Just as promised, here’s part 2 to ‘학’ words in Korean. You can find part 1 here. IN future posts, we will cover other Hanja as well so look forward to those! List of vocabulary in this infographic: 어학 (eo-hak) = Language learning 언어학 (eo-neo-hak) = Linguistics 학습 (hak-seub) = Learning, studies 복학생 (bok-hak-saeng) = … Read more
‘학’ (hak) words are common words that you will come across while studying Korean. It’s easy to see why since ‘학’ is derived from the Hanja character ‘學’ and it means to learn, study, or basically anything with school. This is a good example of how knowing the Hanja for certain words will help you … Read more
Today, we have a simple vocabulary word for you to learn. We’re going to learn how to say ‘moon’ in Korean. We’ll also go through variations and related words to help with your vocabulary bank. Let’s get going! 달 (dal) Some people get this word confused with ‘딸’ which has a stronger pronunciation at the … Read more
What is the meaning of life? Depending on your beliefs, this could vary. But let’s not get into deep topics like that here 🙂 Today, we’re covering five words that convey ‘life’ in Korean. Each one has a slightly different nuance and is used differently from one another. If you mistakenly use one meaning when … Read more
If it’s one thing you should know about Korean culture, it’s that eating is a big part of it. It’s a communal thing for people to enjoy and even eating alone is seen as something weird to do (although this is changing and more and more people don’t care about eating alone). You can even … Read more
Korean is known for having many ways to say one action or feelings. For example, there are many ways to say the verb ‘wear’ depending what you are putting on. For the word ‘cold’ this also applies. In English, the word cold is used for the temperature of the weather, temperature of a drink, how … Read more
Today, we will introduce some popular ways to say ‘see you later’ in Korean. This phrase can be categorized in ‘goodbye’ which we did a post on here. For this post, we will do a more literal translation. Let’s start with our first phrase. 이따 봐. (i-tta bwa) 이따 봐요. (i-tta bwa-yo) 이따 보자. (i-tta … Read more
When giving or receiving something, you should know both thank you and you’re welcome. It’s the polite thing to do, and people will always appreciate it. We’ve covered thank you in another post here, so you’ll want to check that out first, or after you’ve read this post. So how do you say you’re welcome … Read more
Stop right there! Yes, it’s time to stop what you’re doing and learn today’s Korean phrase. The phrase we’re teaching to you is how to say ‘stop’ in Korean. We will also be going over some variations including how to tell people to ‘stop it’ or stop doing something. There are actually several words for … Read more