- To Eat

먹다 - To Eat

뭘 먹고 싶어요? - What do you want to eat?

…먹고 싶어요 - I want to eat…

밥 먹었어요? - Have you eaten?

먹자 - Let’s eat

잘 먹겠습니다 - I will eat well  

잘 먹었습니다 - I ate well

맛있어요 - Delicious

배고파요 - I’m hungry 

시장 - Market

식당  - Restaurant

과일 - Fruit

복숭아 - Peach

수박 - Watermelon

바나나 - Banana

야채 - Vegetable

고구마 - Sweet potato

밥 - Food/Rice

음식 - Food

빵 - Bread

김밥 - Seaweed rice roll

김치 - Kimchi

라면 - Ramen

떡볶이 - Spicy rice cake

빙수 - Korean shaved ice

피자 - Pizza

케이크 - Cake

초콜릿 - Chocolate 

🍭 A&R 🍭 

가족 나무 - Family Tree

In Korea, there are two sides of the family (much like western culture). Although, unlike western culture, they actually go by a different name. While you still call your mother’s sister your aunt - even without specifying that she’s on your mother’s side - there are completely different names / titles to use. 

가족 - family

어머니 / 엄마 - mother / mom (formal / casual)

아버지 / 아빠 - father / dad

할아버지 - grandpa

할머니 - grandma

부모 - parents

조부모 - grandparents

친척 - relatives

사촌 - cousin

형제 - brothers

자매 - sisters

형 - older brother (male)

오빠 - older brother (female)

누나 - older sister (male)

언니 - older sister (female)

동생 - younger sibling (여동생 - little sister, 남동생 - little brother)

고모 - father’s sister

이모 - mother’s sister 

you can say this when ordering at a restaurant. If the woman looks old enough to be your aunt, that is.

삼촌 - uncle

Other names and titles in Korean:

아저씨 - older man (can be used as uncle)

아줌마 - older woman

아가씨 - woman (not married)

총각 - man (not married)

-씨 - 희주씨 (used after a name)

선생님 (쌤) - teacher (slang)

-님 - 의사님 (used after an occupation)

선배 - older university student (used if you are in freshman / first-year uni)

여자친구 (여친) - girlfriend (slang)

남자친구 (남친) - boyfriend (slang)

여자사람친구 (여사친) - female friend (slang)

남자사람친구 (남사친) - male friend (slang)

There are…hundreds of honorific titles in Korean, and if I went through all of them this post wouldn’t be about family anymore and it would be unnecessarily long. When I finish the ‘Jobs in Korea (for foreigners)’ blog, I will add workplace honorifics. But for now, that’s all! I hope you enjoyed this lesson. 

Happy Learning :)

~ SK101

Animals

박쥐 - Bat

곰 - Bear

새 - Bird

낙타 - Camel

고양이 - Cat

병아리 - Chick

닭 - Chicken

소 - Cow

게 - Crab

악어 - Crocodile 

사슴 - Deer

개 - Dog

오리 - Duck

독수리 - Eagle

코끼리 - Elephant

물고기 - Fish

개구리 - Frog

여우 - Fox

기린 - Giraffe

염소 - Goat

고릴라 - Gorilla

고슴도치 - Hedgehog 

하마 - Hippopotamus 

말 - Horse

캥거루 - Kangaroo

코알라 - Koala 

표범 - Leopard

사자 - Lion

도마뱀 - Lizard

원숭이 - Monkey

쥐 - Mouse

타조 - Ostrich

부엉이 - Owl

황소 - Ox

판다 - Panda

펭귄 - Penguin

돼지 - Pig

비둘기 - Pigeon

조랑말 - Pony

토끼 - Rabbit

너구리 - Raccoon 

코뿔소 - Rhinoceros

갈매기 - Seagull

물개 - Seal

상어 - Shark

뱀 - Snake

다람쥐 - Squirrel

호랑이 - Tiger

거북이 - Turtle

고래 - Whale 

늑대 - Wolf

얼룩말 - Zebra

Vocabulary: Must-Know Verbs

안녕, 여러분! Hey, y’all! Welcome to this vocab list! I want to show you some basic and important verbs (action words) that you might hear in everyday Korean. I know this list is pretty long, but take your time with it–there’s no rush! Let’s build up our vocab!!

가다 = to go

가져가다 = to take (something)

가져오다 = to bring (something)

걷다 = to walk

공부하다 = to study

가르치다 = to teach

날다 = to fly

나가다 = to go out

나오다 = to come out

놀다 = to play/to hang out (w/someone)

느끼다 = to feel

들어가다 = to go in

들어오다 = to come in

달리다 = to run

들다 = to listen/to hear

뛰다 = to run/to jump

만들다 = to make

먹다 = to eat

마시다 = to drink

받다 =to receive (can also mean to pick up a phone call)

보다 = to see/to watch/to look

부르다 = to call/to sing (would be conjugated in the present tense as 불러요)

배우다 = to learn

사다 = to buy

살다 = to live

사랑하다 = to love

샤워하다 = to shower

싫다 = to hate/to not like/to not want

수영하다 = to swim

알다 = to know

이다 = to be

아니다 = to not be

일하다 = to work

있다 = to have/to be there

없다 = to no have/to not be there

오다 = to come

웃다 = to smile/to laugh

울다 = to cry

운전하다 = to drive

운동하다 = to exercise

요리하다 = to cook

전화하다 = to call (on the phone)

좋아하다 = to like

주다 = to give

자다 = to sleep

찾다 = to find/ to look for

청소하다 = to clean

하다 = to do

우와! Wow, this is a long list! I thought all of these verbs were pretty important/useful, but you can focus on the ones you find most important :). I hope this was helpful to build up your vocabulary! Thanks for studying with me! 안녕!

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!

Is ㄹ pronounced as L or R?

This is probably one of the most common questions that beginners ask when learning 한글. Just like every beginner learners, I went through this as well which is why I decided to study pronunciation rules too. I created this post to help clear up any confusion.

When ㄹ is located at the beginning of a word, it sounds more like an R.

Example: 라디오 (ra-di-o), 레슨 (re-seun), 로맨틱 (ro-man-tik)

When ㄹ is located between two vowels, it sounds like an R.

Example: 다리 (da-ri), 사랑 (sa-rang), 어렵다 (eo-ryeob-dda), 모르다 (mo-reu-da), 노력 (no-ryeok), 매력 (mae-ryeok)

When ㄹ is located at the end of a word, it’s pronounced more like an L.

Example: 딸 (ddal), 아들 (a-deul), 월 (weol), 달 (dal), 칼 (khal), 연필 (yeon-pil), 교실 (gyo-sil)

When ㄹ is followed by a consonant or followed by another ㄹ, it sounds like L.

Example: 딸기 (ddal-gi), 힘들다 (him-deul-da), 몰라 (mol-la), 살자 (sal-ja), 고릴라 (go-ril-la)

When ㄹ comes after any consonant except ㄴ, ㄹ is pronounced as N.

Example: 생리 (saeng-ni), 국립 (gung-nip), 능력 (neung-nyeok)

When ㄹ comes before or after an ㄴ, both ㄹ and ㄴ are pronounced as ㄹ.

Example: 한류 (hal-lyu), 신라 (sil-la), 신랑 (sil-lang), 달나라 (dal-la-ra)

Disclaimer: Hope this helps but remember not to rely too much on romanizations and listen to the sounds properly as well.

This is a post that I shared on Amino app and I decided to post it here as well.