Let's Learn Korean [Phrasebook] - Let's Learn Korean! (p.

1 of 1)
Let's Learn Korean!
The Korean Alphabet also known as Hangul, or Chosongul (Han-geul in
South Korea) (Chosn'gl in North Korea), is the native alphabet of the
Korean language.
[South Korea]

The modern name Hangul was coined by Ju Sigyeong in 1912. Han means
"Great" in archaic Korean, while geul is the native Korean word for "Script".
Han could also be understood as the Sino-Korean word "Korean", so that
the name can be read "Korean script" as well as "Great Script".

I'm sorry if there's some mistake. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I didn't
study on a korean school. It's a self-study only. Thank you.
-EilyshFord ()

Vowels
Reading Hangul? First, Memorize the Vowels;
A ()
YA ()
EO ()
YEO ()
O ()

YO ()
U ()
YU ()
EU ()
I ()
E ()
AE ()
YEA ()
UI ()
We ()
WA ()
Wae ().

'' This Letter doesn't have any sound. But if you put it in the end, ''
(Sarang) It will be 'ng'.... arasso?!

Consonant
Second, Memorize the Consonant;
K/G ()
N ()
D/T ()
R/L ()
M ()
B/P ()
S ()
J ()
CH ()
T ()
P/B ()
H()

Let's Learn Korean [Phrasebook] - Greetings (p.1 of 1)

Annyeonghaseyo (Hello)
Eotteohke jinaeseyo? (How are you doing?)

Jaljinaesoyo (I'm fine)

Orenmanida (Long time no see)
Ireumeun mueosip nikka? (What's your name?)
Je ireum-eun (your name) imnida (My name is..)
Yoboseyo? (Hello; On the phone)
Jaljja (Sleep well)
Mianhamnida (I'm sorry)
Jurigaseyo (Go away)
Choum poepgetsumnida (Nice to meet you)
Ne (Yes)
Aniyo (No)
Kamsahamnida (Thank you)
Mianhamnida (I'm sorry)
I/Me;
-Na
To be; (temporary)
-Itda
To be; (permanent)

-Ida
I'm fine;
-Gwenchana
To come;
-Oda
To do;
-Hada
To excuse;
-Siryeohada
To go;
-Kada/ja
To thank;
-Kumabda
To see;
-Boda
[] Yeong (zero)
[] il (one)
[ ] i (two)

[] Sam (three)
[] Sa (four)
[] O (five)
[] Yuk (six)
[] Chil (seven)
[] Pal (eight)
[] Gu (nine)
[] Ship (ten)
[ ] Ship-il (eleven)
[] Ship-i (twelve)
[] Ship-sam (thirteen)
[] Ship-sa (fourteen)
[] Ship-o (fifteen)
[] Eeship (twenty)
[] Samship (thirty)
[] Saship (fourty)
[] Oship (fifty)
[DAYS]

Il-yoil (Sunday)
wol-yoil (Monday)
Hway-oil (Tuesday)
Suy-oil (Wednesday)
Mog-yoil (Thursday)
Geum-yoil (Friday)
To-yoil (Saturday)
[MONTHS]
Il-wol (January)
Iwol (February)
Sam-wol (March)
Sawol (April)
Owol (May)
Yuwol (June)
Chil-wol (July)
Palwol (August)
Guwol (September)
Shiwol (October)

Shib-il-wol (November)

Shib-iwol (December)
[Season]
Bom (Spring)
Yeoleum (Summer)
Ga-eul (Autumn)

Gyeoul (Winter)
Myeochsieyo? (What time is it?)
Myeoch sie? (At what time?)
Yeolsieyo (It's ten O'clock)
Yeolsi ban-ieyo (It's half past ten)
Yeolsi sib-obum (It's quarter past ten)
Yeol sib-obun jun (It's quarter to ten)
Achim (Morning)
Ohu (Afternoon)
Bam (Night)

Jajeong (Midnight)
Hae (Year)
[] Geon-eunsaek (black)
[] Hwinsaek (white)
[] Hwasaek (gray)
[] Bbalgansaek (red)
[] P'aransaek (blue)
[] Noransaek (yellow)
[] Choroksaek (green)
[] Joo-hwangsaek (orange)
[] Jajoo-saek (purple)
[] Kalsaek (brown)
[PLACES]
...I eodiyeyo? [Where's...?]
Jeil gakkaun... Eodiyeyo? [Where's the nearest....?]
...Eul chajgo iss-eoyo [I'm looking for..]
Geongin eotteohge gajyo? [How can I get there?]
Hotel [Hotel]

Hoseutel [Hostel]
Yuseu hoseutel [Youth Hostel]
Baeghwajeom [Department Store]
Sijang [Market]
Syupeomakes [Supermarket]
Eunhaeng [Bank]
Hyeongeum inchulgi [ATM]
Kape [Cafe]
Yeonghwa [Cinema]
Gyohoe [Church]
Jihacheol [Subway]
Uchegug [Post Office]
Haggyo [School]
Hwajangsil [University]
Gonghang [Airport]
Beoseu Jeonglyujang [Bus Stop]
Taegsi Seungchajang [Taxi Stand]
Gichayeog [Train Station]

Gyeongchalseo [Police Station]

Byeong-won [Hospital]
Jangso [Place]
[ANIMALS]
Dongmul [Animal]
Sae [Bird]
So [Cow]
Goyang-i [Cat]
Gae [Dog]
Gonglyong [Dinosaur]
Kokkili [Elephant]
Mulgogi [Fish]
Yeou [Fox]
Gaeguli [Frog]
Gilin [Giraffe]
Mal [Horse]
Saja [Lion]
Dwaeji [Monkey]
Tokki [Rabbit]

Sang-eo [Shark]
Yang [Sheep]
Holang-i [Tiger]
[FRUITS]
Fruits [Gwail]
Sagwa [Apple]
Banana [Banana]
Geom-eun ttalgi [Blackberry]
Beullubeli [Blueberry]
Cheli [Cherry]
Podo [Grape]
Lemon [Lemon]
Mang-go [Mango]
Olenji [Orange]
Bogsung-a [Peach]
Bae [Pear]
Pain-aepeul [Pineapple]
Ttalgi [Strawberry]

Tomato [Tomato]
Subag [Watermelon]
[WEATHER]
Ilgi yebo deul-eoss-eoyo? [What's the weather Forecast?]
Nalssi eotteongayo? [What's the weather like?]
Deowoyo [It's hot]
Chuwoyo [It's cold]
Hwachanghan [It's sunny]
Guleum-i manh-ayo [It's cloudy]
Balam-i buneun [It's windy]
Bi oneun [It's rainy]

Nun naelineun [It's snowy]

The title means, seonsaeng-nim (teacher's) note ()
! I'm very sorry If I have a lot of mistakes. I did this when I was still
fourteen and now I'm sixteen years old. I'm also planning to write the english
words into hangul. Please do correct me if I'm wrong and I'll edit this when I
have time. And also, please study the picture. It is VERY helpful. Thank you
very much. Credits to the owner of the picture.
Romanized Hangul.
'Saranghaeyo', when you read an romanized hangul, there's always an silent
letter to it. When you read it, it's not saranghaeyo. It's 'Sarangheyo' (silent a)

Example, Harry Potter it will be, ' ' (haeri poteo) when you read this it
will be Heri Poto. (silent a and e) for example only.

Learn Korean (p.1 of 1)

Korean is in Korean
Anyways on with the learning stuff...

Korean is the official language of North Korea & South Korea

It is written in Hangul -->
Hangul letters are grouped into blocks
For example: (romanized as han) is composed of (h), (a) and (n).
Each syllabic block consists of two to five letters, including at least one
consonant and one vowel. These blocks are then arranged horizontally from
left to right or vertically from top to bottom.

(!) This is the fun thing: listen to Kpop (for example the one in the video link),
watch Kdramas, watch movies (I love Korean horror movies), watch variety
shows (like Running Man) etc. If you lose interest in learning Korean these
things will motivate you and you can also catch some words and the
pronunciation while doing it.

When you write Korean into our letters (a,b,c...) it is romanization

Korean (Hangul) -
Romanization - hangul

TIPS IN LEARNING KOREAN

Memorize Hangul first (because romanization is confusing and never as

useful. Besides, Hangul has less letters than the English alphabet... just a
bit more difficult in pronunciation)
READ - keep on reading Korean. the more you read, the faster you'll be
able to comprehend
WRITE - keep on writing! Write a simple private diary or something. A public
journal maybe and ask a Korean friend/teacher to correct you
(Harukorean.com does this)
SPEAK - It's difficult to speak when you have no one to speak to but maybe
what you can do is record your own voice and compare yours with audio
from youtube or somewhere. It helps to hear yourself speak!
LISTEN - This is the fun part. Watch a lot of dramas, films, variety shows.
Observe how Koreans enunciate certain words. It really helps, I guarantee
this is the most fun you'll have.
This are online pages in which you can write Korean without having to
download anything, the first webpage is easy because you type 'g' and it
gives you that character automatically while in the second one it really is a
Korean keyboard meaning that you have to look for the letter you want to

write and then look for it on your own keyboard.

http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/korean.htm

http://www.branah.com/korean

How to enable Korean keyboard in Windows, Android & Iphone

http://lovingkorean.com/2012/03/02/type-korean/
Learn Korean - Consonants (p.1 of 1)
-b
- d/t
-j
-g
-p
-t
- ch
-k
-s

-h
-m
-n
- silent/at the end of the block ng
- l/r
Learn Korean - Vowels (p.1 of 1)
- a
- ya
- eo
- yeo
-o
- yo
-u
- yu
- eu
- i
- ae

- e
- oe
- wi
- ui
- yae
- ye
- wa
- wae
- wo
- we
I'm sorry guys but it's difficult for me to upload more pages on how to learn
Korean because I'm trying to learn it too and I feel as though I'm just making
it more difficult for you by throwing random vocabulary and stuff without
much sense so I'll be putting many webpages to learn Korean, okay?
If I find useful things (such as how to construct phrases) I'll be sure to
upload it

howtostudykorean.com (best page in the world)

(I absolutely love this site!! Only the 5 first classes are free though T__T)
http://www.learnkoreanonline.net/MembersArea/class1-learn-to-read-and-

write-korean/
He is also on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/rabrab99/videos

(To learn Hangul) http://www.indiana.edu/~koreanrs/hangul.html

(Writing Hangul - they also say the strokes)

http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Language/korean.cfm?Subject=writing

(Learn Korean Vocabulary by shooting zombies!)

http://animara.com/hanghoul/

(Free classes online) http://seemile.com/renewal/package_list.jsp?

pkg_no=21

http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/

http://www.parleremo.org/viewcatalog.php?catlang=kor

(PDF) http://www.learnkoreanlp.com/2009/08/korean-grammar-pdf-file.html
(just click on Korean language guide PDF)

(Dictionary) http://www.indiana.edu/~koreanrs/kordic.html

(Here they upload every Tuesday a lesson) http://www.weeklykorean.com/

(Korean newspaper) http://www.voakorea.com/

(Another Korean newspaper) http://chosun.com/

(New word every day) http://www.transparent.com/word-of-theday/today/korean.html

(Learn vocab) http://www.indiana.edu/~koreanrs/hangul.html

(Dictionary) http://www.koreandictionary.net/

http://www.101languages.net/korean/

http://www.koreanclass101.com/

http://www.learn-korean.net/learn-korean-classes-listarticles-4.html

http://es-mx.livemocha.com/learn-korean

http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/CU_EN_9_9_1_1.jsp

http://www.loecsen.com/travel/0-en-14-2-29-free-lessons-korean.html

http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/

http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm

http://www.learnkorean.com/home/index.asp

http://www.learn-korean.net/

http://linguanaut.com/english_korean.htm

http://www.genkienglish.net/speakkorean/

http://langintro.com/kintro/toc.htm

learnkorean.ning.com

epsklt.hrdkorea.or.kr

http://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit1/

dic.naver.com (it doesn't translate the sentence, rather it separates the

words in the sentence and gives the definition of each word properly, with
sample sentences for the word below it)

(Korean Tongue Twisters) http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/ko.htm

Learn Korean - The Name of the Letters (p.1 of 1)

 (giyeok )
(nieun )
(digeut )
(rieul )
(mieum )
(bieup )
(siot )
(ieung )
(jieut )
(chieut )
(kieuk )
(tieut )
(pieup )
(hieut )
(a)
(ae)
(eo)
(e)

 (o)
(u)
(eu)
First of all I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in a while, I've been too stressed
lately to find more info and I didn't know what to do

Okay, I'll explain it:

It's a game to translate lyrics from Korean to Romanization! (It's a practice for
it)
1. Look for a paragraph or a few lines of your favourite song (must be Korean
of course), write the name of the group, the song, and below the lines in
hangul () without looking for the romanization
2. After write the romanization that you think it is
3. Post the real romanization

Note: If you don't know how to find it, it's as easy as just typing into Google
'The group' 'The song' 'hangul/romanization'

Example:
4Minute - Volume Up

1. (I typed in Google 4minute volume up hangul)

uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
eh eh eh eh Why

2. (Please don't laught at me xD and try not to do this at late at night like I did
or you will come up with awful results lol)
Nareul choeum bwaseul ttaen dondo mosddossossdon neo uh uh uh uh neo
uh uh uh
Swibdago silhdamyo dwueso nae yae kil hae eh eh eh eh Why

3. (I have a feeling that what I've written was horribly wrong so I'm not going to
read it or else I'll feel embarrassed hehe) (I looked for 4minute volume up
romanization)
Nareul cheoeum bwasseul ttaen Nundo mot ttaesseotdeon neo Uh uh uh uh
neo uh uh uh uh
Swibdago silhdamyeo dwieseo nae yaegil hae Eh eh eh eh why

PS: Remember that this is just a game, have fun, laugh at your mistakes and
practice more :)

Learn Korean - Conversation (p.1 of 1)

I will write first the English translation, second the hangul & third the
romanization (how it is pronounced)
''There are many ways in which you can say some words, there is formal,
informal and honorifics
For example on hello:

Formal
/
Informal
''

Hello/hi

Anyeong

Good morning/Hello

Anyeong haseyo

Hello (answering the phone)

Yoboseyo

Good evening

Anyong hashossoyo

Good night

Anyongi jumuseyo

Good bye

Anyonghi geseyo

No

Aniyo
(Also can be)
No

Ani

Yes

Ne/Ye

Thank you (very much)

()
(Nomu)Gamsahamida
(Informal)
Thank you

Gomawo

I love you (the yo makes it more formal)

()
Saranghae(yo)

Welcome (to greet someone)

Hwanyonghamnida

How are you?

?
Chal jinaeshssyo?

I'm fine, thanks

.
Ne. Chal jinaessyo.

I'm sorry (the yo makes it formal)

()
Mianhae(yo)
Learn Korean - Family Members (p.1 of 1)
*It's better to learn the hangul without romanization

Older Woman

ajumoni (aunt) [Polite]

Older Woman

ajumma (auntie) [Less Polite]

Older Man

ajussi (Uncle)

Elderly Woman

halmoni (Grandmother) [Polite]

Elderly Man

haraboji (Grandpa) [Less Polite]

Father

ah buh ji

Father in law

shi ah buh ji

Father in law


jang in uh reun

Dad

appa [Informal]

Mum

eomma

Mother

eohmoni

Mother in law

shi uh muh ni

Mother in law

jang mo nim

Siblings
Older Sister

eonni (If the speaker is female)

Older Brother

oppa (If the speaker is female)

Older Sister

nuna (If the speaker is male)

Older Brother

hyung (If the speaker is male)

Younger Sibling

dong saeng (Regardless of speaker's gender)

Learn Korean - Numbers (Sino & Native), Date, Minutes, Prices,
Counting, Age, Hours & Months (p.1 of 10)
Korean have two counting systems: Native Korean numbers & Sino Korean
System

Sino Korean is borrowed from the Chinese and it is used for:

Years
Date, month & year
Days
Minutes & seconds
Currency (they use won)
Phone numbers

Maths
Adress
Degrees (temperature)

Native Korean numbers are used for:

Counting (one, two, three...go! = Hana, dhul, seht...)
Hours
Age

Numeral Hanja Sino-Korean Native Korean Ordinal

0 - (gong) (gongbeonjjae)
(yeong) (yeongbeonjjae)
(jero) (jerobeonjjae)
(nul)
In general, Korean names consist of 3 syllables.
The first part is the Surname (such as Kim, Lee and Pak), it is the followed
by a two-syllable first name. In Korean, the surname always comes first
which is opposite of Western Names such as Doojin Pak instead of the
Korean method of Pak Doojin.

When you are referring to someone who you know well, then you may be
able to refer to them directly, such as using their first name. However when
youare introduced to someone to whom you are not familiar with, or am
meeting for the first time, then you would add -ssi to the end of the name.
An example of this would be Doojin-ssi
English Hangul Pronunciation

(I) ...(you) () () .. (Naneun) (dangsineul) ..haeyo.

love . Saranghaeyo.
like . Joahaeyo.
hate . Miwohaeyo.
detest . Jeungohaeyo.
dearly love . Samohaeyo.
Thank you. . Gomapseumnida.
Thank you. . Gamsahamnida.
I am sorry. . Mianhamnida.
I am very sorry. . Joesonghamnida.
I feel (am)... .. Naneun ..haeyo.
angry . Hwaganayo.

sad . Seulpeoyo.
happy . Gippeoyo.
merry . Jeulgeowoyo.
excited . Sinnayo.
depressed . Uulhaeyo.
afraid . Museowoyo.
nervous . Bulanhaeyo.
thankful . Gomawoyo.
sorry . Mianhaeyo.
puzzeled . Hwangdanghaeyo.
confused . Danghwangseureowoyo.
pleased . Manjokseureowoyo.
disappointed . Silmangiyeyo.
excited . Heungbundoeyo.
surprised . Nolrawoyo.
happy . Haengbokaeyo.
unhappy . Bulhaenghaeyo.
lonely . Godokaeyo.

lonely . Oerowoyo.
refreshed . Sangkoaehaeyo.
unpleasant . Bulkoaehaeyo.
comfortable . Pyeonhaeyo.
falsely accused . Eogulhaeyo.
shameful . Bukkeureowoyo.
ashamed . Changpihaeyo.
stuffy (or difficulty in breathing) . dapdapaeyo.
bored . Jiruhaeyo.
painful . Apayo.
It is ... () .. (Geugeoseun) ..haeyo.
inconvenient . Bulpyeonhaeyo.
hard . Himdeureoyo.
difficult . Eoryeowoyo.
easy . Swiwoyo.
intresting . Jaemiisseoyo.
mystic . Sinbihaeyo.

charming . Maeryeokjeokiyeyo.
moving . Gamdongjeokiyeyo.
admirable . Hullyunghaeyo.
stylish . Meositsseoyo.
pretty . Yeppeoyo.
beautiful . Areumdawoyo.
cute . Gwiyeowoyo.
complicated . Bokjaphaeyo.
simple . Dansunhaeyo.

PS: Adding -yo makes it polite

English Hangul Pronunciation

red ppalgangsaek
orange juhwangsaek
yellow norangsaek
green choroksaek
blue parangsaek

deep blue namsaek

purple borasaek
black geomjeongsaek
white hinsaek
light green yeondusaek
crimson jinhongsaek
deep red dahongsaek
maroon bamsaek
blue cheongsaek
gray hwisaek
green noksaek
sky blue haneulsaek
golden geumsaek
silver eunsaek
English
Hangul
Pronunciation

boyfriend

namjachingu

girlfriend

yeojachingu

sweetheart (boyfriend, girlfriend)

aein

couple

yeonin

dating

yeonae

date

deiteu

blind date

miting

marriage meeting

matseon

engagement

yakhon

wedding

gyeoron

broken heart

siryeon

breaking off engagement

pahon

divorce

ihon

second marriage

jaehon

darling, honey, sweety

,
Jagi, Yeobo
Learn Korean - Body Parts (p.1 of 1)
EnglishHangulPronunciation
body

mom

head

meori

hair

meorikarak

face


eolgul

forehead

ima

eye

nun

eyebrow

nunsseop

eyelid

nunkkeopul

eyelashes

songnunsseop

ear

gwi

cheek

bol

nose

ko

nostrils


kogumeong

mouth

ip

lips

ipsul

tongue

hyeo

neck

mok

nape of the neck

mokdeolmi

throat

mokgumeong

tooth

gum

inmom

chin

teok

shoulder

eokkae

arm

pal

wrist

palmok

elbow


palkkumchi

hand

son

wrist

sonmok

palm of the hand

sonbadak

fist

jumeok

finger

songarak

thumb

eomji

index finger

geomji

ring finger

yakji

fingernail


sontop

breast

gaseum

breast

yubang

armpit

gyeodeurangi

side

yeopguri

back

deung

waist

heori

abdomen

bae

navel

baekkop

buttocks


eongdeongi

leg

dari

thigh

heobeokji

knee

mureup

foot

bal

ankle

balmok

toenail

baltop

heel

dwikkumchi

skin

salgat

muscles


geunyuk

bone

ppyeo
Learn Korean - Sentence Structure and Word Order (p.1 of 1)
Note: There is another post about sentence structure
In Korean the structure of sentence differ to English sentences, for example
the phrase Chal Chinaessooyo literally means "Well have you been getting
on?" which is the opposite from English.
In general the structure of the Korean sentences is broken down as subject
- object - verb
"Jon the ball kicked"

"To Go" in order to do sentences

There are a few words that you may add to the end of verb stems at the end
of sentences, these include -yo which makes sentences polite, and -ro
which means "in order to".
In some cases the verb stems may in effect end in consonants in which

case -uro is utilised.

The order of the sentences for an example sentence of "in order to buy
bread I am goin to the shops" is restructured as "bread buy-in order-to the
shops go"
In Korean unlike English, the subject of the sentences is optional like "I",
then the "in order section" is next, which is then followed by "the place you
are going".
(In English) I go to the shops in-order -to buy bread
(in Korean) I (optional) bread buy - in-order to shops to go
The Konglish for this sentence in Korean would be na-do ppang sa-ro kayo
(I-do bread buy-in order-to go).

* The construction can only be used in verbs involving 'going' and 'coming'
and cannot be used with other verbs at the end of sentences.
Questions

jil mun

How?
?
Eo tteoh ge?

What?
?
Mu eos eur?

Who?

Nugu?

Why?
?
Wae?

Where?
?
Eo di ro?

Where is he?

 ?
Geu neun eo di it seup ni kka?

What is this?
?
Igeoseun mueos ipnikka?

Why are you sad?

?
Dangsineun seulpeuniyu neunmeos ipnikka?

How do you want to pay?

?
Eo tteoh ge ji bul ha si get seup ni kka?

Can I come?
?
Jega gado doenayo?

Is he sleeping?
?
Geu neun ja go it seup ni kka?

Do you know me?

?
Jeo reur a sip ni kka?

Do you have my book?

?
Nae chaeg eur ga ji go it seup ni kka?

How big is it?

?
Geu geos eun eol ma na keup ni kka?

Can I help you?

?
Do wa deu ril kkayo?

Can you help me?

?
Do wa ju si get seup ni kka?

Do you speak English?

?
Yeong eo reur har su it seup ni kka?

How far is this?

?
Eol ma na meop ni kka?

What time is it?

?
Myeoc si ip ni kka?

How much is this?

?
Eol ma ip ni kka?

What is your name?

?
Ireum i mueosipnikka?

Where do you live?

?
Sa neun gos i eo di ip ni kka?
Countries

guk ga

Australia

ho ju

Cambodia

kam bo di a

Canada

kae na da

China

jung guk

Egypt

i jip teu

England

yeong guk

France
peu rang seu

Germany

dog il

Greece

geu ri seu

India

in do

Indonesia

in do ne si a

Italy

I tal li a

Japan

il bon

Mexico

mek si ko

Morocco


mo ro ko

Peru

pe ru

Spain

seu pe in

Thailand

tae guk

USA

mi guk

Brunei

beulunai

Malaysia

malleisia
Languages

eon eo

Arabic

a rab eo

Chinese

jung gug eo

English

yeong eo

French

peu rang seu

German

dog eo

Greek

geu ri seu eo

Hebrew

hi beu ri eo

Hindi

hin di eo

Italian

i tal li a eo

Japanese

il bon eo

Korean

han gug eo

Latin

ra tin eo

Russian

reo si a eo

Spanish

seu pe in eo

Urdu

u reu du eo

hada
To do

kada
To go

boda
To see/watch

badda
To receive/get

ittda
To be/exist/have


eobtda
To not be

chooda
To give

ittda
To read

sseuda
To write

deudda
To listen

salda
To live

chada
To sleep

meokda
To eat

ipda
To wear


nolda
To enjoy

sada
To buy
In regards to the order of a sentence, there are four basic types in Korean.
These are:
S + N
S + V
S + A
S + O + V
* S = subject, N = noun, A = adjective, O = object and V = verb.

The tense of a sentence is determined by the last part of a sentence,

namely, by a noun, verb or adjective.
In Korean, adjectives function like verbs in that they can be converted to
different forms to

determine the tense of a sentence.

For example,
In English, the past tense of "go" is "went."
In Korean, the past tense of "" (gada, go) is "" (gatta, went).
The verbs function in the same way in English and Korean.
However, in the case of adjectives, the past tense of "good" in English is not
"gooded" but it is
written, "was good."
Contrary to this, in Korean, "" (jota, good) has a past tense form of "
" (joatta, was
good).

Compare:
In English, "good" (present) "was good" (past)
In Korean, "" (present) "" (past)

Therefore, the adjectives in Korean function like verbs in that they can be
converted to a past tense

or future tense, or any other tense forms.

This conversion of a verb(or adjective) to its past, future, present continuous
or past continuous
tense forms is called a verb (or adjective) "conjugation."

To understand
Topic Particle - /

This particles section is divided into several parts.

These are:
/ - Topic particle Subject particles
/ - Identifier particle
- Additive particle
/ - Object particle
- Time/place particle
Note: / and / are 'Subject particles.' The explanations are given in
the 'Subject Particles' section.
For example,
= I am a student

, the topic particle, is attached to the end of , which means the pronoun
"I", to show that the
topic is about "I" or the subject is "I".

= I am a student, too.
In this sentence, , the additive particle, is attached to to show that in
addition to a person or
people who are students, "I", too, am a student.

/ [Topic Particle]
The first particle, we'll learn, is /, the topic particle. It is used for a
subject or topic of a
sentence. is used for nouns without a final consonant, and for nouns
with a final consonant.
Let me explain,
= I am
= A person is
consists of +
= n (an initial consonant)
= a (a vowel)

As you can see, is a word without a final consonant, therefore is

attached to it.
On the other hand, which means 'a person' has as a final character,
and consists of + +

Learn Korean - Degrees of formality (p.1 of 1)

(!) You should try to always use the formal unless the other person tells you
that it's okay to speak informal to them.
For example adding the yo at the end of the sentence or using naneun
(I) instead of

There are three major types in the degrees of formality:

Informal
Polite/Formal
Honorific

In expressing the politeness in the speech, Korean differs from English in

that the verb endings change depending on the age and rank of the person
being addressed to and the social setting one finds oneself in. For example,
when I'm asked, "Where are you going?" I might answer, "I'm going to
school" in the following ways:

 - [Informal, to people of the same age as me or younger than me,

especially among close friends]
- [Polite, to people older than me, and in formal social situations]
- [Honorific, this is rarely used in normal conversations.
I would say this type of speaking is only found in very formal settings such
as on the news or in the army.]

You would use the polite form even when the person you're speaking to is of
the same age as you or younger than you if you're not very close to the
person and/or you're in a formal social setting. I'd say it's best to stick to the
polite form first and then use the informal form later as you gain more
understanding of the Korean language.
The major mark of the division is probably the age. The polite language is
used to people above one's age and informal language to people equal to
and below one's age.
However, generally, the polite language is generally used in many social
situations and the informal language is usually used among close friends.
In Korean, the verb endings change depending on whether the language is
used in writing or speech.

For example, " " which means "I went to school" is a written
form, and "
" is a spoken form.
= I went to school (written form as in writing, books, diary

and newspaper)
= I went to school (spoken form as in conversations,
movies and dramas)

As you can see, the ending of a verb changes from to , both of

which mean "went".
Therefore you'd write in one way but speak in a slightly different way. But
don't be too alarmed at
the difference, as there are simple patterns to it, and you'll get to learn them
along the way.
Unlike English, pronouns are not essential for sentences to be
grammatically correct in Korean
language, and in many instances, the pronouns can be omitted from normal
sentences all together.
It is also important to notice that some pronouns (e.g. , , ) are
much less frequently used
than other pronouns in spoken Korean.

Pronouns (I, You) - , , ,

Let's start with "I":

Informal form (, I)

 = I
= I + (Topic particle)
(usually in spoken Korean)
= I + (Identifier particle)
= I + (Additive particle)
= I + (Object particle)
(usually in spoken Korean)
= my
= mine (written Korean)
(usually in spoken Korean)
Note: becomes when combined with (Identifier particle)
Polite form (, I)
= I
= I + (Topic particle)
(usually in spoken Korean)
= I + (Identifier particle)
= I + (Additive particle)

 = I + (Object particle)
(usually in spoken Korean)
= my
= mine (written Korean)
(usually in spoken Korean)

Now for "You":

Informal form (, You)
= You
= You + (Topic