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Most Common Korean Words
νκ΅μ΄
Essential Korean vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| μ§ (jip) | house | jip |
| λ¬Ό (mul) | water | mul |
| λ¨μ (namja) | man | nam-ja |
| μ¬μ (yeoja) | woman | yeo-ja |
| μμ΄ (ai) | child | a-i |
| μΉκ΅¬ (chingu) | friend | chin-gu |
| μκ° (sigan) | time | si-gan |
| λ (nal) | day | nal |
| μΆ (salm) | life | salm |
| μΈμ (sesang) | world | se-sang |
| λλΌ (nara) | country | na-ra |
| λμ (dosi) | city | do-si |
| μΌ (il) | work | il |
| λ (don) | money | don |
| μμ (eumsik) | food | eum-sik |
| κ°μ‘± (gajok) | family | ga-jok |
| μ°¨ (cha) | car | cha |
| μ± (chaek) | book | chaek |
| νκ΅ (hakgyo) | school | hak-gyo |
| κΈΈ (gil) | street / road | gil |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| μ΄λ€ (ida) | to be | i-da |
| μλ€ (itda) | to have / exist | it-da |
| νλ€ (hada) | to do | ha-da |
| κ°λ€ (gada) | to go | ga-da |
| μ€λ€ (oda) | to come | o-da |
| λ§νλ€ (malhada) | to say / speak | mal-ha-da |
| λ³΄λ€ (boda) | to see | bo-da |
| μλ€ (alda) | to know | al-da |
| λ¨Ήλ€ (meokda) | to eat | meok-da |
| λ§μλ€ (masida) | to drink | ma-si-da |
| μλ€ (jada) | to sleep | ja-da |
| μΌνλ€ (ilhada) | to work | il-ha-da |
| μκ°νλ€ (saenggakhada) | to think | saeng-gak-ha-da |
| μ¬λνλ€ (saranghada) | to love | sa-rang-ha-da |
| λ°λ€ (batda) | to receive | bat-da |
| μ£Όλ€ (juda) | to give | ju-da |
| μ΄ν΄νλ€ (ihaehada) | to understand | i-hae-ha-da |
| μνλ€ (wonhada) | to want | won-ha-da |
| μ½λ€ (ikda) | to read | ik-da |
| μ°λ€ (sseuda) | to write | sseu-da |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| ν¬λ€ (keuda) | big | keu-da |
| μλ€ (jakda) | small | jak-da |
| μ’λ€ (jota) | good | jo-ta |
| λμλ€ (nappeuda) | bad | nap-peu-da |
| μμλ€ (yeppeuda) | beautiful | yep-peu-da |
| μλ‘λ€ (saeropda) | new | sae-rop-da |
| λλ€ (neukda) | old | neuk-da |
| μ λ€ (jeomda) | young | jeom-da |
| ν볡νλ€ (haengbokhada) | happy | haeng-bok-ha-da |
| μ¬νλ€ (seulpeuda) | sad | seul-peu-da |
| κ°νλ€ (ganghada) | strong | gang-ha-da |
| λΉ λ₯΄λ€ (ppareuda) | fast | ppa-reu-da |
| λλ¦¬λ€ (neurida) | slow | neu-ri-da |
| λ¨κ²λ€ (tteugeobda) | hot | tteu-geop-da |
| μΆ₯λ€ (chupda) | cold | chup-da |
| μ½λ€ (swipda) | easy | swip-da |
| μ΄λ ΅λ€ (eoryeopda) | difficult | eo-ryeop-da |
| μ€μνλ€ (jungyohada) | important | jung-yo-ha-da |
| μμ λ‘λ€ (jayuropda) | free | ja-yu-rop-da |
| μ¬μ€μ΄λ€ (sasiritda) | true | sa-sil-i-da |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| λ§€μ° (maeu) | very | mae-u |
| λ (do) | also / too | do |
| νμ (hangsang) | always | hang-sang |
| μ λ (jeoldae) | never | jeol-dae |
| μμ£Ό (jaju) | often | ja-ju |
| μ§κΈ (jigeum) | now | ji-geum |
| μ΄λ―Έ (imi) | already | i-mi |
| μμ§ (ajik) | still / yet | a-jik |
| μλ§ (ama) | maybe | a-ma |
| μ (jal) | well | jal |
| 빨리 (ppalli) | quickly | ppal-li |
| μ¬κΈ° (yeogi) | here | yeo-gi |
| κ±°κΈ° (geogi) | there | geo-gi |
| κ°μ΄ (gachi) | together | ga-chi |
| λ§ (man) | only | man |
| μ λ§ (jeongmal) | really | jeong-mal |
| λ§μ΄ (mani) | a lot | ma-ni |
| μ‘°κΈ (jogeum) | a little | jo-geum |
| λ무 (neomu) | too much | neo-mu |
| λ°λ‘ (baro) | immediately | ba-ro |