Korean Vocab

수업

Class (original Korean)

숙제

Homework

학교

School

도서관

Library

친구

Friend (same age)

식당

Restaurant, Cafeteria

커피

Coffee

회사

Company

공무원

Civil Servant

학생

대학생

선생님

Student

College Student

Teacher

공부

Study

컴퓨터

Computer

아침

Morning, breakfast

저녁

Evening, dinner

점심

Afternoon, lunch

그리고

and

혹은

or

알겠어

ok

행복

happy

은행

bank

차

car

셔츠

shirt

개

dog

선글라스

sunglasses

책

book

파티

party

건배

Cheers!

내 가족

my family

여자

woman

남자

man

남자아이

boy

집

house

도시

city

살다

to live

먹다

to eat

있다

to exist

없다

to not exist

맛없다

to be tasteless, not delicious, pronounced madeopsoyo when formal verb

가다

to go

자다

to sleep

회사

Company

공무원

Civil Servant

학생

대학생

선생님

Student

College Student

Teacher

맛없다

to be tasteless, not delicious, pronounced madeopsoyo when formal verb

가다

Goodbye (to someone leaving)

자다

to sleep

저

The humble form of I. Becomes 제 as a subject

은/는

은 follows a topic that ends in a patchim

는 follows a topic that does not end in a patchim

이/가

이 follows a subject that ends in a patchim

가 follows a subject that does not end in a patchim

안녕

Peace, informal hello

들

Plural attachment, used to emphasize "a lot". After noun, before subject particle

한국

미국

일본

중국

영국

Korea

America

Japan

China

UK

회사

Company

공무원

Civil Servant

이/가

이 follows a subject that ends in a patchim

가 follows a subject that does not end in a patchim

도

도

회사원

Non-government employee

안녕히 가세요

Goodbye (to someone leaving)

나

The plain form of I. Becomes 내 as a subject

저

The humble form of I. Becomes 제 as a subject

은/는

은 follows a topic that ends in a patchim

는 follows a topic that does not end in a patchim

Polite Speech Normal Rule

If the last syllable in a stem has a 아/오, replace 다 with 아요

If the last syllable in a stem has any other syllable, replace 다 with 어요

받침

Final consonant(s) in a syllable

Exceptions to Polite Speech Normal Rule

If the stem ends in "ㅏ" with no Patchim, replace 다 with 요

If the stem ends in "ㅐ" with no Patchim, replace 다 with 요

If the stem ends in "ㅡ", drop the "ㅡ" and replace with ㅓ요. However, if the stem had a yin category vowel, replace with ㅏ요

If the stem ends in 하다, replace with 해요

If the stem ends in 이다, replace 다 with 에요

좋다

to be good/ like

만들다

to make, to produce

앉다

to sit

맛있다

to be delicious

괜찮다

to be okay

재미있다

to be interesting/fun

싸다

to be cheap

크다

To be big/large, tall if talking about people

예쁘다

to be pretty

바쁘다

to be busy

안녕하세요!

Hello!

반갑습니다

Nice to meet you (more commonly used in North Korea)

음식

food

사랑

love

제발

Please (begging)

이

This

Polite Speech Normal Rule

If the last syllable in a stem has a 아/오, replace 다 with 아요

If the last syllable in a stem has any other syllable, replace 다 with 어요

저녁

Evening, dinner

점심

Afternoon, lunch

그리고

and

오

five

육

six

칠

seven

팔

eight

구

Nine

십

ten

백

one hundred

천

one thousand

만

ten thousand

아무도

Nobody

여러분

Ladies and gentlemen; Everybody

여자아이

Girl

아침

Morning, breakfast

저녁

Evening, dinner

점심

Afternoon, lunch

그리고

and