Park - Essential Korean vocabulary: learn the key words and phrases needed to speak Korean fluently

1.1 Personal Information saram person, people, human being . ajik mannal sarami han myeong deo isseo. I still have one more person to meet. ingan human . cheseueseo keompyuteoga inganeul igyeosseoyo. = myeong = saram unit for counting persons / daseot myeong/saram five people bun honorific of myeong se bun three people seong family name, last name . gimeun hangugeseo gajang heunhan seongida. gimeun hangugeseo gajang heunhan seongida.

Kim is the most common family name in Korea. ireum first name, given name . agi ireumeun suhyeonirago jieosseoyo. We decided to call the baby Suhyeon. In Korean, the family name precedes the given name. Usually, people do not put a space between their family and given names.

However, the first syllable is usually the family name, and the next 1-3 syllables are the given name. seongham honorific of ireum ? seonghami eotteoke doeseyo? What is your name? bonmyeong real name, given name yemyeong stage name . jeoneun peuropire bonmyeongi anin yemyeongeul sseumnida. I use my stage name instead of my real name in my profile. silmyeong real name . ilbu ollain seobiseureul iyonghal ttaeneun silmyeong hwagini piryohamnida.

Real-name authentication is required for some online services. gamyeong alias byeolmyeong nickname . jeoneun byeolmyeongeuro bullineun ge sireoyo. I hate being called by nickname. () seong(byeol) sex, gender . seong byeore ttareun imgeum chaiga ajik itda.

There is still a gender pay gap. namja man . geuneun jigusangeseo gajang jalsaenggin namjaya. He is the most handsome man on earth. namseong man, male yeoja woman . nae pyeongsaeng geureon nyeojaneun dasi mon mannal geoya.

Ill never see a woman like that again in my entire life. yeoseong woman, female . ilbanjeogeuro yeoseongi namseonge bihae orae sanda. Generally speaking, women live longer than men. yeoin woman, lady . magaret daecheoui byeolmyeongeun cheorui yeoinieotda.

Margaret Thatchers nickname was the Iron Lady. namnyeo a man and a woman . namnyeo modu i romaentik komidireul joahal geoyeyo. Both men and women will enjoy this romantic comedy. nai age , ? sillyejiman, naiga eotteoke doeseyo? May I ask how old you are? yeollyeong age . yeollyeonge sanggwaneopsi nuguna jiwonhal su itseumnida.

Everyone can apply, irrespective of age. yeonse honorific of nai ? eomeoni yeonsega eotteoke doesimnikka? How old is your mother? sal age, years ? myeot sariseyo? How old are you? se age, years 5 . man ose mimanui aineun ipjangi muryoimnida. Admission is free for children under five. man in Western age . maneuro seo reunnyeoseot sarimnida.

Im now 36 years old. The traditional way of counting someone's age in Korea is different than in Western countries. In Korea, people begin counting a child's age while the child is still in the womb, so a newborn baby is one year old in Korean thinking. Then, the baby turns two on the following New Year's day. People use the expression maneuro to show the Western age. nyeonsaeng word used to say what year you were born in A: ? B: .

A: myeon nyeonsaengiseyo? B: chilsippallyeonsaengieyo. A: What year were you born in? B: I was born in 1978. dae (certain times of) ones age choban early phase . geu sarameun samsipdae chobanieyo. He is in his early 30s. beomineun isipdae jungbaneseo hubanui namseongeuro boimnida. beomineun isipdae jungbaneseo hubanui namseongeuro boimnida.

The suspect looks like a male in his mid to late 20s. doksin mihon unmarried person / . jeoneun pyeongsaengeul doksineuro/mihoneuro sal saenggagimnida. I decided to remain single for the rest of my life. = singgeul = sollo single person /. jeoneun seoreun sarigo singgeurimnida/solloimnida.

Im 30 years old and single. baeuja spouse . baeujaui ireumgwa jumindeungnokbeonhoreul sseo juseyo. Fill in your spouses name and social security number. chonggak unmarried man . hangugeseoneun nongchon chonggakdeuri gyeolhonhagi eoryeopda.

Its difficult for Korean men in the countryside to marry. cheonyeo unmarried woman gihon married (person) , ? gihoniseyo, mihoniseyo? Are you married or single? gihonja married person yubunam married man yubunyeo married woman