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Hello everyone! For today’s vocabulary, I’m going to show you guys the different body parts in Korean. Enjoy! :)

앞 - front 머리 - head 목 - neck 어깨 - shoulder 팔 - arm 가슴 - chest 겨드랑이 - armpit 배 - stomach / belly (not to be confused with pear - 배)

뒤 - behind / back 등 - back 옆구리 - side 허리 - hips / lower back / waist 팔꿈치 - elbow 

앞 - front 손 - hand 손가락 - fingers 손톱 - fingernail 손목 - wrist (directly: hand neck)

뒤 - behind / back 손바닥 - palm

다리 - leg 엉덩이 - butt 허벅지 - thighs 무릎 - knee 정강이 - shin 종아리 - calf 발목 - ankle (directly: foot neck 발 - foot

앞 - front  발가락 - toes 발톱 - toenail 발등 - top of the foot

뒤 - behind / back 발바닥 - sole

Example Sentences:

1. (내) 머리가 아프다! - My head hurts! 2. 등을 긁어 주세요. - Please scratch my back. 3. 손가락 두개 - two fingers

As always, I hope this was helpful! If there is any confusion or questions, don’t hesitate to message me! I am always here to help :)

눈에서 멀어지면, 마음에서도 멀어진다 - Out of sight, out of mind

뜻이 있는 곳에 길이 있다 - Where there is a will, there is a way

웃음은 최고의 명약이다 - Laughter is the best medicine 

고생 끝에 낙이 온다 - At the end of hardship come happiness 

가는 말이 고와야오는 말이 곱다 -  If the outgoing words are beautiful, then the incoming words will be beautiful too

옷이 날개다 - Clothes are wings

하늘의 별 따기 - Plucking a star from the sky

시작이 반이다 - Starting is half the task

원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다 - Even monkeys fall from trees

I’ve updated the Korean Resources section of The Library and I’ve made it rebloggable for those that prefer that :)

Korean

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Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Korean - A Grammar and Workbook (second source)

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TOPIK Elementary Adjectives

TOPIK Elementary Grammar

TOPIK Elementary Nouns

TOPIK Intermediate Adjectives

TOPIK Intermediate Grammar

TOPIK Intermediate Nouns

TOPIK Intermediate Verbs

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Korean]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [Korean]

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [Korean]

To turn a sentence into a negative you can place 안 before the final verb or adjective, it acts as an adverb in the sentence. 

학교를 안 좋아해요 - I don’t like school 

저는 공부를 안 했어요  - I didn’t study 

You can also add -지 않다 to the final verb or adjective to make the sentence negative. If this is added 않다 becomes the final verb therefore the conjugated ending is added to it. 

책을 읽지 않았어요 - I didn’t read a book 

울고 싶지 않아요 - I don’t want to cry 

While these two ways pretty much add the same meaning there are times when it is more natural to use one instead of the other, for now though it is ok to use either. 

뭇 has a similar usage as 안, it is used before the final verb. It adds the meaning of cannot.

제가 오늘 학교에 못 가요 - I can’t go to school today

저는 고기를 못 먹어요 - I can’t eat meat

You can also add -지 못하다 to the final verb to make the sentence negative. Like -지 않다, if it is added 못하다 becomes the final verb therefore the conjugated ending is added to it. 

저는 말하지 못해요 - I cannot speak 

저는 보지 못해요 - I cannot see 

Again, there are times when it is more natural to use one instead of the other, for now though it is ok to use either. 

아니다 is the opposite of 이다 - to be. When using 아니다, the subject particle 이/가 is attached to the noun and 아니다 is used a seperate word. For example: 

저는 학생이 아니에요 - I am not a student 

나는 너의 친구가 아니에요 - I am not your friend 

없다 means to not exist/to have none/not so it can be used to make a negative sentence. It is used after the noun it is referring to: Noun + 없어요. For example:

시간이 없어요 - I don’t have time

돈이 없어요 - I don’t have money

-ㄹ/을 수 없다 gives a slightly different meaning. It translates as ‘to not have the ability’.

저는 공부할 수 없어요 - I can’t study (I don’t have the ability to study)

갈 수 없어요 - I can’t go (I don’t have the ability to go)

A&R

♡ where : 어디…? 어디 살아요? where do you live? 어디 가요? where do you go? 어디 먹을 까요? where should we eat?

♡ how : 어떻게…? 어떻게 지내요? how are you? 어떻게 한국어를 공부해요? how do you study korean? 어떻게 이걸 요리해요? how do you cook this?

♡ who : 누가…? 누가 왔어요? who came? 누가 했어요? who did it? 누가 다 먹었어요? who ate everything? 누가 예림이에요? who is yerim?

♡ what : 뭐…? 뭐하고 있어요? what are you doing? 뭐 먹을 거에요? what will you eat? 뭐 샀어요? what did you buy?

♡ why : 왜…? 왜 여기 있어요? why are you here? 왜 안먹었어요? why don’t you eat? 왜 학교가 싫어요? why do you hate school? 왜 이렇게 예쁘지? why are you so pretty?

♡ which : 어느…? 어느 나라 왔어요? which country are you from? 어느 영화를 볼 거에요? which movie will you watch? 어느 음악 제일 좋아해요? which music do you like the most?

1. 이름이 뭐예요? whats your name? - 제 이름은 name이에요/예요   or   저는 name이에요/예요

~이에요 if ur name ends with a consonnant ~예요 if it ends with a vowel

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2. 어디에서 왔어요? where are you from? - country 사람이에요

examples : 프랑스 사람이에요 ; i am french 프랑스 ; france 사람 ; person

중국 사람이에요 ; i am chinese etc..

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3. 몇살이에요? how old are you? - age살이에요

examples : 17살이에요 ; i’m 17 years old 24살이에요, 14살이에요…

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4. 취미가 뭐예요? what are ur hobbies? - 노래하는 것을 좋아해요 i like singing

verb+는 것을 좋아해요

요리하는 것을 좋아해요 ; i like cooking 읽는 것을 좋아해요 ; i like reading 춤 추는 것을 좋아해요 ; i like dancing

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5. 학생+이에요 ; i am a student 고등학생 ; high schooler 대학생이에요 ; university student

OR

occupation이에요/예요 의사예요 ; im a doctor 선생이에요 ; im a teacher

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6. language를 공부해요 i study…. 프랑스어를 공부해요 ; i study french 영어를 공부해요 ; i study english

language를 배우고 있어요 i am learning…. 한국어를 배우고 있어요 ; i am learning korean 일본어를 배우고 있어요 ; i am learning japanese

♡ in korean, it is important to use the correct sentence structure, or your sentences may seem really confusing :

-> in english : Subject Verb Object -> in korean : Subject Object Verb

now, let’s look at some examples!

we are gonna use this simple sentence : “i bought a book”, in korean it would be : “i a book bought”

저는 책을 샀어요 책 = book 샀어요(past tense) from the verb 사다 = to buy it’s really different, right?

⚠ the object ALWAYS comes BEFORE the verb, and the verb is ALWAYS at the END of the sentence. ⚠

♡ locations are also used BEFORE verbs :

“저는 학교에 가요” i go to school 학교 = school 에= location particle (to) 가요 (present tense) from the verb 가다 = to go

“저는 학교에서 공부해요” i study at school 학교 = school 에서 = location particle (at) 공부해요 (present tense) from the verb 공부하다 = to study

“저는 집에 잤어요” i slept at home 집 = home 에 = location particle (at) 잤어요 (past tense) from the verb 자다 = to sleep

⚠ you can put the time before or after the subject though :

both of these sentences mean “today I will eat at home” :

before -> 오늘 저는 집에서 먹을 거예요 after -> 저는 오늘 집에서 먹을 거예요 오늘 = today 집 = home 에서 = location particle (at) 먹을 거예요 (future tense) from the verb 먹다 = to verb

“tomorrow, i will study at school” before -> 내일 저는 학교에서 공부할 거예요 after -> 저는 내일 학교에서 공부할 거예요 내일 = tomorrow 학교 = school 에서 = location particle (at) 공부하다 = to study ~ㄹ 거예요 (future tense)

♡ adverbs are added before verbs : 저는 열심히 공부해요 I study hard 열심히 = hard

and finally, adjectives work the same way as they do in english! just put them before the noun they describe :

매운 라면 = spicy ramen 매운 = spicy 라면 = ramen

예쁜 여자 = beautiful woman 예쁜 = beautiful 여자 =  woman

뭐- what

어디- where

누구- who

언제- when

왜- why

어떻게- how

몇- how many

얼마- how much