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Korean ghouls part 2 (part 1 here) but this time including some folklore/urban legend spooks, so ghouls and more!

빨간마스크 - Red Mask Lady

A women who looks normal until she takes off her face mask and reveals her slit cut mouth. If you meet her she will take off her mask and ask “Am I beautiful?” if you say no she gives you a slit mouth out of anger, but if you say yes she’ll give you a slit mouth so you can be beautiful too. The trick is to confuse her and gives a vague answer to get just enough time to run away.

인면견 - Human-faced Dog

Supposedly a curse to a human for leading a life of sin. There have been several witnessed accounts of them where someone hears someone talking but then once they discover it was a 인면견 it then runs away never to be seen again.

엘리베이터 살인마 - Elevator Killer

The story goes that a man and women take the elevator together and he is getting off right before her floor. Everything seems fine and he is very nice until it reaches his floor and he pulls out a knife and smiles saying “I’ll see you upstairs” and runs up the stairs. The women is helpless to just wait until it reaches her floor and him waiting for her.

화장실 귀신 - Toliet Ghost

It’s starting to get colder and with that comes snow and scarfs so heres some korean winter vocab to get you ready for the season!

겨울 – winter 눈 – snow 눈송이 – snowflake 눈싸움 – snowball fight 눈사람 – snowman 아이스 스케이팅 – ice skating 스노보드 – snowboarding 썰매타기 – sledding 스키 – skiing 추운 – cold 쌀쌀한 – chilly 얼다 – freeze 얼음 – ice 미끄러운 – slippery 삽 – shovel 폭설 – blizzard 따뜻한 옷 – warm clothes 스카프 – scarf 장갑 – glove 스웨터 – sweater 코트 – coat 벽난로 – fireplace 뜨거운 코코아 – hot cocoa 아늑하다 – cozy 폭설 휴일 – snow day

안녕! Hey everyone! In this vocab list, we’re going to learn some weather-related vocab! It’s always useful to know different weather conditions and temperatures when learning a new language, so let’s start!

Nouns

Clouds = 구름 ☁️

Earthquake = 지진

Fog = 안개 🌫

Hail = 우박

Humidity = 습도

Hurricane = 허리케인 🌀

Rain = 비 🌧

Puddle = 웅덩이

Slush = 진창이 된 눈

Snow = 눈 ❄️

Snowflake = 눈꽃 

Storm = 폭풍

Lightning = 번개 🌩

Monsoon = 장마

Rainstorm = 폭풍우 🌧

Snowstorm = 눈보라 🌨

Thunder = 천둥

Thunderstorm = ⛈

Typhoon = 태풍

Temperature = 온도 🌡

Tornado = 토네이도 🌪

Sun = 해 ☀️

Sunlight = 햇빛

Wind = 바람 🌬

Verbs 

To hail = 우박이 떨어지다

Literally means “hail falls”

To rain = 비가 오다 ☔️

Literally means “rain comes”

To snow = 눈이 오다

Literally means “snow comes”

Adjectives

To be cloudy = 흐리다

Partly-cloudy = 부분 흐림 ⛅️

To be cold = 춥다 

To be chilly = 쌀쌀하다 

To be cool = 시원하다

To be foggy = 안개가 끼다 🌁

To be humid = 습하다

To be hot = 덥다

To be warm = 따스하다

To be sunny = 화창하다

To be windy = 바람이 많이 불다 

Literally means “a lot of wind blows.”

This grammar point is used when, while an action is in progress, the opportunity is taken to perform another action at the same time.

편의점에 가는 김에 제 음료수 좀 사다 주세요.  Since you’re going to the convenience store, buy me a drink, please.

백화점에 나온 김에 우리 쇼핑할까요? Since we’re (already) at the department store, should we go shopping?

친구가 일본에 출장 간 김에 말차를 사다 줬어요.  My friend went on a business trip to Japan and (while there) bought matcha for me.

1. 오다: to come 2. 마시다: to drink 3. 먹다: to eat 4. 주다: to give 5. 가다: to go 6. 듣다: to hear 7. 배우다: to learn 8. 만들다: to make 9. 앉다: to sit 10. 자다: to sleep 11. 씻다: to wash 12. 쓰다: to write 13. 울다: to cry 14. 갖다: to have 15. 웃다: to laugh 16. 보다: to see 17. 일어나다: to get up 18. 걷다: to walk 19. 춤추다: to dance 20. 만나다: to meet 21. 공부하다: to study 22. 운전하다: to drive 23. 사다: to buy 24. 읽다: to read 25. 주문하다: to order 26. 입다: to wear 27. 찍다: to take (picture) 28. 쓰다: to wear (hat, eyewear) 29. 신다: to wear (shoes, socks) 30. 빌리다: to borrow, lend 31. 전화하다: to telephone 32. 말하다: to talk, speak 33. 가르치다: to teach 34. 기다리다: to wait 35. 걸다: to call, dial 36. 청소하다: to clean 37. 타다: to ride 38. 나가다: to exit 39. 들어오다: to enter 40. 물어보다: to ask 41. 필요하다: to need 42. 도와주다: to help 43. 열다: to open 44. 닫다: to close 45. 일하다: to work 46. 쉬다: to rest 47. 운동하다: to exercise 48. 생각하다: to think 49. 알다: to know 50. 모르다: to not know 51. 요리하다: to cook 52. 끓이다: to boil 53. 썰다: to chop, slice 54. 튀기다: to deep fry 55. 재다: to measure, weigh 56. 섞다: to mix, blend 57. 굽다: to roast, grill, bake 58. 볶다: to fry 59. 급다: to grill 60. 휘젓다: to stir 61. 하다: to do 62. 있다: to have 63. 없다: to not have 64. 이야기하다: to talk, chat 65. 연습하다: to practice 66. 묻다: to ask 67. 내다: to pay 68. 살다: to live 69. 죽다: to die 70. 태어나다: to be born 71. 사랑하다: to love 72. 좋아하다: to like 73. 싫어하다: to hate, dislike 74. 결혼하다: to marry 75. 축하하다: to congratulate 76. 걱정하다: to worry 77. 약속하다: to promise 78. 거짓말하다: to lie 79. 고백하다: to confess 80. 찾다: to find, to look for 81. 준비하다; to prepare 82. 가지다: to have 83. 기억하다: to remember 84. 꿈꾸다: to dream 85. 시작하다: to start 86. 끝나다: to finish 87. 보내다: to send 88. 사용하다: to use 89. 팔다: to sell 90. 싸우다: to fight 91. 대답하다: to answer 92. 소개하다: to introduce 93. 출발하다: to depart 94. 도착하다: to arrive 95. 벗다: to undress, take off clothes 96. 이기다: to win, defeat 97. 지다: to lose, be defeated 98. 서두르다: to hurry, rush 99. 사랑에 빠지다: to fall in love 100.죄송하다: to be sorry.

Birds in korean

1.앵무새 - Parrot

2.까치 - magpie

3.참새 - Sparrow

4.까마귀 - Crow

5.공작 - Peacock

6.비둘기 - Dove

7.닭 - Chicken

8.펭귄 - Penguin

9. 칠면조- Turkey

10.타조 - Ostrich

11.두루미 - Crane

12.백조 - swan

13.독수리 - Eagle

14.갈매기 - Gull

15.오리 - Duck

16.거위 - Goose

17.매 - Hawk

18.올빼미 - Owl

19. 홍학 - Flamingo

20.황새 - Strok

21.딱따구리 - Wood pecker

세탁하다 vs 빨래하다

Both of these have the meaning of ‘to do the laundry’ or ‘to wash clothes’ but there are some small differences. 세탁하다 has a Chinese root (洗濯) whereas 빨래하다 is a native Korean word - this is why you might hear people say 빨래하다 a lot more in colloquial speech. However, specifically, 세탁하다 refers to the washing of clothes using a machine (세탁기 is a washing machine), whereas 빨래하다 can be used when talking about washing clothes with a machine, but also for hand-washing clothes. 빨래하다 is a universal term for washing clothes, but 세탁하다 really only talks about using the washing machine.

짓다 vs 만들다

만들다 is probably one of the earliest verbs that any of us learn when learning Korean - it means ‘to make’. But some of you may have come to a point where you have learned the verb 짓다 which conveys a similar meaning but is slightly more nuanced. 짓다 does indeed mean ‘to make’ but may also mean ‘to build’ - it is used in situations like making/building a house or building, giving something a title or name, or making a facial expression or smile. Comparatively, 만들다 is used more for making objects of a smaller scale. 

When talking about ‘building something’, 짓다 is used to talk about referring to something of large scale, like a building or a house, but 만들다 is used to talk about building something like a doll’s house or a pet house (something small). 

When talking about ‘making food’, both can be used, however 짓다 is specifically used for cooking/boiling plain rice, but 만들다 is used for making other foods with numerous ingredients.

When talking about ‘making a name’ or ‘giving something a name’, both 짓다 and 만들다 can be used. 짓다 sounds a little more formal, so it is a bit like ‘giving something a title’ or ‘giving a baby a name’, whereas 만들다 is a bit more like ‘giving something a nickname’.

When talking about ‘making a facial expression’ or ‘making a smile’, you can ONLY use 짓다  (표정을 짓다 = to make a face / to pull a face).

When talking about ‘making objects’ like ‘making clothes’, you can ONLY use 만들다 -  the scale is not big enough for 짓다 (인형을 만들다 = to make a doll).

핸드폰 vs 휴대폰

Some people may never have even heard the term 휴대폰, I only heard it because my Korean teacher uses it all the time instead of 핸드폰. Of course, both actually mean a cellphone / mobile phone and are completely interchangeable. 핸드폰 is a loan word from English (hand phone), meanwhile 휴대폰 originated from 휴대전화 - 휴대 (携帶) means ‘carry’ and 전화 (電話) means telephone. In recent times, the 전화 has been replaced with 폰 (the English loan word ‘phone’) for ease and is said as 휴대폰. No difference - just preference I guess, and mostly reflects a change in the times / generation thing. Most people call cellphones a 핸드폰 these days because 휴대전화 or 휴대폰 originated from the initial cordless home telephones.

어렵다 vs 힘들다

I have noticed a lot of situations where people use the word 어렵다 when what they really mean to say is 힘들다 (myself included) - this is because in English, we refer to things being ‘difficult’ whether it’s talking about something being difficult to do (as in, not easy), or whether it’s difficult to do because you’re having a hard time. Tricky to conceptualise - here’s some easy examples. 

시험이 어려워요 - The exam is difficult

제 일주일은 힘들었어요 - My week was difficult (tough)

한국어를 배우는 것은 어려워요 - Learning Korean is difficult (not easy)

한국어를 배우는 것은 힘들어요 - Learning Korean is tough (mentally difficult - you might not find Korean a particularly difficult language, but you might find it hard to do for whatever external reason)

깜짝 vs 갑자기

그럼 난 이만 - I’m gonna get going (then).

이만자야겠다 - I think I’m gonna go to sleep now.

이만가야겠다 - I think I’m gonna go now.

출구는 이/저 쪽이야 - The exit is this/that way.

이런건 식은 죽 먹기지 - This is a piece of cake (literally: this is like eating cold porridge).

식은 죽 먹기였어 - It was a piece of cake.

무슨 개 소리야? - What is this bullshit?/What are you saying?

난 이제 자유야! - I’m now free!

영어도 백범 맞는데 - I even got 100%/full marks/a perfect score in English.

거짓말이야 - It’s a lie.

사랑했나봐 - It must have been love.

사랑하나봐 - It must be love/I think it’s love.

비켜 - Move out the way/Step aside/Coming through.

버스에서 내려라 - Get off the bus.

이래 봬도... - Even though I look like this.../Even though you think I am...

방에 콕 박혀있다 (abbreviated to: 방콕) - I’m stuck in my room.

알겠지? - You know that right?/Okay?/Got it?

실패했어 - I failed.

동영상 - Video/Moving Image.

영상 - Still Image/Picture (also used to abbreviate 동영상 so it can also mean video).

진짜로? - For real? (can be cutely said as 진짜루?)

뭐 설레는거 없어?! - There’s nothing exciting?!

같이 사는 남자들은? - You’re living with men?

육조 물 받아놨어 - I put water in the bathtub/I ran a bath.

육조 - Bathtub (noun ONLY).

목욕 - Bath (noun).

목욕하다 - Bathing/Bathe (verb).

하겠냐?! - Would you do it?!

같이 사는 사람들 이름도 몰라! - I don’t even know the name of the people I live with!

멍청아! - Idiot!

고진감래 苦盡甘來

苦 쓰다 bitter 盡 다하다 to exhaust 甘 달다 sweet 來 오다 to come

After bitterness comes sweetness.

After hardship comes joy.

금상첨화 錦上添花

錦 비단 silks 上 위 top 添 더하다 to add 花 꽃 flower

To add flower on top of silks.

Good things added to good things.

괄목상대 刮目相對

刮 눈을 비비다 to rub one’s eyes 目 눈 eye 相 서로 each other 對 대하다 to treat

Rub one’s eyes and look at the other person.

A person’s learning and skill have improved surprisingly.

감언이설 甘言利說

甘 달다 sweet 言 말씀 words 利 이롭다 beneficial 說 말씀 words

Sweet words and beneficial stories(words).

Words adorned to suit others’ preferences or words that seem plausible with favorable conditions.

결자해지 結者解之

結 맺다 to tie, bind/to form 者 사람 person 解 풀다 to untie, untangle/to solve 之 그것 that (어조사, grammatical Hanja)

One who tied it must untie it.

The problems you’ve created must be solved by yourself.

각골난망 刻骨難忘

刻 새기다 to engrave 骨 뼈 bone 難 어렵다 difficult 忘 잊다 to forget

Be hard to forget because it’s engraved on the bones.

The kindness one has shown is too great to be forgotten.

개과천선 改過遷善

改 고치다 to fix 過 허물 fault 遷 달라지다 to change/to move 善 착하다 kind, nice

To correct the mistakes and faults in the past and become a good person.

과유불급 過猶不及

過 지나치다 excessive 猶 오히려 rather 不 아니 not 及 미치다 to reach, meet

Being excessive is the same as lacking.

구밀복검 口蜜腹劍

口 입 mouth 蜜 꿀 honey 腹 배 stomach(belly) 劍 칼 sword

Honey in the mouth and a sword in the stomach.

To seem to be kind and friendly but is intending to harm you.

권선징악 勸善懲惡

勸 권하다 to promote, recommend 善 착하다 good, kind 懲 징계하다 to discipline, punish 惡 악하다 evil

To encourage the good and discipline the bad.

근묵자흑 近墨者黑

近 가깝다 to be close 墨 먹 ink stick 者 사람 person 黑 검다 black

One who stays close to ink turns black.

Being around bad friends gets you into bad habits.

군계일학 群鷄一鶴

群 무리 group, herd 鷄 닭 chicken 一 한 one 鶴 학 crane

One crane in a flock of chickens.

One outstanding person in a group of ordinary people.

Hey guys! I’m glad I’m finally back and posting again! I hope you’ve all stayed well over the past few months because I know it’s not been an easy time, but please just try your best to stay positive, things will get better soon 💗.

거실가구 (keo-sil-ka-gu): Living room furniture

거실 (keo-sil): Living room

가구 (ka-gu): Furniture

에어컨 (e-eo-kon): Air conditioner

책장 (chaek-jang): Bookcase

책꽂이 (chaek-kkoj-i): Bookshelf

카펫 (ka-pet): Carpet

천장 (cheon-jang): Ceiling

시계 (si-kye): Clock

커튼 (keo-teun): Curtain

쿠션 (ku-syeon): Cushion

선풍기 (seon-pung-ki): Fan

바닥 (ba-dak): Floor

램프 (laem-peu) or 스탠드 (seu-taen-deu): Lamp

전등 (jeon-deung): Light

액자 (aek-ja): Picture frame

라디오 (ra-di-o): Radio

리모컨 (ri-mo-kon): Remote control

선반 (seon-ban): Shelf

소파 (so-pa): Sofa

사이드 테이블 (sa-i-deu/te-i-beul): Side table

탁자 (tak-ja) or 테이블 (te-i-beul): Table

텔레비젼 (tel-le-bi-jeon) or 티비 (ti-bi): Television/TV

거실장 (keo-sil-jang): TV stand

꽃병 (kkeoch-byeong): Vase

벽 (byeong): Wall

겉으로 - outwardly

넓게 - widely

매일 - daily

마비 - numbly

감사하게 - gratefully

쉽게 - queasily

유난히 - extraordinarily

어둡게 - darkly

대담하게 - daringly

의미심장하게 - meanly

경련 적으로 - spasmodically

뻔뻔하게 - shamelessly

다행히도 - fortunately

더 빨리 - quicker

합리적으로 - reasonably

판매 - sale

경제학 - economics

제공 - offer

공책 - notebook

생성물 - product

서류 가방 - briefcase

마감 시간 - deadline

영수증 - receipt

세 - tax

스프레드 시트 - spreadsheet

나가는 - outgoing

피규어 - figures

사용자 이름 - username

사서함 - mailbox

종업원 - employee

Manner:

매우- very

아주- very

혼자- alone

함께- together

상당히- quite

진짜로- really

실제로- really

빨리- quickly

제대로- well

잘- well

열심히- hard

천천히- slowly

신중하게- carefully

거의- hardly

간신히- barely

가까스로- barely

주로- mostly

전적으로- absolutely

Time:

오늘- today

어제- yesterday

내일- tomorrow

매일- everyday

지금- now

그때- then

나중에- later

후에- later

바로- immediately

즉시- immediately

곧- soon

이미- already

최근에- recently

요즘- recently, these days, lately

아직(도)- still, yet

전에- ago

다음- next

지난- last

Frequency:

절대- never

드물게- rarely

가끔- sometimes

보통- usually

대개- usually

항상- always

늘- always

자주- frequently

흔히- frequently

Place:

여기- here

저기- there, over there

거기- there

저쪽에- over there

모든곳- everywhere

어디나- everywhere

어디든- anywhere

아무데나- anywhere

아무데도- nowhere

어디에도- nowhere

떨어져- away

바깥에- out (out there)

–Ana

~듯(이)/~는 듯이

The particle ~듯(이) is an advanced grammar point allowing us to make comparisons between its preceding and following clause. In that sense, it’s similar to ~는 것처럼 or ~는 것과 마찬가지로. ~는 듯이 (focus on the 는!) can be used to make speculations. ~듯이 and ~는 듯이 are very similar, which is why I’m grouping them together.

제가 영국에서 좋은 시간 보낼듯 제이씨도 우리나라에서 좋은 시간을 보내시길 바랍니다. Just like I had a great time in England, I hope that Jay also has a great time in Korea.

너도 알고 있듯이 외국어 공부에 꾸준한 노력이 필요한 거야. As you know, steady effort is necessary for the study of a foreign language.

(Exemples from Korean Grammar in Use)

This grammar principle never comes last… except on the Internet, where it serves as a shorter version of ~듯이 하다 or ~는 것 같다.

걔가 미친듯.. He seems crazy.

- 우리와 함께 술 마실래요?

- 저 오늘 안할듯

- Do you want to drink with us?

- I don’t think I will today.

It can be used this way in spoken Korean too, but they often add ~하다 at the end, which is the full particle.

~뫄뫄/솨솨 (and 따따님)

뫄뫄 is short for 무엇무엇, which can be translated by this and that, so and so. Both are actually used as replacement for “어떤 분” (some person) or “누군가” (someone). In that way you can build sentences like “A said to B she was pretty”, without naming anyone (뫄뫄님이 솨솨님한테 예쁜다고 했어요.) It can be used to say “he”, “she”, “this”, “that” and is only used on the Internet (very often though).

초보 운전자, new driver

차를 몰다, to drive

좌회전/우회전, left turn/right turn

브레이크 (페달), brake (pedal)

악셀 (페달), accelerator (pedal)

차선, lane

차선을 바꾸다, to change a lane

차선변경, lane changing

차간거리, the space between two cars

사이드미러, side view mirror

룸미러, rear view mirror

브레이크를 밟다, hit the brake

교차로, intersection

속도를 줄이다, slow down

운전대/핸들, steering wheel

급정지하다, to stop suddenly

양보하다, to yield

야간운전, night driving

안전벨트, , safety belt

엔진회전계, tachometer

연료계, fuel gauge

깜빡이, turn signal

속도계, speedometer

야간등, bright lights

와이퍼, wipers

2단기어, 2nd gear

기어봉, gear 

경음기 (클랙슨), horn

주차, parking

후진, reverse

수동기어, neutral gear

전진, drive gear

곡선, turn

바짝 따라붙다 tailgate

(자동차) 정비소, auto shop

세차장, carwash

운전면허, driver’s liscense

주차 위반 딱지, parking ticket

속도 위반 딱지, speeding ticket

트렁크, trunk

앞자석/뒷자석, front seat/back seat

조수석, passenger seat

펑크난 타이어, flat tire

타이어를 교환하다, to change a tire

수동 변속기/자동 변속기, manual transmission/automatic transmission

클러치, clutch

번호판, license plate

뺑소니 사고, hit-and-run

차로 치다, to run over/hit smth

차에 치이다, to be run over/hit

통행권, right-of-way