20 Must-Know Korean Words for Everyday Use (Beginners)
- BDB Korean
- 2024๋ 12์ 3์ผ
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Here's a quick guide to a must-know Korean words related to daily life, from water and meals to time and transportation. With simple sentences for each word, you'll be able to practice using these terms in common situations, like asking for water, talking about the weather, or making plans with a friend. Perfect for beginners looking to expand their practical Korean skills!
![]() | ๋ฌผย [mul] ย ๋ฌผ ์ข ์ฃผ์ธ์. | Water ย Please give me some water. |
![]() | ๋ฐฅย [bab] ย ๋ฐฅ(์) ๋จน์์ด์? | Cooked Rice / Meal ย Did you eat your meal? |
![]() | ์๊ฐย [si-gan] ย ์๊ฐ(์ด) ์์ด์? | Time ย Do you have time? |
![]() | ๋ ์จย [nal-ssi] ย ๋ ์จ(๊ฐ) ์ด๋์? | Weather ย How's the weather? |
![]() | ์ค๋ย [o-neul] ย ์ค๋ ๋ญ ํด์? | Today ย What are you doing today? |
![]() | ๋ด์ผย [nae-il] ย ๋ด์ผ ํ๊ต(์) ๊ฐ์. | Tomorrow ย I'm going to school tomorrow. |
![]() | ์์นจย [a-chim] ย ์์นจ(์) ๋จน์์ด์. | Morning / Breakfast ย I ate breakfast. |
![]() | ์ ์ฌย [jeom-sim] ย ์ ์ฌ(์) ๊ฐ์ด ๋จน์๋์? | Lunch ย Do you want to have lunch together? |
![]() | ์ ๋ ย [jo-nyeok] ย ์ ๋ (์) ๋ญ ๋จน์ด์? | Evening / Dinner ย What are you having for dinner? |
![]() | ์น๊ตฌย [chin-gu] ย ์น๊ตฌ๋ ๋์์ด์. | Friend ย I hung out with my friend. |
![]() | ์ฌ๋ย [sa-ram] ย ์ฌ๊ธฐ ์ฌ๋(์ด) ๋ง์์. | Person / People ย There are many people here. |
![]() | ๊ฐ๊ฒย [ga-ge] ย ์ด ๊ฐ๊ฒ์์ ๋ญ(๋ฅผ) ์ฌ์? | Shop / Store ย What do you buy from this store? |
![]() | ๋ย [don] ย ๋(์ด) ์ผ๋ง ์์ด์? | Money ย How much money do you have? |
![]() | ๋ฒ์คย [beo-seu] ย ๋ฒ์ค(๋) ์ธ์ ์์? | Bus ย When is the bus coming? |
![]() | ํ์ย [taek-si] ย ํ์(๋ฅผ) ํ์ด์. | Taxi ย I took a taxi. |
![]() | ์์ฅย [si-jang] ย ์์ฅ์์ ๊ณผ์ผ(์) ์์ด์. | Market ย I bought fruits at the market. |
![]() | ์์ย [eum-sik] ย ์์(์ด) ๋ง์์ด์. | Food ย The food is delicious. |
![]() | ํด์ย [hyu-sik] ย ์ ๊น ํด์ํ ๊น์? | Rest / Break ย Shall we take a short break? |
![]() | ์ ํย [jeon-hwa] ย ์ ํ(๊ฐ) ์์ด์. | Phone Call ย You got a phone call. |
![]() | ๋ณ์ย [byeong-won] ย ๋ณ์์ ๊ฐ์ผ ํด์. | Hospital ย I need to go to the hospital. |
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