Korean for fun: Basics I -- Simple Phrases

Yes.

yeh

No.

ah-ni-o
It's okay. That's alright.

kwen-chah-nah-yo
How are you? How do you do? [also in reply]

ahn-nyong-ha-se-yo

Good bye.

ahn-nyong-i kah-se-yo
Thank you. [formal]

kahm-sa-hahm-ni-da
Thank you. [less formal]

koh-mahp-soom-ni-da
I am sorry. [intense]

che-sohng-hahm-ni-da
I am sorry. [less intense]

mi-ahn-hahm-ni-da

Korean for fun: Basics II -- Smart Phrases

The following phrases are complete sentences by themselves. However, you can also make multiple sentences with them. All you have to do is put the word you want in front of the phrase. For example: + = k'uhp'i
coffee

chu-se-yo
give me

k'uh-p'i

chu-se-yo

"Give me coffee." " I'd like to have coffee, please."

issuh-yo

Is there ...? Is ... there? Do you have ...? Have you got ...?

There is ... ; I have ... ; ... is here

issuh-yo
Is there not ...? Is ... not there? Do you not have ...?

up-suh-yo
There is not ... ; ... is not here ; I don't have ...

up-suh-yo
Give me ...; I'd like ..., please.

chu-se-yo
Do you do ...? Do you speak ...?

hah-se-yo
I don't know ; I don't know ...

mol-lah-yo
Is it good? Do you like it? ; Is ... good? Do you like ...?

cho-ah-yo
It's good. I like it. Okay ; ... is good. I like ...

cho-ah-yo
Where is ...?

uh-dee-ye-yo
What is ...?

mwuh-ye-yo

Korean for fun: Number and money 1. numbers

il
1

ee
2

sahm
3

sah
4 sahship 40

oh
5

yook
6 yookship 60

ch'il
7

pahl
8

koo
9 kooship 90

ship
10

eeship 20

sahmship 30

ohship 50

ch'ilship 70

pahlship 80

paek
100

eepaek 200

sahmpaek 300

sahpaek 400

ohpaek 500

yookpaek 600

ch'ilpaek 700

pahlpaek 800

koopaek 900

ch'on
1,000

eech'on 2,000 eemahn 20,00 0

sahmch'on 3,000 sahmmahn 30,000

sahch'on 4,000 sahmahn 40,00 0

ohch'on 5,000 ohmahn 50,00 0

yookch'on 6,000 yookmahn 60,000

ch'ilch'on 7,000 ch'ilmahn 70,000

pahlch'on 8,000 pahlmahn 80,000

kooch'on 9,000 koomahn 90,000

mahn


10,00 0

"100,000" is [ship-mahn]. As you can see, units change every four counturies), and adding a comma every custom. "14" is [ship-sah]. -- 14 = 10+4. Similarly, 143 is [paek-sah-ship2. money in different forms money

digits in Korea (and in many other Asian three digits ('1,000') is very western sahm].

tohn the Korean monetary unit won credit card k'ah-d traveler's check yo-haeng-jah soo-p'yoh dollar dahl-luh

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (1) Food words shik-sah meal breakfast ; morning ah-ch'im lunch ; lunch time chum-shim dinner ; evening

cho-nyok

restaurant shik-tahng menu me-nyoo beef soh-goh-gi pork tweh-ji-goh-gi chicken tahg-goh-gi vegetarian diet ch'e-shik a vegetarian (person) ch'e-shik-chu-ui-jah bahng pahp bread (cooked) rice salt so-goom pepper hoo-ch'oo water

mool

check, bill kyeh-sahn-suh hwah-jahngshil restroom

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (2) Food phrases The following are also smart phrases. you can add in front of them the words in the "food-related words." Also, refer to "smart phrases" for more phrases.

Are you hungry?

peh-goh-p'ah-yo
I am hungry.

peh-goh-p'ah-yo
Shall we eat? Shall we eat ...?

muh-gul-gah-yo
Give me ..., please.

chu-se-yo
Do you have ...?

issuh-yo
I eat ...

muh-guh-yo
I don't (or can't) eat ... (as in "I don't eat pork.")

mot-muh-guh-yo
Do you like it? ; Do you like ...?

cho-ah-hey-yo
I like it. ; I like ...

cho-ah-hey-yo

Is it spicy? ; Is ... spicy?

meh-wuh-yo
It is spicy. ; ... is spicy

meh-wuh-yo

What is in it?

mwuh-tool-uh-ssuh-yo

Is it delicious? ; Is ... delicious?

mah-shi-ssuh-yo
It is delicious. ; ... is delicious.

mah-shi-ssuh-yo
It is not delicious. ; ... is not delicious.

mah-duhp-ssuh-yo add a little touch with...

a lot (-- Add it right in front of the phrases.)

mah-nee
a little (-- Add it right in front of the phrases.)

cho-goom example: bit hungry."

-- "I am a little

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (3) Drink-related words

alchol in general sool soft drinks in general oom-nyoh-soo Now, smart phrases: glass; cup -- also as a counting unit; a glass of chahn bottle pyung Now, coffee shop -- most likely serving soft drinks only, like Starbucks k'uh-p'i-shohp tea house -- most likely serving Korean/herb tea ch'aht-chip k'ah-p'eh caf -- soft drinks and liquer (by night, maybe), some meal

bar -- a generic term for bars in different types sool-jip

coffee k'uh-p'i tea ch'ah cola k'o-lah sprite or 7-up (un-cola) sai-dah juice as in orange juice (most likely when you don't specify it)

choo-s

beer mack-choo soju -- a typical Korean hard liquer. Transparent soh-choo milk-colored liquer made of fermented rice mahk-gohl-li wine, alternatively called p'oh-doh-joo (grape-liquer) wah-inn Western hard liquer in general, such as whisky, brandy, burbon, etc. (you need to specify it)

yahng-choo

Korean for fun: Food and drinks: (4) Drink-related phrases

a glass; a cup hahn-jahn a bottle hahn-byung

Give me ... chu-se-yo Shall we drink ... ? mah-shil-gah-yo Would you like to do/eat/drink ....?

hah-shih-geh-suh-yo

It's okay. (More likely, 'I am okay. No, thanks.') kwen-chah-nah-yo Okay. Good. ( cho-ah-yo

I cannot drink. mohm-mah-shuh-yo I don't drink. ahn-mah-shuh-yo

Cheers! kun-beh Korean for fun: Call a doctor! -- Here are some words and phrases that you might need when you need some medical attention. We start with some necessary vocabulary, such as 'hospital,' 'doctor,' etc., learn names of body parts, and check some of common words that you might hear around a hospital. Some information about the Korean medicare system: The word for hospital ( /pyung-won/) is used for both large hospitals--with a number of doctors and equipment--and small clinics run by a doctor. Pharmacists can not only sell medicine but also write prescriptions to make medicine. It has been a serious dispute between phrmacists and doctors for a long time. Pharmicists are also allowed to practice some Chinese/Korean medicine. It is partially because the role of pharmacists had been very crucial (and still is in some regions) from the time they did not have enough doctors. 1. Basic nouns hospital; clinic pyung-won medical doctor ui-sah nurse kahn-ho-sah emergency room ung-goop-shil medicine, drug

yahk pharmacy; drug store yahk-kook Now, you can say such phrases as 'Where is the hospital?,' or 'Let's go to the hospital.' Where is the hospital? uh-tee "where" issuh-yo "is...?"

pyongwon "hospital "

Let's go to the . kah-yo "go"

hospital.

pyong-won "hospital" 2. Basic body parts muh-ree ul-gool noon k'oh ip kui mohm mohk

head face eye nose mouth ear body; torso neck; throat uh-gae shoulder chest stomach upper back

kah-soom pae

toong huh-ree lower back

side body yup-koo-ree p'ahl sohn ung-dung-ee tah-ree pahl Now, the smart phrase: My head hurts. (= I have a headache.) arm hand butt leg foot

muh-ree "head"

ap'ah-yo "... hurts."

Korean for fun: Dating a korean: Do you have time?

now chee-goom today oh-nool tomorrow neh-il on the weekend chu-mah-reh time

shee-gahn issuh-yo Is there ...? Is ... there? Do you have ...? Have you got ...?

There is ... ; I have ... ; ... is here issuh-yo Is there not ...? Is ... not there? Do you not have ...? up-suh-yo There is not ... ; ... is not here ; I don't have ... up-suh-yo phone number chuhn-hwah-bun-ho What is ...? mwuh-ye-yo example of making a question issuh-yo do you have?

Do you have time tomorrow?

ne-il tomorrow

shee-gahn time

Korean for fun: Dating a korean: Shall we?

theatre, movie theatre kook-chahng where uh-dee (polite or Shall we go?

kahl-gah-yo

formal) (intimate or to a younger person)

Shall we go ...? Shall we go? Shall we go ...?

kahl-gah?

rice or meal in general pahp what mwuh (polite or formal) muh-gul-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person) muh-gul-gah Shall we eat it? Shall we eat ...? Shall we eat it? Shall we eat ...?

coffee k'uh-p'i cola k'o-lah tea ch'ah (polite or formal) mah-shil-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person) mah-shil-gah movie Shall we drink it? Shall we drink ...? Shall we drink it? Shall we drink ...?

yong-hwah TV t'ee-bee (polite or formal) pohl-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person) pohl-gah Shall we watch (or see) it? Shall we watch (or see) ...? Shall we watch (or see) it? Shall we watch (or see) ...?

studying kohng-boo (polite or formal) hahl-gah-yo (intimate or to a younger person) hahl-gah example of making a question Shall we drink (or go k'uh-p'i coffee to have) coffee? Shall we do it? Shall we do ...? Shall we do it? Shall we do ...?

mah-shil-gah-yo shall we drink?