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
있다
to stay, remain in a location; to keep working for a company; to stay in a certain state; for time to pass; to be (in a state); to be in the process of; to maintain in the result of
Verb
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
수
way, means, possibility, ability; used to express ability, in constructions equivalent to the English modal "can"; move; ability, talent, skill; number; destiny, fate (especially a favorable one); male (non-human); water, as one of the Five Phases of East Asian cosmology; embroidering (in cloth); vedanā (sensation in Buddhist philosophy); bottom (in a gay sexual relationship); uke; …
Noun
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
좀
contraction of 조금 (jogeum): a little, somewhat, quite, very; little while, short time; (used to soften requests) please
Adverb
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
괜찮다
to be nice, good, passable, OK, all right; to be allowed to ...; may, can; it is OK to ...; to be safe, secure
Adjective
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
싶다
to be desirous of, to want; Used after a clause with a sentence ending that expresses a sentiment or subjective speculation, commonly -ㄴ가 (-n'ga), -나 (-na), -ㄹ까 (-lkka), -으면 (-eumyeon), and -다 (-da), to state that the subject feels that certain way.
Adjective
한
deep-seated resentment; limit; end; bound; being as long as; being as far as; a word used to indicate that the extent of what is referred to in the preceding statement is beyond measure; a word used to indicate a situation in which one is expected to sacrifice oneself for a certain task or endure a difficult and painful circumstance
Noun
제
contraction of 저의 (jeo-ui): my; contraction of 저의 (jeo-ui): one's (own); (by extension, in compounds) proper, fitting
Determiner
죽다
to die (to stop living); to die away, to fade; to die, to stop working; to fade away, to disappear; to be unbearable, to be irresistible
Verb
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
맞다
to be correct, right; to suit (one's liking), to meet (one's wishes); to agree (with), to be consistent (with); to be in harmony (with), to be in tune (with); to get, to be hit, to suffer; to get a blow, to be struck; to be caught in (rain, illness); to encounter (difficulty), to come across; to get (an injection), to get (a mark, a rating); to welcome, to receive; …
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
위하다
to help, to serve, to benefit; to honour, to esteem; to do for the sake of / for the purpose of; to say; to call
Verb
대하다
to pertain or relate to a topic; to greet or respond to; to face, to stand across from; to treat
Verb
들다
to come in, go in, get in, enter; to enter, penetrate; to enter a road or path; to cost; to permeate in, to saturate; to be included in; to occur; to join an organization, to enter into a contract; to side with; to insist on doing, to strive; …
Verb
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
자네
you, second person pronoun, used generally in addressing a person of distinctly lower status.
Pronoun
보다
to seem (only in the present declarative conjugations); to intend to (only in the present declarative conjugations, often threat); to be out of fear that (only in the forms 봐 (bwa), 봐서 (bwaseo)); to be given that (only in the form 보니 (boni))
Adjective