Vocabulary
The vocabulary is separated into nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs for the purpose of simplicity:
Click on the English word to see information and examples of that word in use (you probably won't be able to understand the grammar within the sentences at this point, but it is good to see as you progress through your learning).
A PDF file neatly presenting these words and extra information can be found .
Want to give your brain practice at recognizing these words? Try finding the words in this vocabulary list in a .
Nouns:
= country
= bag/backpack
= window
= magazine
= room
= refrigerator
= dog
= puppy
= cat
= rat, mouse
= pen
= phone
= coffee
= restaurant
= building
= television
= USA
= Canada
= hotel
= school
= bank
Adverbs
= inside
= on top
= below
= beside
= behind
= in front
= here
Verbs:
= to be at a location
Adjectives:
= to have something
There are 1050 vocabulary entries in Unit 1. All entries are linked to an audio file. You can download all of these files in one package .
For help memorizing these words, try using our
Introduction
In you learned about simple Korean particles. To review, you learned that:
~는 or ~은 are used to indicate the subject (or main person/thing) in a sentence.
~를 or ~을 are used to indicate the object in a sentence.
For example, in this sentence: "I ate a hamburger"
"I" is the subject of the sentence
"Hamburger" is the object
"Eat" is the verb
In this Lesson, you will learn about the particles ~이/가 and specifically how it can compare with ~는/은. In all situations, ~이 is attached to nouns in which the last letter is a consonant (like ~은) and ~가 is attached to nouns in which the last letter is a vowel (like ~는). For example:
책 ends in a consonant (ㄱ), so "~이" is added: "책이."
소파 ends in a vowel (ㅏ), so "~가" is added: "소파가."
But, in what situations should we use ~이/가? Before we get to that, I would like to teach you how to use the word "있다" in sentences. Let's get started.
있다: To have
The word "있다" has many meanings. To a beginner of Korean, we can simplify and generalize these meanings into two forms or usages:
