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 all of these words and example sentences in addition to common usages and specific notes can be found .
Want to give your brain practice at recognizing these words? Try finding the words in this vocabulary list in a .
Nouns:
= food
= cake
= airport
= hospital
= park
= Korean (language)
= head
= leg
= finger
= ear
= arm
= eye
= mouth, lips
= stomach
= bus
= boat
= us/we
Verbs:
= to eat
= to go
= to meet
= to close
= to open
= to want (an object)
= to make
= to do
= to speak
= to understand
= to like
Adjectives:
= to be big
= to be small
= to be new
= to be old (not age)
= to be expensive
= to not be expensive, to be cheap
= to be beautiful
= to be fat, to be chubby
= to be long
= to be good
Adverbs:
= very
= very
= too (often used to mean 'very')
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 .
Some Quick Notes about Korean Verbs and Adjectives
Okay, now it is time to get serious. Now it is time to start learning things that you can apply to any verb or any adjective. There are a few things you need to know about Korean verbs and adjectives:
I said this before (twice) but I'm going to say it again. Every Korean sentence must end in either a verb or an adjective (this includes 이다 and 있다). Every sentence absolutely must have a verb or adjective at the end of the sentence.You should notice (it took me months to notice) that every Korean verb and adjective ends with the syllable '다.' 100% of the time, the last syllable in a verb or adjective must be '다.' Look up at the vocabulary from this lesson if you don't believe me.In addition to ending in '다' many verbs and adjectives end with the two syllables '하다.' '하다' means 'do.' Verbs ending in 하다 are amazing, because you can simply eliminate the '하다' to make the noun form of that verb/adjective.
Confused? I was at first too. In fact, I don't think I knew this until 3 months after I started studying Korean – but it is something so essential to learning the language. It is confusing to English speakers because we don't realize that words can have a verb/adjective form AND a noun form.
