Vocabulary
School and Education
과목 |
school subject |
몇 과목을 들으세요? |
How many subjects (courses) are you taking? |
수업 |
a class, lesson [at school] |
경제학 |
Economics |
경제 |
economy |
정치학 |
Politics [as a field of study], Political Science |
정치 |
politics |
한국학 |
Korean Studies |
…(을) 전공(을) 하- |
major in something / 한국학을 전공하다 |
전공이 뭐예요? |
What’s your major? |
교재 |
teaching materials; textbook |
대학 |
4-year college |
More New Verbs (1)
사랑(을) 하- |
love |
야구(를) 하- |
play baseball |
야구 |
baseball |
예약(을) 하- |
make a reservation |
예약 |
reservation |
통화(를) 하- |
get through to/contact somebody by telephone; talk by telephone |
수영(을) 하- |
swim |
수영장 |
swimming pool |
청소(를) 하- |
clean up, tidy up |
…(을) 좋아하- |
like it |
나쁘- |
be bad |
깨끗하- |
be clean |
깨끗이 |
neatly, cleanly |
같- |
be similar; be the same [as something – 하고, (이)랑] |
같이 [가치] |
together |
More New Verbs (2)
깎- |
cut [hair], sharpen [pencil], mow [grass] |
연필을 깎아요 |
Sharpens a pencil. |
머리를 깎아요 |
Gets a haircut. (for males) |
머리(를) 자르- |
get a haircut (for females) |
어려w- |
be difficult 어렵다 |
쉬w- |
be easy 쉽다 |
착하- |
be good by nature; be a “good boy” [girl, dog, etc.] |
말(을) 들- |
obey (“listens to words”) 듣다 |
말을 잘 들어요 |
Obeys well. |
약(을) 먹- |
take (“eat”) medicine |
약 |
medicine |
쓰- |
use |
싸- |
be cheap, inexpensive |
힘(이) 드-ㄹ- |
be difficult, taxing 들다 |
힘 |
strength, energy |
오늘은 힘이 없어요. |
I have no energy today. |
More New Verbs (3)
괜찮- |
be all right, OK |
돼요. |
It’s OK; It’ll do. |
안 돼요. |
It’snot OK; It won’t do; One mustn’t do it. |
잘 돼요. |
It’s going well. It’s turning out well. |
잘 안 돼요. |
It’s not going well. |
머-ㄹ- |
be distant, far 멀다 |
여기서 멀어요? |
Is it far from here? |
네, 한 시간 걸려요. |
Yes, it takes an hour. |
알아들- |
understand [spoken words], “catch” something said [lit.: “know and hear”] 알아듣다 |
부탁(을) 하- |
make a request, ask a favor/errand |
부탁 |
a request, favor |
사람한테 부탁을 하다 |
ask somebody for a favor |
사람한테 부탁이 있다 |
have a favor to ask of somebody |
부탁해요. |
Please, I beg you. or I’m counting on you ? please do it for me. |
만호 씨한테 부탁 하나 있어요. |
Manho, I have a favor to ask of you. |
Some Honorific Bases
잡수시- |
eat (honorific) |
고기 더 잡수세요. |
Please eat some more meat. (to a guest, your parents, etc.) |
고기 더 먹어요. |
Please eat some more meat. (to a friend you usually call . . .씨) |
주무시- |
sleep (honorific) |
안녕히 주무세요. |
Good night (to somebody esteemed, e.g. your parents) |
잘 자요. |
Good night (to a friend you usually call . . .씨) |
잘 자. |
Good night (your parents to you; you to a close friend or younger sibling) |
계시- |
be, exist, stay (honorific) |
교수님 계세요? |
Is Professor at home? |
만호씨 있어요? |
Is Manho at home? |
드시- |
eat, drink (honorific) |
자, 많이 드세요. |
Well then, bon appetit [“eat up”, “please eat a lot”] (to a guest, your parents, etc.) |
자, 많이 먹어요. |
Well then, bon appetit (to a friend you usually call . . .씨) |
자, 많이 먹어. |
Well then, bon appetit (your parents to you; you to a close friend or younger sibling) |
Frequency and Quantity
좀a little; please [to soften a request or command]
늘 |
always, all the time, continuously |
항상 |
always, at all times, habitually |
언제나 |
always |
주로 |
mainly; mostly, for the most part |
가끔 |
sometimes |
자주 |
often |
매일 |
every day |
열심히 |
diligently |
공부를 열심히 해요. |
She studies hard/diligently. |
More Adverbs
아직 |
(not) yet, still |
먼저 |
first (of all), before anything else |
함께 |
together |
사람하고 함께 |
together with a person |
참 |
truly, really |
정말(로) |
the truth (truly, really) |
정말이에요? |
Really? Is it true? |
정말로 커요. |
It is really/truly large. |
정열적(으로) |
passionate(ly) |
천천히 |
slowly |
너무 |
too much so, too; very [“to an excessive degree”] |
언젠가 |
some time or other; at one time, once; some time ago |
Other Nouns (1)
버스, 뻐스 |
bus |
런던 |
London |
전화 |
telephone |
전화(를) 하- |
make a telephone call |
뉴욕 |
New York |
다른 |
NOUN (an)other NOUN(s) |
교회 |
church [Protestant] |
교회에 나가세요? |
Do you go to church? |
나가- |
attend, go to (church) |
성당 |
church [Catholic] |
신용카드 |
credit card |
성 |
surname, last name |
성씨 |
[your or his] esteemed surname / last name |
이름 |
name, given name |
성함 |
[someone’sesteemed] name (honorific equivalent of 이름] |
성함이 어떻게 되세요? |
What is you name? |
머리 |
head; hair |
머리(가) 좋아요. |
She is smart. |
머리(가) 나빠요. |
She is dumb. |
Other Nouns (2)
회화 |
conversation |
영어회화책 |
English conversation book |
말씀 |
words, speech [an honorific or humble equivalent of 말] |
말씀하세요. |
Go ahead = Please say what it is you have to say. |
한국어 |
Korean language |
국립 NOUN |
a national[-ly established] NOUN |
국립대학교 |
a national university |
주 |
a state, a province |
미네소타주 |
Minnesota; the state of Minnesota |
주립 NOUN |
a state [-established] NOUN, provincial[-ly established] NOUN |
주립대학교 |
a state university |
사립 NOUN |
a private[-ly established] NOUN |
사립대학교 |
a private university |
교환 |
exchange |
교환학생 |
exchange student |
교환교수 |
exchange professor |
교환원 |
[switchboard-, telephone exchange-] operator |
주스 |
juice |
오렌지 주스 |
orange juice |
토마토 주스 |
tomato juice |