UNIT 1: LESSON 3: Korean Verbs/ Adjectives
Vocabulary
The vocabulary is separated into nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs for the purpose of simplicity.
Nouns:
음식 = food
케이크 = cake
공항 = airport
병원 = hospital
공원 = park
한국어 = Korean (language)
머리 = head
다리 = leg
손가락 = finger
귀 = ear
팔 = arm
눈 = eye
입 = mouth
배 = stomach
버스 = bus
배 = boat
우리 = us/
Verbs:
먹다 = to eat
가다 = to go
만나다 = to meet
닫다 = to close
열다 = to open
원하다 = to want (an object)
만들다 = to make
하다 = to do
말하다 = to speak
이해하다 = to understand
좋아하다 = to like
Adjectives:
크다 = to be big
작다 = to be small
새롭다 = to be new
낡다 = to be old (not age)
비싸다 = to be expensive
싸다 = to not be expensive, to be cheap
아름답다 = to be beautiful
뚱뚱하다 = to be fat, to be chubby
길다 = to be long
좋다 = to be good
Adverbs:
아주 = very
매우 = very
너무 = too (often used to mean ‘very’)
Some Quick Notes about Korean Verbs and Adjectives
Okay, now it is time to get serious. Now it is time to start learning things that you can apply to any verb or any adjective. There are a few things you need to know about Korean verbs and adjectives:
I said this before (twice) but I’m going to say it again. Every Korean sentence must end in either a verb or an adjective (this includes 이다 and 있다). Every sentence absolutely must have a verb or adjective at the end of the sentence.
You should notice (it took me months to notice) that every Korean verb and adjective ends with the syllable ‘다.’ 100% of the time, the last syllable in a verb or adjective must be ‘다.’ Look up at the vocabulary from this lesson if you don’t believe me.
In addition to ending in ‘다’ many verbs and adjectives end with the two syllables ‘하다.’ ‘하다’ means ‘do.’ Verbs ending in 하다 are amazing, because you can simply eliminate the ‘하다’ to make the noun form of that verb/adjective.
