3 Week KoreanChallenge ForBeginners

3 Week Korean Challenge for Beginners

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

30 Korean words for school subjects!

1. 과목 [gwa-mok] ~ Subject

2. 국어 [gu-geo] ~ National language (in this case Korean)

3. 수학 [su-hak] ~ Mathematics

4. 영어 [yeong-eo] ~ English

5. 과학 [gwa-hak] ~ Science

6. 생물 [saeng-mul] ~ Biology

7. 물리 [mul-li] ~ Physics

8. 화학 [hwa-hak] ~ Chemistry

9. 지구과학 [ji-gu-gwa-hak] ~ Earth science

10. 사회 [sa-hoe] ~ Social studies

11. 국사 [guk-sa] ~ Korean history

12. 역사 [yeok-sa] ~ History

13. 도덕 [do-deok] ~ Ethics

14. 윤리 [yul-li] ~ Ethics

15. 정치 [jeong-chi] ~ Politics

16. 경제 [gyeong-je] ~ Economics

17. 지리 [ji-ri] ~ Geography

18. 음악 [eu-mak] ~ Music

19. 미술 [mi-sul] ~ Fine arts

20. 체육 [che-yuk] ~ Physical Education

21. 한문 [han-mun] ~ Chinese writing

22. 산수 [san-su] ~ Arithmetic

23. 지리학 [ji-ri-hak] ~ Geography

24. 문학 [mun-hak] ~ Literature

25. 경영학 [gyeong-yeong-hak] ~ Business

26. 심리학 [sim-ri-hak] ~ Psychology

27. 법률 [beom-nyul] ~ Law

28. 사회학 [sa-hoe-hak] ~ Sociology

29. 저널리즘 [jeo-neol-li-jeum] ~ Journalism

30. 공민학 [gong-min-hak] ~ Civics

누구 VS 구가

(more notes from a TTMIK video)

누구 and 누가 both mean “who” but they are different :))

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 누구 = original base for for “who”

누가 = “who” but it works as the subject of the sentence

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누구 is an interrogative word (의문사) 

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In order to make 누구 the subject of a sentence, you add -가 to it.

누구 + 가 ≠ 누구가

누구가 would be unnatural and wrong.

누구 + 가 = 누가 (which is correct :))

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누구 + particle usually remains 누구 + that particle

It usually doesn’t change.

Like, 누구를 is still 누구를

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SENTENCES USING 누가

Who made this? ↴

이거 누가 만들었어요?

(“who” is the subject of the action so we used 누가)

만들다 = to make

만들었어요 = “made”, past tense of 만들다

YOU CANNOT SAY 이거 누구 만들었어요?

It’s unnatural and could be misinterpreted as “this made whom?” which doesn’t make much sense

IN CONCLUSION ‼️

이거 누구 만들었어요? ❌

이거 누가 만들었어요? ✅

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Who brought this? ↴

이거 누가 가져왔어요?

Who wants to do it first? ↴

누가 먼저 할래요?

⤷ You can make this more formal by adding honorific suffix -시

누가 먼저 하실래요?

Who told you? ↴

누가 말해 줬어요?

⤷ could be written as ↴

누구한테 들었어요?

from who did you hear it?

This is an example of what was said earlier, 누구 + particle remains the same

누구 + 한테 = 누구한테

누구한테 = from whom/to whom

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누구를

누구 + 를

the object marker still remains

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SENTENCES USING 누구 + 를 or particles

Whom do you want to invite? ↴

누구를 초대하고 싶어요?

초대하다 = to invite

초대하고 싶어요 = (I) want to invite

를 is an object marker or particle

In this case, you can drop the object marker ↴

누구 초대하고 싶어요?

Who will you invite/call for? (written differently than the previous phrase) ↴

누구를 부를 거예요?

부르다 = to call for/invite

You can drop the object marker here as well as it’s often omitted ↴

누구 부를 거예요?

Let’s say someone drew a person, you can ask:

Who did you draw? ↴

누구를 그린 그림이에요?

You can drop the particle here, too! ↴

누구 그린 그림이에요?

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SENTENCES JUST WITH 누구

Who is it? ↴

누구예요?

Let’s say someone knocks on your door, you can ask:

Who is it?/Who are you? ↴

누구세요?

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RECAP

누가

누구 + 가

Works as the subject of the sentence

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누구

original form of “who”

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BOTH mean “who” but they can be used differently!

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LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY MISTAKES, I GOT MY INFO FROM A VIDEO BUT I MAY HAVE MISTYPED, SO IF I DID PLEASE LET ME KNOW ☺️

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video I took notes from here

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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

LGBTQ+ Vocabulary in Korean

엘지비티 - LGBT 동성애 - homosexuality 동성애자 - homosexual 동성 - same sex 여성 동성애자 / 레즈비언 - lesbian 남성 동성애자 / 게이 - gay 성전환자 / 트랜스젠더 - transgender 양성애자 / 바이섹슈얼 - bisexual 양성애 - bisexuality 범성애자 / 팬섹슈얼 - pansexual 범성애 - pansexuality 무성애자 - asexual 무성애 - asexuality 넌바이너리 - nonbinary 성정체성 - gender identity 성지향성 - sexual orientation 동성결혼 - same sex marriage 커밍아웃을 하다 - to come out 동성애 혐오 - homophobia 동성애 혐오자 - homophobe

Fun Fact~

“이통” means “ear ache”, but is rarely used. It is derived from Hanja, where “이” means “ear”  and “통” comes from “통증” which means “pain” “ache” or “agony”.

If you have an earache, you can say “귀가 아파요” which means “My ear hurts”.