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 […]
Welcome to today’s word of the day! Today’s word is 토끼 which means rabbit/bunny. You will rarely see rabbits in Korea unless you are out in the countryside or forest. The sound Koreans use for a rabbit hopping is 깡총깡총 (kkang-chong-kkang-chong). In Korean culture, there is a folktale called the […]
Today, we’re going to teach you the different words and phrases expressing OK (as in ‘I got’, ‘I understand’, etc.) as well as okay (asking if someorone is well, expressing how you feel). It’s actually quite easy to learn and catch on quickly. OK For expressing that you understanding something […]