Learn Korean Language

Lesson 1

Nouns:
한국 = Korea

Common Usages:
한국 사람 = Korean person
한국어 = Korean language (For Korean people, Korean language class is called "국어 (수업)")
한국인 = Korean person
한국 역사 = Korean history (in school, Korean history class is usually called "한국사 (수업)")
한국 문화 = Korean culture
한국 경제 = Korean economy
한국 전쟁 = the Korean War
한국주식시장 = Korean stock market
한국어능력시험 = Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK)

Notes: The formal name of the country is 대한민국

Examples
저는 7년 동안 한국에서 살았어요 = I lived inKorea for seven years

저는 내년에 한국에 갈 거예요 = I will go toKorea next year

저의 어머니는 올해 한국에 올 것입니다 = My mom will come to Korea this year

저는 한국어를 한국에서 배웠어요 = I learned Korean in Korea

고등학교는 한국에서 어려워요 = High school is difficult in Korea

그 집은 한국에서 지어졌어요 = that house was built in Korea

저는 한국에서 살고 있어요 = I live in Korea

도시 = city

이름 = name

저 = I, me (formal)

나 = I, me (informal)

남자 = man

여자 = woman

이 = this

그 = that

저 = that (when something is far away)

것 = thing

이것 = this (thing)

그것 = that (thing)

저것 = that (thing)

의자 = chair

탁자 = table

선생님 = teacher

침대 = bed

집 = house

차 = car

사람 = person

책 = book

컴퓨터 = computer

나무 = tree/wood

소파 = sofa

중국 = China

일본 = Japan

문 = door

의사 = doctor

학생 = student

Adverbs and Other words:
이다 = to be

안 = not

네 = yes

아니 = no

Greeting Words

When learning a language, people always want to learn "hello," "how are you," and "thank you" before anything else. I know that. However, at this stage you only know words - and have no knowledge or experience in how to use or conjugate these words. The grammar within these words is too complex for you to understand right now. However, you can just memorize these words as one unit and not worry about the grammar within them at this point.