Nouns:
길 = street
거리 = street/road
손 = hand
영어 = English
택시 = taxi
열차 = train
역 = train/subway station
버스 정류장 = bus stop
비행기 = airplane
자전거 = bicycle
아내 = wife
아이 = child
아들 = son
딸 = daughter
남편 = husband
아버지 = father
어머니 = mother
편지 = letter
맛 = taste
식사 = meal
아침 = morning
아침식사 = breakfast
물 = water
사과 = apple
돈 = money
Verbs:
오다 = to come
끝내다 = to finish
춤추다 = to dance
알다 = to know
걷다 = to walk
배우다 = to learn
연습하다 = to practice
생각하다 = to think
살다 = to live
Passive Verbs:
끝나다 = to be finished
Adjectives:
위험하다 = to be dangerous
잘생기다 = to be handsome
못생기다 = to be ugly
피곤하다 = to be tired
다르다 = to be different
슬프다 = to be sad
맛있다 = to be delicious
재미있다 = to be fun, to be funny
많다 = to be many of, to be a lot of
행복하다 = to be happy
Adverbs and Other Words:
거기 = there
저기 = there (when farther away)
지금 = now
하지만 = but
Common greeting words
I wish I could tell you not to worry about these. Of course, I can tell you "don't worry about these," but I don't think that will do. When learning a language, everybody wants to learn these words as soon as possible. I understand that completely, but I have purposely waited to teach you these types of words. In fact, I still don't want to show them to you – but at this point I am sure you are asking yourself "I've gotten this far and I still don't even know how to say 'goodbye' yet!"
In Korean, it is much easier to understand these words/phrases if you also understand why they are used the way they are. Unfortunately, we haven't reached the point where you can understand this. We will get to that in a few more lessons. Either way, here are some very common phrases which I am sure you are dying to know:
