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Term | Definition |
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안녕하세요 | Hello |
감사합니다 | Thank you |
네 | Yes/That's right/What you said is right |
아니요 | No/That's wrong/What you said is wrong |
안녕히 계세요 | Goodbye (If you are leaving) |
안녕히 가세요 | Goodbye (If you are staying) |
죄송합니다 | I'm Sorry (Also used to pass through a crowd) |
저기요 | Excuse me (When you want someone's attention) |
잠시만요 | Just a second (When you want to pass through a crowd) |
잠깐만요 | Just a second. (When you want to pass through a crowd) |
이에요 | to be (last letter has a final consonant) |
예요 | to be (last letter doesn't have a final consonant) |
Korean sentence structure. | Subject + Object + Verb or Subject + Adjective |
물이에요 | It's water. |
가방이에요 | It's a bag. |
저예요 | It's me. |
학교예요 | It's a school. |
이거 | This thing {이 [i] (“this”) + 것 [geot] (“thing”)} |
이거 책이에요 | This is a book. |
이거 카메라예요 | This is a camera. |
이거 뭐예요? | What is this? (Remember to change tone) |
이거 물이에요 | Is this water? |
이 | this (near me) |
그 | the/that (near other person) |
저 | that (over there) |
이것 | This thing |
그것 | That thing |
저것 | That thing over there. |
이 사람, 그 사람, 저 사람 | This person, That person, That person over there. |
아니에요 | I am not/it is not/you are not. (Present tense of verb "to be not") |
저 아니에요 | It's not me. |
우유 아니에요 | It's not milk. |
물 아니에요 | It's not water. |
저학생 아니에요 | I'm not a student. |
Topic marking particles | Used to let people know what or who you are going to talk about. Topic markers are attached after nouns. |
은 | Words ending with last consonant |
는 | Words ending with a vowel |
저는 학생이에요 | As for me, I am a student. I (me, personally) am a student. |
내일은 저는 일해요 | As for tomorrow, I work. |
Subject marking particles | Used to show "who" did something or "what" is being described. |
이 | Words ending with last consonant |
가 | Words ending with a vowel |
이거 사과예요 | This is an apple. |
이거는 사과예요 (with topic marking) | This (look) is an apple. |
있어요 | Have/Exists |
없어요 | Don't have/Doesn't exist |
물 있어요 | Water exists/I/She/They/You have water. There is water |
친구 있어요 | I have (a) friends. |
시간 없어요 | There is no time. I don't have time. We don't have time, etc. |
친구 없어요 | I don't have friends. |
주세요 | Please give me. |
A: 사과 있어요? B: 네. 사과 있어요 A: 사과 주세요 | A: Do you have apples? B: Yes, we have apples. A: Please give me (an/some) apple(s). |
주세요 (def.) | Can be used when: asking for something. Ordering food or drinks at restaurant. Asking for an item in a shop or, when attached to a verb, to ask someone to do something for you. |
맛 | Taste |
맛있어요 | It's tasty/delicious. |
이거 맛있어요 | This is tasty/delicious. |
저 케익 맛있어요 | That cake is delicious. |
이 차 맛없어요 | This tastes awful. |
잘 먹겠습니다 | I'm going to eat well, or I will eat well. (used when someone is about to start a meal, particularly when someone is going to pay for it.) |
잘 먹었습니다 | I have eaten well. (To thank someone for the food.) |
-고 싶어요 | I want to + (verb) |
bo-go si-peo yo | I want to see. |
더 bo-go si-peo yo | I want to see more. |
[meok-go si-peo-yo] | I want to eat. |
더 meok-go si-peo-yo | I want to eat more. |
뭐 먹고 싶어요? | What do you want to eat? |
햄버거 먹고 싶어요 | I want to eat a hamburger. |
하다 | to do |
보다 | to see |
먹다 | to eat |
사다 | to buy |
마시다 | to drink |
[mwo ha-go si-peo-yo] | What do you want to do? |
[mwo bo-go si-peo-yo] | What do you want to see? |
mwo meok-go si-peo-yo | What do you want to eat? |
mwo sa-go si-peo-yo | What do you want to buy? |
mwo ma-si-go si-peo-yo | What do you want to drink? |
Native Korean Numbers & Sino-Korean Numbers | To tell the time, you have to use NK# to say hour and S-K to say the minute. To tell your age in normal conversation, you use NK#, but in formal situations, S-K are used to express age. |
Sino-Korean Numbers and Native Korean Numbers | To say a number higher than 99, exaple; 101, you have to add Sino-Korean number of 100 and 1 of Native-Korean Number. |
일 | 1 |
이 | 2 |
삼 | 3 |
사 | 4 |
오 | 5 |
륙 / 육 | 6 |
칠 | 7 |
팔 구 십 | 8 9 10 |
백 | 100 |
천 | 1000 |
십일 | 11 |
이십일 | 21 |
삼십사 | 32 |
오십사 | 54 |
삼백이십칩 | 327 |
천사백륙십이 | 1462 |
가다 | to go |
자다 | to sleep |
때리다 | to hit |
웃다 | to laugh |
Present tense ending. 아요 | Verb's last vowel is ㅏ or ㅗ. |
Present tense ending. 어요 | Verb's last vowel is not ㅏ or ㅗ. |
Present tense ending. 여요 | Verb stem which is only 하 is followed by 여요. |
가요 | I/he/she/they/you (etc) go |
머거요 | I/he/she/they/you eats |
봐요 | I/he/she/they/you look(s)/watch(es) |
보여요 | It's visible. I see it. |
Past tense ending. 았어요 | Verb's last vowel is ㅏ or ㅗ. |
Past tense ending. 었어요 | Verb's last vowel is not ㅏ or ㅗ. |
Past tense ending. 였어요 | Verb stem is ㅏ. |
sa-sseo-yo | I/she/he/you bought |
hae-sseo-yo | I/she/he/you did |
jeo-geo-sseo-yo | I/she/he/you wrote |
어디 | Where/which place/location |
에 | at, to (Expresses a location where something "is" or "exists". |
에서 | at, in, from. (Expresses a location where something is taking place / action). |
어디가고싶어요 | Where do you want to go? |
학교에갔어요 | I went to school. |
한국에 왔어요 | I came to Korea. |
어디에 가고 싶어요 | Where do you want to go? |
어디에 있어요 | Where are you? |
집에서 일해요 | I work at home. |
언제 | When |
언제 했어요 | When did you do it? |
언제 도착했어요 | When did you arrive? |
언제 왔어요 | When did you come? |
오늘 | Today |
어제 | Yesterday |
내일 | Tomorrow |
지금 | Now |
아까 | Earlier(today)/A while ago(today) |
나중에 | Later |
하나 | 1 |
둘 | 2 |
셋 | 3 |
넷 | 4 |
다섯 | 5 |
여섯 | 6 |
일곱 | 7 |
여덟 | 8 |
아홉 | 9 |
열 | 10 |
스물 | 20 |
서른 | 30 |
마흔 | 40 |
쉰 | 50 |
예순 | 60 |
일흔 | 70 |
여든 | 80 |
아흔 | 90 |
Age: | Numbers 1,2,3,4 & 20 change forms before a noun. 1 하나 [ha-na] --> 한 [han] 살 2 둘 [dul] --> 두 [du] 살 3 셋 [set] --> 세 [se] 살 4 넷 [net] --> 네 [ne] 살 20 스물 [seu-mul] --> 스무 [seu-mu] 살 21 스물 [seu-mul] --> 스물한 [seu-mul-han] 살 |
열여섯살이에요 | I'm 16 years old. |
Negative sentences | 1. Adding 안 [an] before a verb 2. Using the negative verb ending, 지 않다 [ji an-ta] *method 2 is relatively formal, but not necessarily only for formal situations *method 2 have different tenses of your sentence. |
Present tense: | 지 않아요 |
Past tense: | 지 않았어요 |
집에 가요 --> 집에 안 가요 | I'm going home --> I'm NOT going home. |
그거 버렸어요 --> 그거 안 버렸어요 | I threw it away --> I DIDN'Tthrow it away |
Present: 가지 않아요 | Present: I'm NOT going. |
Past: 가지 않았어요 | Past: I DIDN'T go. |
Present: 버리지 않아요 | Present: I'm NOT throwing it away. |
Past: 버리지 않았어요 | Past: I DIDN'T throw it away. |
하다 ** | to do (** Many nouns that indicate or describe action or behavior can be combined with to do to create new verbs) |
공부 --> 공부하다 | studying --> to study |
일 --> 일하다 | work, job --> to work |
기억 --> 기억하다 | memory --> to remember |
청소 --> 청소하다 | cleaning - to clean |
요리 --> 요리하다 | cooking, dish --> to cook |
이사 --> 이사하다 | moving --> to move |
노래 --> 노래하다 | song --> to sing |
노력 --> 노력하다 | effort --> to make an effort, to try hard |
동의 --> 동의하다 | agreement, agreeing --> to agree |
인정 --> 인정하다 | admitting --> to admit |
후회 --> 후회하다 | regret --> to regret |
운동 --> 운동하다 | exercise --> to exercise, to work out |
사랑 --> 사랑하다 | love --> to love |
말 --> 말하다 | words, language --> to speak |
생각 --> 생각하다 | thought, idea --> to think |
생각 안 하다 | to not think |
누구 | who |
누구예요 | Who is it? |
누가 제인이에요 | Who is Jane? (Among these people| since topic markers are used|) 누구 + 가 (topic marker) = 누가 |
누가 했어요 | Who did it? (Among these people| since topic markers are used|) 누구 + 가 (topic marker) = 누가 |
누가 전화했어요 | Who called? |
이거 누구예요 | Who is this? |
어제 누가 왔어요 | Who came yesterday? |
그거 누가 만들었어요 | Who made that? |
누가 샀어요 | Who bought it? |
뭐 | What? |
어디 | Where |
언제 | When |
누구 | Who |
어떻게 | How |
왜 | Why |
어떻게 찾았어요 | How did you find it? |
어떻게 왔어요 | How did you get here? |
왜 전화했어요 | Why did you call? |
왜 안 왔어요 | Why didn't you come? |
얼마 | How much (money) |
얼마나 | How + adjective/adverb |
얼마예요? | How much is it? |
얼마 냈어요 | How much did you pay? |
얼마나 + adjective/adverb | How + [often/fast/early/soon/etc...] |
얼마나 자주 와요 | How often do you come? |
얼마나 커요 | How big is it? |
얼마나 무거워요 | How heavy is it? |
에서 | from (often used with locations) |
부터 | from (often used with time) |
까지 | "to" or "until" |
서울부터 | From Seoul |
서울부터 | Starting from seoul |
지금부터 | From now |
어제부터 | Since(from) yesterday |
서울까지 | (from somewhere else) to Seoul |
지금까지 | Until now |
내일까지 | Until tomorrow |
(여기에서) (저기까지) | (From here) (to here) |
(서울에서) (부산까지) | (From Seoul) (to Busan) |