Conversational Korean

Conversational Korean

하이 하이 나는 카이입니다. Today I wanted to share some casual Korean I learned just by messaging in the language! I hope you can learn something as well, albeit these are fairly simple. I added some vocab under a few phrases so it may help some people who want to build up their vocab.

If something is wrong, please don’t hesitate to correct me, as I’m still learning as well

( this whole post is messy, I apologise )

반가워요- Nice to meet you

하이- Hi

바이/빠이- Bye

잘 잤어요?- did you sleep well?

잘자요- Sleep well

굿 나잇- Good night

굿 모닝/좋은 아침이에요- Good morning

좋은 꿈 꿔요!- Sweet dreams

뭐할거에요- What are you going to do?

뭐하고 있어요?- What are you doing? 뭐- what 하다- to do 있어요- existing, having 하고 있어요- doing

뭐해요?- What’s up?

오늘 기분이 어때요?- What’s your mood today?/How are you feeling today? 오늘- today 기분- mood 어때요?- how is it?

요즘 어떻게 지내요?- How have you been doing recently?

지금- now

지금 학교에 있어요- I’m in school now 학교- school

학교에 가고 있어요- I’m going to school

오늘은 어땠어요?- How was today? 어땠어요 is 어때요 in the past tense, making it “how was it?”

유튜브 보고 있습니다- I’m watching YouTube

핸드폰하고 있어요- I’m on my phone

맞아요- Right, I agree

그래요?- Is that right?/Is that so?

답늦어서 미안해요- Sorry for the late reply.

계속 대화하길 원해요- I want to keep talking

졸려요?- Are you sleepy?

그렇구나- I suppose

오늘 뭐 하고 놀았어요?- What have you been doing today?

힘내요- cheer up, hang in there

부끄러워요- I’m embarrassed/ashamed

잘하네요- good job

숙제하고있어요- I’m doing my homework

List of adjectives in ~스럽다

These are the most common I’ve found on Twitter. This list is by no means exhaustive.

사랑스럽다 : lovely

자랑스럽다 : proud

자연스럽다 : natural

실망스럽다 : disappointing

만족스럽다 satisfactory

송구스럽다 : sorry, apologectic

급작스럽다 : abrupt, sudden

촌스럽다 : to be out of style

수다스럽다 : talkative

뻔뻔스럽다 : shameless

바보스럽다 : foolish, stupid

변덕스럽다 : unpredictable, fickle, temperamental

부담스럽다 : burdensome

혼란스럽다 : confusing

탐스럽다 : desirable, attractive

유감스럽다 : unfortunate

퉁명스럽다 : abrupt, brusque

조심스럽디 : careful, cautious

안쓰럽다 : to feel sorry (for)

당황스럽다 : embarrassed, disconcerted

겸연스럽다 : embarrassed, sheepish

혐오스럽다 : disgusting, detestable

후회스럽다 : regretful, remorseful

여성스럽다 : feminine, girly

남성스럽다 : masculine

무지스럽다 : ignorant, dull

의심스럽다 : doubtful, suspicious

쑥스럽다 : shy, bashful

어른스럽다 : mature, adult-like

믿음직스럽다 : reliable, worthy

존경스럽다 : admirable

감동스럽다 : touching, moving

먹음직스럽다 : appetizing

개탄스럽다 : deplorable, lamentable

감격스럽다 : impressed, touched

망령스럽다 : childish, foolish

수치스럽다 : shameful, disgraceful

공포스럽다 : frightening, scary

별스럽다 : odd

죄스럽다 : feeling guilty

*:・°✧ how to introduce yourself in korean°

1. 이름이 뭐예요? whats your name? - 제 이름은 name이에요/예요   or   저는 name이에요/예요

~이에요 if ur name ends with a consonnant ~예요 if it ends with a vowel

♡

2. 어디에서 왔어요? where are you from? - country 사람이에요

examples : 프랑스 사람이에요 ; i am french 프랑스 ; france 사람 ; person

중국 사람이에요 ; i am chinese etc..

♡

3. 몇살이에요? how old are you? - age살이에요

examples : 17살이에요 ; i’m 17 years old 24살이에요, 14살이에요…

♡

4. 취미가 뭐예요? what are ur hobbies? - 노래하는 것을 좋아해요 i like singing

verb+는 것을 좋아해요

요리하는 것을 좋아해요 ; i like cooking 읽는 것을 좋아해요 ; i like reading 춤 추는 것을 좋아해요 ; i like dancing

♡

5. 학생+이에요 ; i am a student 고등학생 ; high schooler 대학생이에요 ; university student

OR

occupation이에요/예요 의사예요 ; im a doctor 선생이에요 ; im a teacher

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6. language를 공부해요 i study…. 프랑스어를 공부해요 ; i study french 영어를 공부해요 ; i study english

language를 배우고 있어요 i am learning…. 한국어를 배우고 있어요 ; i am learning korean 일본어를 배우고 있어요 ; i am learning japanese

♡ study well 💪💕🙋

10 Korean Proverbs

눈에서 멀어지면, 마음에서도 멀어진다 - Out of sight, out of mind

뜻이 있는 곳에 길이 있다 - Where there is a will, there is a way

웃음은 최고의 명약이다 - Laughter is the best medicine 

고생 끝에 낙이 온다 - At the end of hardship come happiness 

가는 말이 고와야오는 말이 곱다 -  If the outgoing words are beautiful, then the incoming words will be beautiful too

옷이 날개다 - Clothes are wings

하늘의 별 따기 - Plucking a star from the sky

시작이 반이다 - Starting is half the task

원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다 - Even monkeys fall from trees

제 눈에 안경이다 - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

A lot of people do not realize that Koreans actually use two different number systems! Each system is used to account for different things like age and amount of items or dates and money. It can be hard to figure out which is which so I love the way this shows you what each is used for!