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It’s time to pick up some common vocabulary words. Study time! Let’s get some basics under our belt. Let’s get it started! The basics: 안녕하세요 – An-nyeong ha-se-yo? – Your basic formal hello – you should already know this after your first or second day here. 잘지내 – Jal-ji-nae? – How are you, or what’s up? A more casual ‘hello’ amongst friends or peers. 감사합니다 – Kam-sa hab-ni-da – Your basic formal thank you – again, you probably know this after your first or second day here. 고맙습니다 – Go-mab seub-ni-da – Another way of saying ‘thank you’ – still formal in nature. 고마워 – Go-ma-wo – A more casual ‘thank you’. 천만에요 cheon-man-e-yo – you’re welcome. 아마도 – a-ma-do – maybe. The classroom (click here for some more Korean in the classroom) 조용히해 – jo-yong-hi-hae – be quiet 한국말 하지 마세요 – han-gook-mal ha-jee-mah-say-yo – don’t speak Korean 시작 – si-jak – start, as in start working 알겠지 – all-get-gee – do you understand? The people 아주마 – A-ju-ma – a married or older woman. 아저씨 – A-jeo-ssi – a married or older man. 아가씨 – A-ga-ssi – a young or unmarried woman. 선생님 – Seon-saeng-nim – teacher 학생 – Hak-saeng – student 회사원 – Hoi-sa-won – salaryman or company worker 꽃미남 – ggoch-mi-nam (pronounced goat-mee-nam) 왕따 – wang-ta – a dork or nerd, a person nobody likes (slang) The places 방 – bang – by itself, it’s just a room. It’s what you do in the room that will complete the noun. 노래방- no-rae-bang – literally, singing room. Also a place to hear singing, usually badly and by drunk people. 공원 – gong-won – a good old-fashioned park. 모텔 – mo-tel – motel; one of few Korean words transliterated from English that doesn’t sound different whichever language you use. 여관 – yeo-gwan – smaller family-run hotel. Usually cheaper and more basic. (HT to White Rice for catching the vowels) 역 – yeok – by itself, a stop or station. Combine it with the name of a subway station and you’re in business. For example, Seoul Station is 서울역. 시장 – si-jang – a traditional market of some kind, usually open-air and outdoors. Okay, sinipag si ako hahaha..

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