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20 Must-Know Korean Words for Everyday Use (Beginners)

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Korean Vocabulary - 20 Must-Know Words for Everyday Use (Beginners)

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!



house icon

๋ฌผย [mul]

๋ฌผ ์ข€ ์ฃผ์„ธ์š”.

Water

Please give me some water.

Track 1


school icon

๋ฐฅย [bab]

๋ฐฅ(์„) ๋จน์—ˆ์–ด์š”?

Cooked Rice / Meal

Did you eat your meal?

Track 2


hospital icon

์‹œ๊ฐ„ย [si-gan]

์‹œ๊ฐ„(์ด) ์žˆ์–ด์š”?

Time

Do you have time?

Track 3


hotel icon

๋‚ ์”จย [nal-ssi]

๋‚ ์”จ(๊ฐ€) ์–ด๋•Œ์š”?

Weather

How's the weather?

Track 4


department store icon

์˜ค๋Š˜ย [o-neul]

์˜ค๋Š˜ ๋ญ ํ•ด์š”?

Today

What are you doing today?

Track 5


bank icon

๋‚ด์ผย [nae-il]

๋‚ด์ผ ํ•™๊ต(์—) ๊ฐ€์š”.

Tomorrow

I'm going to school tomorrow.

Track 6


church icon

์•„์นจย [a-chim]

์•„์นจ(์„) ๋จน์—ˆ์–ด์š”.

Morning / Breakfast

I ate breakfast.

Track 7


castle icon

์ ์‹ฌย [jeom-sim]

์ ์‹ฌ(์„) ๊ฐ™์ด ๋จน์„๋ž˜์š”?

Lunch

Do you want to have lunch together?

Track 8


post office icon

์ €๋…ย [jo-nyeok]

์ €๋…(์—) ๋ญ ๋จน์–ด์š”?

Evening / Dinner

What are you having for dinner?

Track 9


factory icon

์นœ๊ตฌย [chin-gu]

์นœ๊ตฌ๋ž‘ ๋†€์•˜์–ด์š”.

Friend

I hung out with my friend.

Track 10


convenience store icon

์‚ฌ๋žŒย [sa-ram]

์—ฌ๊ธฐ ์‚ฌ๋žŒ(์ด) ๋งŽ์•„์š”.

Person / People

There are many people here.

Track 11


stadium icon

๊ฐ€๊ฒŒย [ga-ge]

์ด ๊ฐ€๊ฒŒ์—์„œ ๋ญ(๋ฅผ) ์‚ฌ์š”?

Shop / Store

What do you buy from this store?

Track 12


park icon

๋ˆย [don]

๋ˆ(์ด) ์–ผ๋งˆ ์žˆ์–ด์š”?

Money

How much money do you have?

Track 13


supermarket icon

๋ฒ„์Šคย [beo-seu]

๋ฒ„์Šค(๋Š”) ์–ธ์ œ ์™€์š”?

Bus

When is the bus coming?

Track 14


cinema icon

ํƒ์‹œย [taek-si]

ํƒ์‹œ(๋ฅผ) ํƒ”์–ด์š”.

Taxi

I took a taxi.

Track 15


pharmacy icon

์‹œ์žฅย [si-jang]

์‹œ์žฅ์—์„œ ๊ณผ์ผ(์„) ์ƒ€์–ด์š”.

Market

I bought fruits at the market.

Track 16


airport icon

์Œ์‹ย [eum-sik]

์Œ์‹(์ด) ๋ง›์žˆ์–ด์š”.

Food

The food is delicious.

Track 17


barber shop icon

ํœด์‹ย [hyu-sik]

์ž ๊น ํœด์‹ํ• ๊นŒ์š”?

Rest / Break

Shall we take a short break?

Track 18


fire station icon

์ „ํ™”ย [jeon-hwa]

์ „ํ™”(๊ฐ€) ์™”์–ด์š”.

Phone Call

You got a phone call.

Track 19


gas station icon

๋ณ‘์›ย [byeong-won]

๋ณ‘์›์— ๊ฐ€์•ผ ํ•ด์š”.

Hospital

I need to go to the hospital.

Track 20




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