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EXO- Sing For You Vocabulary EXO sings for their fans in their new song! The song is so soft and beautiful, don’t you think?^^

고백 (gobaek): confession

듣다 (deutda): to listen

어색하다 (eosaekhada): to be awkward

의미 (uimi): sense, meaning, signification

사과하다 (sagwahada): to apologize 

하고픈 말 (hagopeun mal): to want to say something

웃다 (utda): to smile

놓치다 (nohchida): to miss, to lose

안녕하세요~ Thank you ;3; I tag all of my vocabulary posts with ‘Korean vocabulary,’ which can be found here. There are lots of common Korean word masterlists floating around the internet, but if you want me to make one then I can make my own personal one.

EXO- Love Me Right Vocabulary

EXO shoots fans into outer space with their new song ‘Love Me Right’, which is fitting because EXO and their fans are truly out of this world ^-^~

느낌 (neukkim): feeling, sense

신비롭다 (sinbiropda): mysterious

망설이다 (mangseolida): hesitate

매혹적인 (maehokjeokin): captivating, enchanting

우주 (uju): universe

헤매다 (haemaeda): to wander

궤도 (gwedo): orbit

눈이 부시다 (nuni busida): to be dazzled

밤하늘 (bamhaneul): night sky

안녕하세요~~ Thank you for your kind words! :3 -고 and -도 are particles and they are really easy to use. -고 means ‘and’ and it helps connect two sentences together. -고 is a shortened form of 그리고, which also means ‘and.’ It simply attaches to the end of the verb stem. 

Example:

어제 저는 책을 읽었어요. 그리고 김밥을 먹었어요. –> 어제 저는 책을 읽고 김밥을 먹었어요.: Yesterday I read a book and ate kimbap.

Notice how when using 그리고 there are two sentences. These sentences both have to be conjugated into past tense. Using -고 creates more complex sentences. Also, when using -고 you don’t have to conjugate it into any tense, you only use the verb stem because the ending verb (in this case 먹었어요) will reveal when these actions took place/will take place.

-도 is also really easy to use! -도 means ‘also’ or ‘too’ and attaches to the end of nouns.

Example:

저는 미국사람이에요. 마이크도 미국사람이에요.: I am American. Mike is also American.

Pretty simple, right? -도 is basically just used to show similarities between two nouns. 

EXO- Call Me Baby Vocabulary

EXO body rolls their way into fan’s hearts with their new song ‘Call Me Baby’! I would totally call any member of EXO if they wanted me to~ *0*

영원 (yeongwon): eternity

욕심 (yoksim): greed

떠나가다 (ddeonagada): to leave

갇히다 (gidhida): to be locked away

혼란스러운 (honranseureoun): chaotic, confusing 

빛 (bich): light

존재하다 (jonjaehada): to exist

깨우다 (ggaeuda): to wake

Hello! For saying the time, you use both sino-Korean and traditional Korean numbers. When expressing an hour, you will use traditional Korean numbers and for expressing a minute you will use sino-Korean. 

Example:

A:지금 몇 시예요?: What time is it right now?B:오후 한 시 삼십 분이에요.: It’s 1:30 P.M.

A:몇 시에 친구를 만났어요?: At what time did you meet your friend?B: 오전 열 시에 만났어요.: I met my friend at 10 A.M.

A:언제 학교에 가요?: When do you go to school?B:오전 일곱 시 사십오 분에 가요. I go to school at 7:45 A.M.

When telling time, you need to use the hour and minute counter words. The word for hour/o’clock is 시 and the word for minute is 분. When telling the time, the number comes first and the counter follows, like 네 시 (4 hour) or 십 분 (10 minute). Also, the hour is said before the minute. If you want to express morning hours/A.M. (오전) or afternoon hours/P.M. (오후), you would list it before the time, like 오전 열 시 (lit. A.M. 10 o’clock). Another thing to note is that when the first four traditional Korean numbers are used, you will use a shorter form. So, when telling the hour, instead of saying 하나 시, you would say 한 시. 

Short forms:

하나 —-> 한

둘 —-> 두

셋 —-> 세

넷 —-> 네

열하나 —-> 열한

열둘 —-> 열두

Here are some extra times of day that are nice to know~

아침: morning/breakfast

저녁: evening/dinner

낮: daytime

밤: night

새벽: dawn

Hello~ There are many different jobs to come out with learning a second language. For one, many people who choose to study business might study languages because it’s impressive to companies who want to expand into a global market. Also studying languages like Korean can be useful for getting a job in the government as a translator or interpreter. Finally, learning Korean can be useful in teaching English abroad/teaching Korean in another country.

At my school, we have an “East Asian Languages and Literature” major/minor. The classes to get the major include taking three levels/years of the Korean language as well as taking classes in Korean literature as well as literature in other East Asian countries. My school is fairly small, so you should probably look into the Korean major that is at the university that you want to go to. They should tell you what the Korean major requirements are.

안녕하세요~ 나는 is an informal way of saying “I” and is generally used with friends or people you are close to. The -는 in 나는 is a topic marking particle which I explain here. 저는 is the polite way of saying “I” and what I would recommend when you are speaking with strangers or people older than you or people that are your superiors in work.

Hi~ Korean verb conjugations depend on the final vowel of the verb stem. Here’s a brief overview of the present, past and future tenses~ Enjoy!

Present Tense:

To make the present tense, you find the verb stem, which is what ever comes before -다. Then, you add either -아요/-어요, depending on what the last vowel of the verb stem is. With stems where the last vowel is 오 or 아, -아요 is added to the end to make it present tense. These vowels are called ‘bright vowels.’

Example:

앉다 —-> 앉아요 (the verb stem is 앉- and the final vowel in the verb stem is 아)

찬열은 카페에서 앉아요. Chanyeol sits in the cafe. 

좋다 —-> 좋아요 (the verb stem is 좋- and the final vowel in the verb stem is 오)

김치가 좋아요. The kimchi is good.

Stems where the last vowels are 어,우,으, or 이 have -어요 added to them to make present tense. These vowels are called ‘dark vowels’ They are conjugated just like the bright vowels are.

Example:

먹다 —-> 먹어요 (the verb stem is 먹- and the final vowel in the verb stem is 어 )

경수는 아이스크림을 먹어요. Kyungsoo eats ice cream.

있다 —-> 있어요 (the verb stem is 있- and the final vowel in the verb stem is 이)

남자진구가 있어요. I have a boyfriend.

Finally, there are special verbs that end in -하다. To conjugate these in present tense, you change -하다 to -해요.

Example:

노래하다 —-> 노래해요 (the verb ends in -하다)

백현이 노래해요. Baekhyun sings.

공부하다 —-> 공부해요 ( the verb ends in 하다)

저는 한국어를 공부해요. I study Korean.

Another thing to note is that for verb stems that end in 아, 애, 어, or 에 without a final consonant at the end, only -요 is added

Example:

가다 —->가요 (there is no final consonant in the verb stem)

어디에 가요? Where are you going?

자다 —-> 자요 (there is no final consonant in the verb stem)

동운이 자요. Dongwoon sleeps.

When a stem ends in any other vowel without a consonant, they become contracted.

Example:

보다- 봐요 (보- ends in a bright vowel without a final consonant, so -아요 is added to make 봐요)

텔레비전을 봐요. I watch T.V.

주다- 줘요 (주- ends in a dark vowel without a final consonant, so -어요 is added to make 줘요)

저는 선물을 줘요. I give a present.

These are the most common variants of present tense. There are, of course, irregular verbs, but right now let’s just focus on the basics okay? 

Past Tense:

Once you know present tense, past is pretty simple. Once again, we conjugate based on the last vowel in the verb stem. There are three different endings: one for bright vowels, one for dark vowels, and one for -하다 verbs.For bright vowels, -았어요 is added to the verb stem. For dark vowels, -었어요 is added to the verb stem. For -하다, 했어요 is added to the verb stem. 

Example:

가다 —-> 갔어요 (The stem ends in -아 which is a bright vowel, so -았어요 is used)

학교에 갔어요. I went to school.

읽다 —-> 읽었어요 (The stem ends in -이 which is a dark vowel, so -었어요  is used)

태민은 책을 읽었어요. Taemin read a book.

운동하다 —-> 운동했어요 (The stem ends in -하다, so -했어요 is used)

어제 친구하고 우동했어요. Yesterday my friend and I exercised. 

Future Tense:

Future tense is much simpler than past and present. The conjugation of verbs in future tense depends on if the verb stem has a vowel at the end or a consonant. If the verb ends in a vowel -ㄹ 거예요 is added. If the verb ends in a consonant, -을 거예요 is added. 

Example:

만나다 —-> 만날 거예요 (the stem ends in a vowel, so -ㄹ 거예요 is used)

내일 친구를 만날 거예요. Tomorrow I will meet my friend.

심다 —-> 심을 거예요 (the stem ends in a consonant, so -을 거예요 is used)

봄에 꽃을 심을 거예요. In the spring I will plant flowers.