Korean Vocabulary

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  • Hello (most formal) is a common greeting in North Korea and provincial South Korea, with the appropriate response being identical to "안녕하십니까" ( annyeong hasimnikka ).
  • Hello (formal) is common in South Korea, particularly to older people or those you meet first, with the appropriate response being "안녕하세요" ( annyeonghaseyo ).
  • Hello (informal) is used to your friend or younger people, with the appropriate response being "안녕" ( annyeong ).
  • Hello (on the phone) is used when answering the phone, with the appropriate response being "여보세요" ( yeoboseyo ).
  • How are you? is asked in Korean, with the appropriate response being "어떠십니까?" ( eotteo simnikka ).
  • Midnight in Korean is 자정 (jajeong).
  • The duration of time in Korean can be expressed in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years.
  • The days of the week in Korean are 오늘 (oneul), 어제 (eoje), 내일 (naeil), 이번 주 (ibeon ju), 지난 주 (jinan ju), 다음 주 (da - eum ju), 일요일 (ir yoil), 월요일 (wor yoil), 화요일 (hwayoil), 수요일 (suyoil), 목요일 (mogyoil), 금요일 (geumyoil), 토요일 (toyoil).
  • Two o'clock PM in Korean is 오후 두 시 (ohu dusi).
  • The months in Korean are simply the Sino-Korean numbers 1 through 12 followed by the word (month).
  • 마구 ( magu ) 18
  • 제일 ( jeil ) 17
  • 덜 ( deol ) 13
  • 무려 ( mur y e o ) 15
  • 급기야 ( geupgiya)
  • 더 ( deo ) 12
  • 다행히 ( dahanghi)
  • 불과 ( bulgwa ) 14
  • 엄청 ( eomcheong ) 11
  • 과연 ( gwaeyon)
  • 너무 ( neomu ) 10
  • 가장 ( gajang ) 16
  • 절대로 ( jeoldae)
  • 바로 ( baro)
  • 저절로 ( jeojeolro)
  • 물론 ( mulron)
  • 불행히 ( bulhanghi)
  • 유감스럽게도 ( y ugamsreopgaedo)
  • Fine, thank you is the response to "어떠십니까?" ( eotteo simnikka ), with the appropriate response being "잘 지냅니다, 감사합니다" (j al jinaemnida, gamsahamnida ).
  • How do you do? (formal) is used when meeting for the first time, with the appropriate response being "처음 뵙겠습니다" (cho e um poepgetsumnida).
  • 발 (bal)
  • 담낭 (damnang)
  • 맹장 (maengjang)
  • 췌장 (chwejang)
  • 간 (gan)
  • 콩팥 (kongpat)
  • 뼈 (ppyeo)
  • 살갗 (salgat)
  • 배꼽 (baekkop)
  • 근육 (geunyuk)