Everyday Korean: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

980 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200

uncle; male sibling of a parent

Noun

maternal aunt (one's mother's sister); madam (when one calls a middle-aged waitress); having the same father but a different mother; emo (music genre)

Noun

고모

paternal aunt (one's father's sister); a tall hat worn by nobles during ceremonies

Noun

가족

household; family

Noun

부모님

honorific of 부모 (bumo, “parents”)

Noun

남편

husband

Noun

아내

wife, especially one's own

Noun

아기

unweaned baby, child; animal baby; one's young daughter or daughter-in-law

Noun

친구

friend; fellow, chap, guy

Noun

어른

grownup, adult, elder, senior

Noun

젊다

to be young, to be youthful; usually upper teens, twenties, thirties

Adjective

노인

an old person; the elderly

Noun

이웃

neighbor (a person who lives nearby); vicinity; neighborhood, neighbouring

Noun

씨

seed, kernel; sperm; woof, weft; part of speech; prime; sir or madam; Mr. or Ms.; lineage; surname; synonym of 시 (si, “cee”)

Noun

선생님

teacher; sir, mister, Ms (polite term of address for an elder male or female)

Noun

하나

one (independently, without a classifier)

Numeric

둘

two

Numeric

셋

three (independently, without a classifier)

Numeric

넷

four (as a noun)

Numeric

다섯

five

Numeric

여섯

six

Numeric

일곱

seven

Numeric

여덟

eight

Numeric

아홉

nine

Numeric

열

ten

Numeric

스물

twenty (independently, without a classifier)

Numeric

일

work (activity done for compensation or reward); a fact, an event, a situation (any kind of occurrence); deed (any human activity); urination, defecation, sexual intercourse; day (twenty-four hours, a thirtieth of the month)

Noun

삼

three

Numeric

육

six

Numeric

칠

seven

Numeric

팔

arm

Noun

구

nine; the number 10³²

Numeric

십

ten

Numeric

백

hundred

Numeric

천

thousand

Numeric

만

bay, gulf; indicates that an action is expected, reasonable, or justified; indicates that an action is possible or accepted

Noun

영

quite; forever

Adverb

번호

number; roll call

Noun

첫째

first (ordinal number)

Numeric

마지막

the end; the last thing

Noun

반

half; party; group; class (at a school)

Noun

많다

many, much, a lot, plentiful

Adjective

적다

to write, to write down

Verb

조금

a little; a bit

Adverb

모두

all, wholly; altogether

Adverb

몇

how many; which number; some

Determiner

얼마

how much, how many; some amount or quantity; any amount or quantity

Noun

더

more, -er (to a greater extent)

Adverb

명

Counter for people

마리

animals; head (of cattle); fish

권

volumes

잔

a drinking cup

Noun

병

bottle; jar; disease, illness, sickness; soldier; the third of the ten heavenly stems

Noun

장

sauce; marmalade; jam; compote (stewed fruit); preserved vegetables; preserved fruit; head (of an organization); marketplace; place, venue; scene; field; bowel; intestine; emblem; chapter (of a book, etc.)

Noun

번

occasion, time (as in first time, second time, etc.)

Noun

살

years of age (of a person) (takes native numerals)

원

won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = ₩ (KRW); won; the official currency of North Korea, sign = ₩ (KPW); yuan; the official currency of China, sign = ￥ (CNY); circle; one

Noun

음식

food, including drink

Noun

음료

drink, beverage

Noun

먹다

to eat, drink, have, consume (food or liquid); to pocket, embezzle, seize upon; to receive, get; to make up (one's mind), be determined; to grow older; to screw, fuck

Verb

마시다

to drink; to breathe in, to inhale

Verb

물

water; influence; taint (with verbs 들다 (deulda) or 먹다 (meokda))

Noun

차

vehicle (usually refers to car); tea; difference; gap

Noun

커피

coffee, especially the beverage

Noun

우유

cow's milk

Noun

밥

cooked rice; meal; feed; someone serving as an object of abuse

Noun

빵

bread

Noun

달걀

a hen's egg

Noun

계란

chicken egg

Noun

고기

meat; flesh; fish (animal); a historical record; an ancient document

Noun

소고기

beef

Noun

돼지고기

pork (meat of a pig)

Noun

닭고기

chicken (meat)

Noun

생선

fish (as food)

Noun

채소

vegetable

Noun

과일

fruit

Noun

사과

apple; apology

Noun

바나나

banana

Noun

귤

tangerine; mandarin orange (fruits)

Noun

토마토

tomato

Noun

김치

kimchi, a dish made with fermented, seasoned vegetables

Noun

국

soup; country; state; nation

Noun

찌개

jjigae (a Korean dish similar to a stew, typically consisting of vegetables and meat or seafood boiled in water seasoned with soy sauce and gochujang or doenjang)

Noun

설탕

sugar

Noun

소금

salt; sogeum (bamboo flute)

Noun

간장

soy sauce; liver and intestine

Noun

고추장

gochujang: a savory and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chili powder, glutinous rice powder mixed with powdered fermented soybeans, and salt.

Noun

술

alcoholic beverage; liquor; spoon; tassel or fringe (on flags, curtains, clothing, etc.); the eleventh of the ten earthly branches

Noun

맥주

beer

Noun

소주

soju, Korean rice liquor

Noun

주스

juice (beverage made of juice)