Nouns:
소식 = news (you hear)
엄마 = mom
아빠 = dad
결혼식 = wedding*
우표 = postage stamp
신 = god
만화 = comics/cartoons
만화책 = comic book
예정 = schedule
코딱지 = booger
논 = rice paddy
낮잠 (자다) = nap*
의견 = opinion/feedback
수입 = income
Verbs:
축복하다 = bless
사라지다 = disappear
졸업하다 = to graduate
입원하다 = check into a hospital
퇴원하다 = check out of a hospital
이기다 = win
지다 = lose
후회하다 = regret
타다 = ride (the metro/any vehicle)*
Adjectives:
즐겁다 = pleasant
부족하다 = lack of/not enough of
간단하다 = simple
Adverbs and Other Words:
누구 = who
왜 = why
언제 = when
어디 = where
역시 = also*
미터 = meter
센티미터 = centimeter
몇몇 = some (only used with people)*
나중에 또 봐요 = see you later
벌써 = already
이미 = already
특히 = especially
크게 = greatly
점점 = graduallyWords With *
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Asking Questions in Korean
Asking questions in Korean, at first glance, is very easy. For the most part, asking questions in Korean without the use of a “question” word (who/what/when/where/why/how/how much/how many) is incredibly simple.
Asking questions in English is unnecessarily complicated. If I asked you the question “Do you like sports?” In English, what is the meaning of the word “do” in that sentence? In English, whenever we ask a question (without a question word), we need to include the words did/do/will to make the listener know that we are asking a question.
Did you go to the park?
Do you like sports?
Will you eat with us?
It is so confusing in English, and my two sentence explanation doesn’t really explain it very well. Luckily, this is not an English learning website! You are here to learn how to ask questions in Korean. Enough of this English nonsense.
