Free basic Korean words list

What's inside

• The first wordsGreetings, question words, pointing words and how to say I and you, with which ones are polite and which are casual.
• People and timeFamily words that change with who's speaking, people, times of day and the days of the week.
• Numbers and foodBoth number systems and when to use each, then food and drink, from 밥 to 떡볶이.
• Places, things, verbsWhere you go, what you carry, 15 verbs in dictionary and polite form, and describing words.
• K-drama words대박, 헐, 아이고 and friends, the rude ones to only hear, and what to call people.
• PracticeThe little particle words explained in one box, then ten sentences to read before you peek.

How to use it

1. Learn five words a day.
2. Say each one out loud and read the Hangul before the romanisation.
3. Cover the grey lines on the practice page and read aloud, then check.
4. Watch something with Korean subtitles in Kitsumi and catch the words as they come up.

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• 100 Korean drama phrasesThen pick up the lines dramas use all the time: 대박, 보고 싶어, 그만해 and what 오빠 really means.
• Korean numbers and countersThen sort out numbers: 일 이 삼 and 하나 둘 셋, and which one goes with prices, hours and age.
• Korean Hangul chartLearn to read first. All 24 letters with a picture to remember each, and how they stack into blocks.

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