KOREAN

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Vocabulary

Nouns:

소식 = news (when hearing from somebody)

엄마 = mom

아빠 = dad

결혼식 = wedding*

우표 = postage stamp

신 = god

만화 = comics/cartoons

만화책 = comic book

예정 = schedule

코딱지 = booger, a small amount of something

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 = gradually

Words 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.