#ling-n-lang

a few super basic bedroom vocab words in korean

bedroom - 침실

bed - 침대

pillow - 베개

blanket - 담요

closet - 옷장

pronunciation rules in Korean & further reading

progressive tense - korean (info from ttmik 2.10)

Korean Location Vocabulary

Basic Nouns

Left - 왼쪽 Right - 오른쪽 Here - 여기 There - 거기 Over there - 저기

Compass - 나침반

North - 북쪽 - 우리는 북쪽으로 가고 있습니다 =  We are going North. East - 동쪽 - 태양은 동쪽에서 뜬다 =  The sun rises in the east. South - 남쪽 - 주유소는 여기서 남쪽으로 2킬로 떨어진 곳에 있다 =  The gas station is two km south of here. West - 서쪽 - 태양은 서쪽으로 진다 =  The sun sets in the west. A Bunch of Confusing Particles (i think the links do a better job than i do at explaining lol??)

에 = to/at (marks location) - 학교에 갔어요 = I went to school - 일본에 왔어요 = I came to Japan - 어디에 가고 싶어요? = Where do you want to go? 에서 = from, at, in (marks location where action is taking place) - 학교에서 밥을 먹었어요 = I ate food at school - 삭당에서 일해요 = I work at the restaurant - 그것은 서울에서 왔어요 = It came from Seoul 부터 = from (like 에서 but used more commonly to mark time, they are usually* interchangeable) - 서을부터 = starting from seoul - 어제부터 = starting from (since) yesterday - 저는 작년부터 한국어를 배웠어요 =  I have been learning Korean from (since) last year 까지 = to, until (used to indicate time) - 서을부터 주산까지 = from seoul to busan - 나는 한 시부터 늦게까지 공부했어요 = I studied from one o’clock until late 로 / ~으로 = in the direction of, toward, to, through (similar to 에 but emphasizes direction) **check out the sources for more uses of this particle - 왼쪽으로 = in the left direction, to the left, leftward - 나는 오른쪽으로 갔어요 = I went to/through/in the direction of / the right - 진은 집으로 가 고있어요 = Jin is heading home, is going to the direction of home - . 2번 출구로 나오세요 = Come out in the direction of / through exit 2 Important Words

앞 = front 뒤 = back 옆 = side 위 = top 밑 = bottom 

When you add ~ 에 (mentioned above), you can express a lot more with these words

앞에  = in front of 뒤에  = behind 옆에  = beside, next to 

Here’s more examples on the effect of particles on these words, with 위(above/upper/top) as an example

위까지 = to the top 위로 = toward the top 위부터 = from the top 위에 = on the top

(RE)SOURCES :

wordsense.eu - god tier explanations for the particles, ive linked them directly above already

how to study korean ( 부터/까지, (으)로 ) - very detailed, lots of examples

ttmik  에/에서 - super easy to understand

ttmik  부터 & 까지 & ttmik  위/뒤 Etc 

for this specific particle 로/으로 - cool blog, another cool blog, & ttmik