just like other East Asian Languages, Korean uses counters for objects and events. Most are used in conjunction with the Native Korean number system. Although there are many more than this, just use ‘개’ if you forget the counter for an object. Counters in this graphic: 권 (kweon) = Used […]
Our last featured the Korean word for , so go take a look if you haven’t already. For today, we’re looking at how to say apple in Korean. It is probably one of the first and easiest ‘fruit’ words to learn. Namely, because a lot of people like apples and […]
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. We thought this would be the perfect time to add some vocabulary (we’ve never done a post on Christmas). Although Christmas is big in Western countries, it’s not as big here in Korea. Although everyone pretty much gets the holiday off […]
Hey everyone! Welcome to a new week. We hope you enjoyed your weekend. Today, we are going to teach you how to say “what” in Korean. This fits in with other words like how, why, how, and where in that you need to know these. These words are very basic, […]
Vocabulary in this infographic: 교회 (gyo-hoe) = Church 대학교 (dae-hak-gyo) = College 경찰서 (gyeong-chal-seo) = Police station 편의점 (pyeon-ui-jeom) = Convenience store 도서관 (do-seo-gwan) = Library 빵집 (bbang-jib) = Bakery 소방서 (so-bang-seo) = Fire station 주유소 (ju-yu-so) = Gas station 주차장 (ju-cha-jang) = Parking lot
Our word for today is ‘God’. There are many ways to say this depending on the context and situation. For most Koreans, referring to God as simply a being that is up the sky would be called 하느님. The name comes from the word 하늘 (ha-neul) which means sky or […]