TTMIK Core 1

안녕

Well-being, peace, health

하세요

do (polite)

안녕하세요

Hello (존댓말)

감사

Appreciation, gratitude, thankfulness

합니다

Do (most polite)

감사합니다

Thank you (sino)

여기

This/here it is

네

That’s right / I agree / sounds good. Or “what?” If used as a question

아니요

That’s not right / I don’t agree (존댓말)

맞아요

That’s right, often used in addition to 네 since you can just say 네 to mean you’re following along

안녕히 가세요

Goodbye (when you are the one staying). Lit “go in peace”

안녕히 계세요

Goodbye (when you are the one leaving). Lit “stay in peace”

죄송합니다

I’m sorry (for something that you did)

죄송

apology

저기요

Excuse me (to get someone’s attention)

저기

Over there

잠시만요

Excuse me. When passing through, lit “just a second” (시)

잠깐만요

Excuse me. When passing through, lit “just a second” (깐)

예요/이에요

A polite ending for sentences, used to indicate a state of being or identity, often translated as 'is' or 'am'. Latter used with preceding final consonant

물

water

가방

bag or backpack

학생

student

뭐

what?

뭐예요?

What is it? Depending on tone you can use this to express curiosity or pick a fight

잠난감

toy

사무실

office

책

book

이거

this, this one (technically 이것 but people have dropped the final)

이거 책이에오

This is a book.

커피

coffee

컴퓨터

computer

저

I (formal), if followed by particles, verbs, etc. That (over there), if followed by a noun

그

That (near the listener)

거 / 것

thing, item, stuff, fact

can combine to make 이거, 그거, 저거

Do not use this when pointing at a person!

사람

person, individual

아니다 → 아니에요

it is not

also you’re welcome

술

liquor

우유

milk

고양이

cat

사과

apple

오늘

Today

날씨

weather

복숭아

peach

있다 → 있어요

to have, it exists

없다

to not have, it doesn’t exist

친구

friend, friends

시간

time

은 / 는

topic marker

“as for ___”

among other things, you are talking about this topic (and not the other possible things to talk about)

more emphasis on the rest of the sentence too

ex: 시간은 없어요:

“I have other things, but TIME specifically is what I do not have”

이 / 가

subject marker

a bit more exclusive than the topic marker

focus is on the subject itself

ex: 시간이 없어요

“TIME. Time is what I do not have”, as an example you’d use this if someone is asking why you haven’t been showing up to something, or if they’re asking you what you don’t have

재미

fun

재미있다

to be fun/interesting

lit: “fun exists”; written as one word because it’s a common expression

우산

umbrella

그럼

then

돈

money

__ 주세요

please give ___

맛

taste

맛있어요

it’s tasty/delicious

lit “it has taste”

맛없어요

it’s not tasty / it tastes awful!!

잘 먹겠습니다

said when about to start eating a meal together

like itadakimasu

usually you’ll wait till everyone has their food before starting

lit: “i’m going to eat well”

if someone is paying for the meal, everyone else says this to them

잘 먹을게

more casual version of 잘 먹겠습니다

can use as joke that your friend should pay for your meal

잘 먹었습니다

said after finishing the meal

can use to thank for a meal to a person or in general

lit “i have eaten well”

-고 싶어요

가다 → 가고 싶어요

먹다 → 먹고 싶어요

verb ending to say “i want to”

drop the 다 and add this

보고 싶어요

I miss you

lit: “i want to see you”

먹다

to eat

가다

to go

보다

to see

더

더 주세요

더 먹고 싶어요

more

put it in front of the verb

사다

to buy

마시다

to drink

하다

to do

자다

to sleep

놀다

to hang out, to play

읽다 [ik-tta]

to read

쉬다

to rest

일하다

to work

영화

movie

숫자

numbers

사무실

office

어디

where, which place

에

to, at

Particle that can mark the location, time, situation where something “is” or “exists”, or a direction

not technically mandatory but it makes your sentence a lot more clear

에서

from, at, in

Expresses a location where an action is taking place, or where something is from

not technically mandatory but it makes your sentence a lot more clear

학교

school

지금

Now

Can use at beginning or end of sentence

언제

when?

도착하다

to arrive

오다

to come

일어나다

to get up

아침

morning

어제

yesterday

내일

tomorrow

아까

earlier today, a while go today

나중에

later

스물

20

서른

30

마흔

40

쉰

50

예순

60

일흔

70

여든

80

아흔

90