఋ), money ton (ే) part (v.) heeojida (ጘ࿌ხఋ)
month tal (ఐ) party (n.) pati (ኒኊ)
pilryeodeurida (๚഍౵൘ఋ) mood kibun (ૺึ) passport yeokkweon (࿥૟)
moon tal (ఐ) pay (v.) naeda (ஏఋ)
(honorific) more teo (ధ) peacefully annyeonghi (ྦ஻ᎁ)
morning achim (ྤᆹ) person saram (ຫ೥)
length kiri (૾ၦ) most (superlative) cheil (႞ၩ) phlegm karae (ਜ਼೭)
license (n.) myeonheo (ඓጏ) mother eomeoni (࿌ൽఁ) photo sajin (ຫჰ)
lie (down) (v.) nupda (௡ఋ) mountain san (ຮ)
life sam (າ) mouth (n.) ip (ၮ) pleasant (adj.) cheulgeopda
movie yeonghwa (࿱ጷ)
light (in weight) (adj.) kabyeopda much mani (ൣၦ) (ჩઆఋ)
music eumak (ၗྥ) please chom (Ⴓ), chebal (႞෧)
(ਜ਼ทఋ) mute (n.) peongeori (ง࿌൘)
like (v.) choahada (Ⴙྤዻఋ) my nae (ஏ), che (႞) (honorific)
line (n.) chul (ბ)
lion saja (ຫၴ)

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plenty (adj.) manta (ൣఋ) sibling (younger) tongsaeng stew (n.) jjigae (ᅄ੭)
police kyeongchal (ઠᅑ) stop (v.) seoda (໏ఋ)
practice (n.) yeonseup (࿨ཀ) (౏ແ) story (tale) yaegi (࿈ૺ)
present (gift) (n.) seonmul (໓ම) sick (adj.) apeuda (ྤይఋ) straight (direction) chuk (჏)
pretty (adj.) yeppeuda (࿵ພఋ) side (n.) yeop (࿳) study (v.) kongbuhada (લิዻఋ)
price (n.) kap (੤), kagyeok side dish panchan (෥ᅏ) studying (n.) kongbu (લิ)
singer kasu (ਜ਼༘) subway chihacheol (ხዻᅪ)
(ਜ਼ગ) sir ajeossi (ྤ႔ྜ) sugary (adj.) talda (ఐఋ)
prick (v.) jjireuda (ᅄ്ఋ) sister chamae (ၴ൯) summer yeoreum (࿥൑)
problem munje (බ႞) supermarket shyupeo (༴ኩ)
pull (v.) tanggida (ఙૺఋ) sister (younger) yeodongsaeng sweater seuweteo (༺်ሽ)
push (v.) milda (ෘఋ) sweet (adj.) talda (ఐఋ)
(࿥౏ແ)
quit (v.) kkeunta (୭ఋ) sit (v.) anda (ྦྷఋ) tail (n.) kkori (ଵ൘)
size (n.) keugi (ሙૺ) take (v.) tada (ረఋ)
rain (n.) pi (๗) skin (n.) pibu (ዳิ) talk (v.) malhada (൥ዻఋ),
read (v.) ikda (ၪఋ) sky haneul (ዻ௵)
really cheongmalro (ႜ൥ച) sleep (n.) cham (ၻ) malsseumhashida (൥ྖዻགྷఋ)
rearview mirror paengmireo (෱ු sleep (v.) chada (ၴఋ), chumushida (honorific), yaegihada (࿈ૺዻ
ఋ)
೻) (჎ඳགྷఋ) (honorific) taste (n.) mat (൪)
recover (v.) natda (ஈఋ) slip (v.) mikkeureojida (ු୪೻ხ tea cha (ᅍ)
reduce (v.) churida (ბၦఋ) teacher seonsaengnim (໓ແఆ)
restaurant eumshikjeom (ၗང႙) ఋ)
restroom hwajangshil (ጷၿཇ) small (adj.) chakda (ၵఋ) telephone (n.) cheonhwagi
return (v.) toragada (౉ྤਜ਼ఋ) smell (n.) naemsae (ஓູ)
rice (uncooked) ssal (དྷ) smile (v.) utda (ူఋ) (႖ጷૺ)
rice cake tteok (ಟ) snow (n.) nun (௝) television telrebijeon (ቊഅ๗႖)
ride (v.) tada (ረఋ) so (like this/that) keureoke (૯ഄ test (n.) shiheom (གྷጔ)
room (n.) pang (෮) thank you kamsahamnida (੢ຫጁ
run (v.) talrida (ఐ൘ఋ), ttwida ઎)
so (therefore) keuraeseo (૯೭໏) ఁఋ), komapseumnida (ધ൩ཀ
(ೇఋ) so (very) aju (ྤ჎), cham (ᅒ) ఁఋ)
social sahoejeok (ຫፂ႕) that (far away) cheo (႔), cheogeot
sad (adj.) seulpeuda (༽ይఋ) soldier kunin (૒ၨ) (႔ઇ)
salty (adj.) jjada (჻ఋ) someday eonjenga (࿎Ⴀਜ਼) that (nearby) keu (૯), keugeot
school (n.) hakgyo (ዼો) sometimes kakkeum (ਜ਼ୱ) (૯ઇ)
screwdriver teuraibeo (౵ೡၦ෾) son adeul (ྤ౹) therefore keuraeseo (૯೭໏)
season (n.) kyejeol (ઢ႗) song norae (ி೭) thief toduk (౅౟)
see (v.) poda (พఋ), poepda (ัఋ) soup kuk (૑), chuk (჏) think (v.) saenggakada (ແੜዻఋ)
south namjjok (ஆᄠ) this i (ၦ), igeot (ၦઇ)
(honorific) speech mal (൥), malsseum (൥ྖ) this (time) ibeon (ၦ฀)
thought saenggak (ແੜ)
sell (v.) palda (ኖఋ) (honorific) throat mok (ඛ)
shallow (adj.) yatda (࿆ఋ) tightly kkwak (ୁ)
shape (n.) moyang (ක࿅) spicy (adj.) maepda (൴ఋ) time (n.) ttae (ಕ)
shoes shinbal (ཅ෧) spring (the season) pom (ร) tired (adj.) pigonhada (ዳ઩ዻఋ)
short (adj.) jjalda (ᄀఋ) squid ojingeo (࿼ჷ࿌) tiresome (adj.) kwichanta (૥ᅐఋ)
shower (n.) shyaweo (ໂဲ) stand (v.) seoda (໏ఋ)
star pyeol (ถ)
steamed rice pap (෬)
steering wheel haendeul (ጆ౹)

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tissue (Kleenex) hwajangji (ጷၿხ) waist heori (ጏ൘) white (the color) hayansaek (ዻ྿
today oneul (࿼௵) wake up (v.) ireonada (ၩ࿌୾ఋ) ຺)
together kachi (੪ၦ) walk (v.) keotda (ંఋ)
tomorrow naeil (ஏၩ) wallet chigap (ხ੣) who nugu (௛ૐ)
too (much) neomu (ஞඳ) warm (adj.) ttatteutada (ಋ೔ዻఋ) why wae (ဒ)
tooth i (ၦ) wash (v.) ssitda (ྡྷఋ) wife anae (ྤஏ)
tour (n.) kwangwang (શ઼) wastebasket hyujitong (፨ხቛ) window changmun (ᅖබ)
toy (n.) changnangam (ၿ஁੢) watch (v.) poda (พఋ) winter kyeoul (ખါ)
we uri (ဨ൘), cheohui (႔፻) woman yeoja (࿥ၴ)
troublesome (adj.) kwichanta work (n.) il (ၩ)
(honorific) wow! wa (ဉ)
(૥ᅐఋ)
trust (v.) mitda (෗ఋ) wear (v.) ipda (ၮఋ) yard madang (ൠఙ)
turn (v.) tolda (౉ఋ) weather (n.) nalssi (ஃྜ) yes ye (࿵), ne (஫)
week chu (჎) yesterday eoje (࿌႞)
undress (v.) peotda (ฆఋ) weekday pyeongil (ዀၩ) you (plain) neo (ஞ)
weekend chumal (჎൥)
university student taehaksaeng weight muge (ඳ઎) you (used primarily by couples)
well (adv.) chal (ၹ)
(ఝዼແ) west seojjok (໏ᄠ) tangshin (ఙཅ)
upper wi (၁) what mueot (ඳ࿗) you all neohui (ஞ፻), yeoreobun
USA miguk (ු૑) when eonje (࿎႞)
used heon (጑) where eodi (࿌ಀ) (࿥೻ึ) (honorific)
usually potong (พቛ) white (adj.) hayata (ዻ࿇ఋ) your (plain) ni (ఁ)

very aju (ྤ჎), cham (ᅒ)

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