Words 1–100
하다
to do; used to vaguely refer to almost any action, in particular; to prepare, to make (food, clothes, etc.); to make a certain facial expression; to have, to eat; to wear, to put on (accessories such as hats or jewelry); to run (an enterprise, etc.); to be, to take the responsibility of... (a charge, a role); to get (a result); to cost, to be worth (a certain price); to treat, to deal with; …
Verb
것
thing; something; that which; what; used to designate any object, action, or phenomenon, forming noun phrases.; an object belonging to an owner; forms constructions equivalent to English possessive pronouns. Colloquially pronounced 꺼 (kkeo) with initial tensing.; Emphasizes the speaker's certainty about the preceding verb or adjective.; Used as an element in a number of verbal suffixes; see the "Derived terms" section.
Noun
되다
to become; to come, to arrive; to be permissible; to be OK; may; to be... -ed; follows nouns and nominals to form passive verbs. The noun functions as the -이 (-i) / -가 (-ga)-complement of the verb. When there is no particle in between, the construction is written without spaces.; Forms certain adjectives.; to measure the amount of powder, grains, liquids, etc., using measurements such as 말 (mal), 되 (doe), and 홉 (hop)
Verb
우리
we, us (refers to the speaker along with the listener(s), and possibly others, forming a collective “we”); we (refers to a group that includes the speaker and others of equal or lower status, but it explicitly excludes the person being addressed); my, our (prefixed to a noun to indicate that the noun is intimately associated with or belongs to the speaker’s group)
Pronoun
알다
to know, understand (to have information or knowledge about an object or situation through education, experience, thoughts, etc.); to know; realize (to realize or feel a fact or situation through awareness or senses.); to know; understand; appreciate (to realize or feel a psychological state in one's mind.); be on one's own; be independent; to know; can; be one's concern; to know; realize; realize the fun in; to care about; will; say yes; to regard; think of; …
Verb
가다
to go; Marks a continuous action that either stretches from the present into the future, or involves physical movement away from the speaker.; to appear; to pass; to last; to be knocked out (e.g. by a blow, by alcohol, etc.); to orgasm; Used as the verbal element for nouns related to understanding or interest.; to pass away
Verb
좋다
to be good; great; excellent (excellent and satisfactory in features and content); to be good; nice (well-rounded and kind in personality); to be good; kind (kind and gentle in speech and act); to be good (above average in physical condition or health); to have a lot of nerve (not caring about saving face or being shameless); to be nice (sunny and clear); to be enough; sufficient; to be good (having a lot of hair in good condition); to be good; right (for a day or opportunity to be appropriate); to be fond of; in love with (happy about and satisfied with a thing or object); …
Adjective
보다
to see, to look at, to watch (to perceive with the eyes); to look after (a baby, child, house, etc.); to try, to examine (before the meal or purchase); to experience; to try, to try out; Used to denote that the experience of the main verb has led to a certain conclusion or realization.; to consider, to regard; to read (not out loud); to meet (for a prearranged purpose); to take; …
Verb
오다
to come (to move towards the speaker); to fall; Marks a continuous action that stretches from the past into the present.
Verb
네
Form of 너 (neo, “you”); only used in 네가 (nega): the nominative form of 너 (neo, “you”).; your; genitive of 너 (neo, “you”).; who, whom
Pronoun
같다
the same; like or similar (often used with 와 (wa)/과 (gwa)); (to be) like; such as (indicates belonging to a similar group); look like; (to) resemble; to be something that one can guess, predict
Adjective
저
that, that thing; I, me; first-person singular polite pronoun; oneself; third-person plain reflexive pronoun
Pronoun
모르다
to not know, to be ignorant of; to be possibly so; Used with 얼마나, 어찌, etc., for emphasis.; to not care
Verb
전
before; jeon, a fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea; a cultivated patch of land; a monetary unit of North Korea and formerly of South Korea, equal to one hundredth of a won.; cent (a unit of currency)
Noun
주다
to give; for someone; forms benefactive verbs.; to supplement or add to something; to handle or reflect on something
Verb
다
all, completely; nearly, virtually; used to express mild surprise or sarcasm; with a verb in the past tense, used sarcastically to emphasize that the verb has not occurred
Adverb
말
speech; language; horse; playing piece (in games); sawhorse; a unit of volume equivalent to about 18 L or 10 되 (doe); wooden pile; stake; an alga or other waterborne cryptogam; seaweed, specifically Potamogeton oxyphyllus.; end (of a period); late; …
Noun
무슨
what, what kind of; a certain, some; some kind of; what kind of; used for emphasis in a rhetorical question.
Determiner
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
아이
child, kid; Used to refer to objects, typically in casual but polite settings such as when persuading a customer to buy a product.; less colloquial form of 애 (ae, “guy; person”)
Noun
날
day (twenty-four hours, a thirtieth of the month); weather (mainly with adjectives describing the weather's state); daytime; blade, edge; warp, the longitudinal threads of woven cloth; only used in 날로 (nallo, “as something raw, as something uncooked”)
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
어디
where; somewhere (to refer to a place without saying exactly where you mean); somewhere (to refer to an unfixed place); somehow, some way, something (to refer to a something that is hard to express)
Pronoun
받다
to get, receive, take, obtain; to endure, suffer (pain, hardship, etc.); to bathe in (the sunlight, moonlight, spotlight, etc.); to collect (fees), accept (applications, etc.); to bear, prop, support; to be influenced or affected by; to hit, headbutt, gore; to be shot, hit, struck; to catch (a ball, water, etc.); to deliver (a baby); …
Verb
가지다
to have, to possess; to hold or bear a specific attitude or idea; to bear or conceive a child; to hold (organize) an event or meeting
Verb
시간
time; hour; lesson; troubles or hardships of a specific time or era; necrophilia; protesting the monarch's action with one's death
Noun
죽이다
to kill, to cause to die; to extinguish (especially of fire); to lower, to keep down (of one's sound, voice, temper, etc.); to fascinate; to knock dead
Verb
나다
to be born; to appear, arise, occur, take place; to break out, come out, turn out; to grow, spread; to spend or get through a season or period
Verb
쓰다
to wear, to put on (a hat, helmet, etc., on one's head; a mask, pair of glasses, etc.); to put up, to hold (an umbrella over one's head); to be accused of, to be suspected of (an offence); to be covered (with dust, powder, etc.); to write (in general); to compose (a song, a piece of writing, etc.); to use (in general); to spend, to consume, to expend (money, time, resources, etc.); to speak (a language, a dialect, etc.); to hire, to employ; …
Verb
만나다
to meet; to see (someone); to become acquainted with; to develop a relationship with; to encounter (an event); to experience; to meet with
Verb
줄
ability, method; how to; a perceived fact (see Usage notes); string, rope; line, row, column, queue; line, crack (on a surface); line on a written page; string of a musical instrument; personal connections; synonym of 현(絃) (hyeon, “chord of a circle”); file (cutting tool); …
Noun
나가다
to go out; (contextually) to leave; to be disseminated, to spread outwards; to participate, to attend; to perform a task (in such a way); to weigh; to cost; to become defective; (of clothes) to become worn out; (of body parts) to become injured; to proceed; (of studying) to cover; to purposefully continue (to a satisfactory conclusion)
Verb
어
uh-huh, yes; ah!, oh!; conveys surprise, urgency, or strong emotion; huh?; conveys confusion
Interjection
잡다
to take, to hold, to grab, to seize, to arrest; to catch, to seize; to slaughter, to butcher, to kill (an animal); to occupy, to take up, to seize, to take; to manage, to arrange, to reserve, to settle; to extinguish
Verb