Korean Words

Terms in this set (1748)

안녕히 가세요

Goodbye (they're leaving)

[sino]: one hundred

영어 하세요?

Do you speak English?

죄송합니다

[native]: three

[native]: eight

[informal]: thank you

[native]: seven

[male point of view]: older sister

반갑습니다

할수 있어요

방해 하지마세요

don't interrupt me

먹지 마세요

government worker

기분이 나빠요

기분이 좋아요

younger sibling

보고 싶어요

I want to see you

공부하고 싶어요

I want to study

공부 열심히 하자

let's study hard

correct/oh yeahhh

공부를 잘해요

오늘 날씨가 어때요?

How is the weather today?

열심히 일하고 있어요

I am working hard

넘어지지 마세요

시끄러워요

to want (a noun)

live cool die cool

책을 펴세요

please open your books

책을 보세요

please look at your books

잘 들으세요

please listen carefully

따라 하세요

please repeat after me

질문하세요

대답하세요

please answer me

do you understand?

질문 있어요?

do you have a question?

죽지 마세요

할수 없어요

you can't do it

얘기 못해요

_를 한국어로 뭐라고 해요?

How do you say _ in Korean?

아름다운 여자

오늘 뭐 했어요?

what did you do today?

재미있어요

잘 먹겠습니다

I will eat well

더 먹고 싶어요

I want to eat more

convenience store

to be small/to be a little

place (location)

to attend/commute

이야기하다

다 먹고 싶어요

I want to eat all

아무것도 안 마시고 싶어요

I don't want to drink anything

아무도 빵 안 먹고 싶어해요

no one wants to eat bread

가방이 의자 위에 있어요

the bag is on top of the chair

물 마셔야 돼요

I need to drink water

to get up/stand up/wake up

자전거를 타다

있을 거예요

맛이 없어 보여요

looks not tasty

다시 말해주세요

please say it again

사진을 찍다

to take a photo

박수를 치다

stuff/merchandise

department store

for counting people

for counting bottles

for counting books

for counting cups or glasses

for counting animals

사과가 몇 개 있어요?

How many apples do you have?

뭐 드릴까요?

What can I get you?

[intimate]: I don't know

_기 연습해요

[noun modifying]: brand new

그리고 나서

_라고 말하다

can't do (anything about it)

기다려 주세요

[formal]: please wait

너무 많이 먹어요

너무 많이 마셨어요

I drank too much

to be cool (feeling)

what time is it?

A little while ago

스무 살이에요

I am twenty years old

control yourself

temperature (degrees)

to be over, to be finished

무슨 뜻이에요?

What does (it) mean?

잘 모르겠어요

I don't really understand

제가 한 말이 맞아요?

is what i said correct?

아직 이해가 안 돼요

i still don't understand

생각이 안 나요

I don't remember

hmm.. it's hard to say

더 자연스러운 표현은 뭐에요?

what's a more natural expression?

[informal]: but, however

[weather]: it's clear

to sing a song/to beckon

상관 없어요

없어 보여요

바람이 붑니다

[formal]: wind blows (it's windy)

장난이에요

just kidding (it's just a joke)

older brother (from male point of view)

older sister (from female point of view)

nearby, vicinity

to be playful happy

very, extremely

[3]: but, however

[present]: to catch

[present]: to be close (distance)

물어 봐도 돼요?

Can I ask a question?

[present]: to be big

[present]: to make a stain/to bury

[present]: to ask/to bite

조용히 해주세요

Please be quiet

피자만 먹어요

(I) only eat pizza

to raise (a pet)

[formal/written]: to forget

up to (location)

빨리 걸어요

[body party]: side

[body part]: back

top of the foot

everyone (大家）

How are you doing?

yours (your thing)

[informal]: yours

mine (my thing)

인생은 그런거야

An ancient palace

[adj]: blue (color)

[adj]: black (color)

[adj]: white (color)

[adj]: red (color)

[adj]: yellow (color)

[adj]: green (color)

[adj]: orange (color)

[adj]: purple(color)

[adj]: pink (color)

[adj]: silver (color)

[adj]: gold (color)

잊어버리다

[informal]: to forget

잃어버리다

[informal]: to lose

[colloquial]: to forget

[adj]: grey color

different (other)

낮잠을 자다

to find out/to recognize

to (be) congregate(d)

어서 오세요

Welcome (come one)

absolutely (not)

to appreciate (art)

end of the year

to be identical

to be young (really)

to wear (shoes)

to wear (hands)

취직을 하다

to be hired for a job

유학을 가다

to study abroad

[present]: to be sad

high school student

to enter school

정신이 없다

to be really busy (literally 'no life')

그저 그렇다

오랜만이에요

Long time no see

그동안 어떻게 지냈어요?

how have you been (while i haven't seen you)?

방학을 잘 보냈어요?

did you have a good vacation? (school)

휴가 때 뭐 했어요?

what did you do during your vacation?

요즘 어떻게 지내요?

how are you doing these days?

낚시를 하다

배드민턴을 치다

to play badminton

weather forecast

to be clear; to be obvious; to be distinct

거의 다 왔어요

we're almost there

피아노를 치다

to play the piano

self-improvement

All day, throughout the whole day

to be bittersweet

what in the world; on earth; the hell

indifference; apathetic

that thing (object)

that thing over there (object)

this thing (object)

this thing (topic)

that thing (topic)

that thing over there (topic)

this thing (subject)

that thing (subject)

that thing over there (subject)

there, that place

to resolve, settle matters (to relieve)

돈은 많은데 시간이 없습니다

(I) have lots of money, but no time.

밥을 너무 많이 먹어서 배가 아파요

i have a stomachache because I ate too much

시험이라서 공부를 열심히 해요

As there's an exam, (I) study hard.

쉬워요, 어려워요?

Is it easy or difficult?

점심을 먹으러 왔어요

I came to have lunch

친구가 놀러 왔어요

My friend came to hang out

공부하러 도서관에 가요

I go to the library to study

비쌌지만 샀어요

(it) was expensive, but (I) bought.

학생이었지만 돈이 많았어요

(I) was a student, but had lots of money

어떤 선물을 좋아하세요?

What kinds of presents does he like?

길이가 얼마예요?

How long is (its) length?

subject particle (honorific)

To do for the sake of

시간은 금이다

과외 아르바이트

It sounds good.

좀 이따 봐요

contents (内容）

담배를 피워요

smoke a cigarette

자동차가 있어요

(i) have a ride

출석을 부르겠어요

I will call roll.

제가 하겠습니다

[formal]: I will do (it).

내일은 비가 오겠습니다

[formal]: It will probably rain tomorrow.

다음 주에는 따뜻하겠습니다

[formal]: It will probably be warm next week.

영어를 배우는데 좀 어려워요

I am learning English, but it is a little hard.

저도 집에 가는데 같이 가요

I am also on my way home, so why don't we go together

집은 큰데 비쌉니다

[formal]: The house is big, but expensive

저는 한국에 가 봤습니다

[formal]: I have been to Korea

편지를 받아 봤습니다

[formal]: (I) have the experience of receiving a letter

따뜻해지다

To become bigger

to fall (things)

전해 드리다

to pass on (for you)

waiter/waitress; employee

period, during, when, time

[honorific]: to eat

transportation （交通）

over there, in that direction

to keep, carry, have

전화를 끊다

to hang up the phone

문자 메시지를 보내다

to send a text message

음성메시지를 남기다

To leave voice message

hello (on the phone)

잠깐만 기다리세요

Just a minute, please.

outward appearance

to be short (height)

머리가 길다

to have long hair

머리가 짧다

to have short hair

모자를 쓰다

넥타이를 매다

가방을 들다

to carry on a bag

신발을 신다

to put on shoes

안경을 쓰다

to put on glasses

목도리를 하다

to wear a scarf

world tour (trip around the world)

오래 걸리다

take a long time

한참 걸리다

means of transportation

[formal]: we/us/our

[formal present]: to be (to exist)

[formal present]: to sleep

[formal present]: to eat

life (生活）

대학교라서 학생이 많아요

There are many students as it's a university

[honorific]: birthday

[informal]: dad

[informal]: mom

친구한테 이메일을 써요

(I) write an email to a friend

데이빗에게 선물을 줘요

(I) give a present to David

선생님께 숙제를 내요

[honorific]: (I) submit homework to the teacher

전화를 걸다

to (a person or an animal; colloquial form)

to (a person; usually used in writing)

to be hasty, rash

to be hard, stiff

잘못 걸었습니다

dialed the wrong number

안 계신데요

(the person) is not here

to be (있다 honorific)

_씨 좀 바꿔 주세요

please transfer me to _

통화 중입니다

(I) am in the middle of another phone call

실례지만 어디세요?

Sorry to bother you, but where are you?

나중에 다시 하겠습니다

(I) will call you again later

얼마나 걸려요?

How long does it take?

엘리베이터

sensory temperature

The whole country

뭐 드실래요?

[honorific]: What would you like to eat?

비빔밥 먹을래요

I will have Bibimbap.

누구하고 갈래요?

With whom would you like to go?

친구하고 갈래요

I will go with my friends.

동생에게 책을 읽어 줬어요

(I) read the book to my younger brother

제가 돈을 낼게요

[volunteer]: I will pay.

점심 때 친구를 만났어요

I met my friend during lunch time.

집에 갈 때 버스를 타요

I take a bus on my way home.

밥 먹을 때 만난 친구예요

This is the friend I met while eating

김치 찌개나 된장 찌개를 드세요

[honorific]: Please have either kimchi stew or soybean paste stew

a bill; a check; "calculation paper"

check; confirmation

내가 먼저 도착했어

I arrived first

To wake (someone) up or awaken

a person who is out of work

Excuse me (to get someone's attention, to call the waiter)

[volunteer]: I'll do that

들어가세요

폴이 읽는 책

the book that paul reads

폴이 읽은 책

the book that paul read

폴이 읽을 책

the book that paul will read

배우는 학생

the student who learns

the student who learned

the student who will learn

저는 LA에 있는 여행사에서 표를 사요

I buy the ticket from the travel agency that is in LA

한국어 수업에서 자는 학생들은 없어요

there are no students who sleep in Korean class

하지만, 웃는 학생은 많아요

However, there are lots of students who laugh

거기가 제일 싼 곳이에요

that is the cheapest place

좋은 학교를 아세요?

Do you know of any good school?

재미있는 영화를 아세요?

Do you know of any fun movie?

맛있는 음식을 먹었어요

(I) ate delicious food.

책이 없는 사람은 누구예요?

who is the person who does not have a book?

저는 이번 주말에 한국어 책을 읽으려고 해요

I intend to read a Korean book this weekend

지금 막 집에 가려고 했어요

(I) was just about to go home

표가 비싸지기 시작해요

tickets begin to get expensive

창가 자리가 좋겠어요

A window seat would be nice

나는 선생님이 되고 싶어요

I want to be a teacher

잠이 안와요

[honorific]: to give

[present]: thirsty, gaunt, skinny, dry

treatment with respect

뜨개질하다

flight attendant

foreign country

guide book, tour brochure

[formal imperative]: to go

[formal imperative]: to see

읽으십시오

[formal imperative]: to read

들으십시오

[formal imperative]: to listen

운동하러 체육관에 갈 겁니다

[formal]: I will go to a gym to exercise

선생님을 뵈려고 하는데요

Well, I would like to see the teacher. (Is it possible to see her?)

비가 올 것 같은데요

(but) it looks like it's going to rain

빨리 가요! 늦었는데요

Let's hurry as it's already late

오늘은 좀 바쁜데요

Sorry, but i'm a little busy today

영화를 본후에 뭘 할까요?

After watching a movie, what shall we do?

열두 시후에 점심을 먹겠어요

(I)'ll eat lunch after 12 o'clock

이 버스는 어디로 갑니까?

[formal]: where does this bus go?

트럭으로 왔어요

I came by truck

연필로 쓰세요

write by pencil

비행기로 가요?

do you go by airplane?

To be various, diverse

Because of (noun)

anything particular

intimate speech style

polite/formal language

To pass, spend time

to be not; to do not

To occur; to break out

춥지 않아요

[polite]: it is not cold

작지 않았어요

[polite]: it was not small

가지 않습니다

[formal]: (I) do not go

읽지 않았습니다

[formal]: (I) did not read

가지 못해요

[polite]: (I) cannot go

먹지 못했습니다

[formal]: (I) could not eat

시험 때문에 도서관에 가요

(I) go to the library because of a test

여름방학이기 때문에 한국에 가요

(I) go to Korea because it is summer vacation

불고기도 김치도 좋아해요

(I) like both bulgogi and kimchi

읽기도 말하기도 잘해요

(I) am good both at reading and speaking

학교에도 체육관에도 가요

I go to (both) school and the gym

좋지도 나쁘지도 않아요

It is neither good nor bad

exchange student

Such, like this

I see what you mean

[honorific]: name

[honorific]: age

[honorific]: speech

[honorific]: house

[honorific]: meal (j)

[honorific]: meal (s)

[honorific]: to see

돌아가시다

[honorific]: to die

to make noise [3]

존댓말을 써야 합니다

One must use polite expressions

오늘은 공부해야 돼요

I must study today

내일은 일찍 일어나야 돼요

I need to wake up early tomorrow

너라야 돼요

it has to be you

오늘이라야 해요

It has to be today

친구 만나면 뭐 해요?

What do you do when you meet your friends?

시간이 있으면 영화를 보고 싶어요

If I have time, I want to watch a movie

음악을 들으면 어때요?

How would you like to listen to (some) music?

한국어 수업 시간에 영어를 하면 안 돼요

You must not speak English in Korean class

약속 시간에 늦으면 안 돼요

You should not be late for an appointment

떠들면 안 돼요

you should not make noise

말씀하시다

[honorific]: to say

편찮으시다

[honorific]: to be sick

공기가 맑다

Clean and Fresh air

교통이 편리하다

transportation is convenient

교통이 불편하다

transport is inconvenient

몸이 안 좋다

to not feel well

감기에 걸리다

to catch a cold

to have a fever

기침을 하다

모임을 준비하다

to prepare a gathering

시간을 정하다

회비를 모으다

to collect dues

father's sister

mother's sister

[honorific]: person

[honorific]: together

experience (經驗)

to be complicated

기분 전환을 하다

to change your mood (for the better)

공연을 보다

to watch a performance

수다를 떨다

맛있는 것을 먹다

to eat something delicious

바람을 쐬다

to get some fresh air

경치가 좋다

scenery is good

드라마 촬영지

drama film location

to be a good place to live

분위기가 좋다

to have good ambience

높은 건물이 많다

to have many tall buildings

전통적인 도시다

to be a traditional city

현대적인 도시다

to be a modern city

인기가 많다

to be very popular

한국 친구를 사귀다

to network with korean friends

한국과 무역을 하다

to do business in korea

한국 문화에 관심이 있다

to be interested in korean culture

번역가가 되다

to become a translator

통역사가 되다

to become an interpretor

꿈을 이루다

To achieve one's dreams

좋은 사람과 결혼하다

to marry a good person

돈을 많이 벌다

to make lots of money

to use (a service)

Are you cold? (polite formal)

buys (polite formal)

to raise your hand

for strength to be strong

화가 풀리다

for anger to dissipate

한국어 배우는 것이 재미있어요

Learning Korean is fun

존댓말을 쓰는 것은 어려워요

Use polite expressions is difficult

영화 보는 것을 좋아해요

(I) like watching movies

[present polite]: to call/order

[present polite]: to be different

가는 말이 고와야 오는 말도 곱다

words going out must be beautiful for words coming in to be the same

manners/etiquette

고개를 숙이다

to lower one's head

자리를 양보하다

To make room (for someone)

다리를 꼬다

to cross one's legs

팔짱을 끼다

to cross one's arms

부모님께서 저에게 말씀하셨어요

my parents spoke to me

할머니께서는 한국에 계세요

my grandmother is in Korea

부모님께 전화하세요

Call (your) parents

[sino]: next year

[sino]: last year

[sino]: this year

학교가 큰 것 같아요

[polite]: It seems that the school is big

두 시간 잔 것 같습니다

[formal]: It seems that I slept for two hours

내일 바쁠 것 같아요

[polite]: It seems that I'll be busy tomorrow

이거 먹어도 됩니까?

[formal]: is it ok to to eat this?

학교에 안 가도 돼요?

Is it ok if I do not go to school?

[intimate]: It is okay that it's you

부전공이라도 돼

[intimate]: it is okay that it's a minor

시험이 있으니까 공부하세요

please study, as there'll be an exam

어려우니까 물어보세요

Please ask since it is difficult

배고프니 밥 좀 줘

[intimate]: Give me some rice, because I'm hungry

여름이 덥지요?

It is hot in summer, isn't it?

학교에 갔지요?

You went to school, didn't you?

시험 전에 물어 보세요

ask before the exam

방학 전에 집에 못 가

[intimate]: I cannot go home before the vacation

그 책을 사기 전에는 도서관에서 빌려봤어

[intimate]: before I bought the book, I borrowed it from the library

친구 집에 가기 전에 전화를 하겠어요

Before visiting my friend's house, I will call him/her

비빔밥을 먹어야겠다

[plain]: (I think) I should have bibimbap

집에 가야겠어요

(I think) I should go home

공부해야겠어

[intimate]: (I think) you should study

elementary school

믿음직스럽다

to be reliable, trustworthy

plain style: used after a descriptive verb stem

plain style: used after an action verb stem ending in a vowel

plain style: used after an action verb ending in a consonant

나는 버클리 학생이다

[plain]: I am a student at Berkeley

크리스는 학교에 간다

[plain]: Chris goes to school

우리는 책을 읽는다

[plain]: We read a book

수업이 재미있었다

[plain]: the class was fun

날씨가 좋았다

[plain]: the weather was good

선물을 받았다

[plain]: (I) received a present

부모님께서는 책을 읽으신다

[plain, honorific]: my parents read books

선생님께서는 시를 쓰신다

[plain, honorific]: my teacher writes poetry

부모님께서는 오늘 오셨다

[plain, honorific]: my parents came today

이번 주말에 친구와 테니스를 칠 거다

[plain, intimate]: (I) will play tennis with (my) friend this weekend

같이 운동하기로 했다

[plain]: (We) decided to work out together

이번 주말에 영화를 보기로 했다

[plain]: (I) decided to watch a movie this weekend (plain)

더 열심히 공부하기로 했다

[plain]: (I) decided to study harder

한국어 수업을 듣고 나서 한국에 대해 배웠다

[plain]: After taking a Korean class, I learned about Korea

운동하고 나서 다 같이 밥을 먹으러 갔다

[plain]: After working out, we all went to eat together

내 진짜 친구는 너밖에 없다

[plain, intimate]: you're my only real friend

난 지금 일 불밖에 없다

[plain, intimate]: I have only one dollar now

나는 영어밖에 못 한다

[plain, intimate]: I can only speak english

나는 일기를 하루밖에 못 썼다

[plain, intimate]: I was only able to write in my diary for one day

나는 피아노 연습을 한 시간밖에 안 한다

[plain, intimate]: I practice piano for only an hour

집에 가는 길에 친구를 만났다

[plain, intimate]: on the way home, I met my friend

학교 가는 길에 커피를 산다

[plain]: on the way to school, I buy a coffee

어려울 때 친구가 진짜 친구다

a friend in need is a friend indeed

게을러지다

to be surprised

to be chilly, frosty

to be damp, moist, humid

[present]: to be early

to be stupid, foolish

to be strong, sturdy

to be fatty, greasy, oily

to be full, crammed

to be sharp, pointed

to be damp, clammy, wet

to be comfortable, to be convenient

to be mean, nasty

to delete/to erase

from (a person or an animal; colloquial form)

남자친구한테 차였어요

I was dumped by my boyfriend

지금 안 오면, 후회할 거예요

if you don't come now, you're will regret it

뭔가 찾았어요?

did you find something?

traditional Korean dress

directly (person)

to resemble (for people)

to move (move houses)

spicy beef and leek soup

lounge, common room

middle aged woman

to kick; to be chilly

to brush one's teeth

to wash one's face

music concert (usually classical)

musical performance (usually instrumental)

Meeting, reception

to turn on, switch on, play (electronics)

the day after tomorrow

musical instrument

pair (counting marker)

air conditioner

foreign language

기다려지다

구름이 끼다

to function, to work

you know (assuming agreement)

마침 잘 됐네요

It turned out well (just in time).

to have hardship

playground, school field

to hit lightning, to cram/study

to have confidence

Suprised exclamation ending

Be pathetic, pitiful

일을 어떻게 이따위로 한 거야

You messed it up(how on earth did you messed it up)

terrible way/manner

national holiday

traditional holiday

used to be (non-modifying)

크던 옷이 작아졌어요

(the) clothes that used to be large became smaller

one-piece dress

to be in fashion

a pair of (counter)

나이가 들다

to get old (to increase in age)

마음에 들다

to be to one's liking

just, just in time

it is easy to ...

기가 어렵다

it is difficult to...

to congratulate

just, without any special reason

to be important

to be humid/stuffy

얼음이 얼다

그렇지 않아도

even without your saying so

professor's office

to put forth effort, take trouble

to point, to indicate

to hide, to disguise

거짓말하다

It is okay to...

clothing habits

살이 빠지다

다이어트하다

to go on a diet

마저 드세요

finish the rest please

an introduction to

감동적이다

to be (emotionally) touching

자연스럽다

to allow, consent

to cut (price); to discount; to bargain

center, the middle

domestic flight

international flight

to understand, recognize

to tell, convey

right away, soon

all one needs is

인상적이다

to be impressive

to go and get back

expresses reason

어 본 적이 있다

expresses past experience

었었 았었 ㅆ었

적그적이다

소극적이다

to remain in a place

handicraft item

spoon and chopsticks

identification card

to withdraw money

to be (safe) comfortable

you see (because)

(be) on one's way

to remove, to take out (cash)

registered mail

commencement (school)

도와 드리다

[honorific]: to help

to use (an object)

to be close (to someone)

if ... intends to

expresses obligation

to stick, affix

things to watch