My Korean 1

3rd Edition

Vocabulary by Unit

Young A Cho

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Unit1
Noun

Verb

?(casual)
Howarethings?
?(polite)
Howarethingsgoing?
?(honorific)
Howareyoudoing?

economics
Professor
Professor
Smith
exchangestudent
Boyfriend
university
MonashUniversity
distinguishedperson
.
(honorific)

This(distinguishedperson)is
Mr.Kim.

CompanyPresident
CompanyPresident
Kim
teacher
YonseiUniversity
Englishliterature
olderbrother(termusedby
females)
This(person)
.This
(person)isMinseoKim.
I
overthere
my
thefirsttime
friend
student
Korean(language)
Australia

togo
tothank
thankyou(formal)
stay;be(honorific)
tostudy
tomeet
tomeet(withpleasure)(formal)
tositdown
.
Mr.Park,pleasehaveaseat.
know;see;understand
okay;alright;gotit.
(casual)
stay(casual)
tomajorin
ring;call
tospend;live

Adjective

grateful;appreciated
.(casual)Thanks
.(formal)Thankyou.
.(casual)
Noproblem.(respondingto
someoneapologisingtoyou)
.(polite)Itsalright./Its
okay.
.(formal)Itsalright./Its
okay.
.(casual)Sorry.
.(formal)
Imsorry.
am/is/areglad
am/are/isnot
Hesnotmy
boyfriend.
Hello;Howdoyoudo?
?Howdoyoudo?
(honorific,formal)
.(formal)
ImsorryImlate.

AdverbandOthers

/(polite)

/
(casual)
(polite)

just;still
.(casual)Not
bad./Soso.
.(polite) Im
doingalright.
Yes.
again
./.(casual)
Seeyouagain./Seeya!
.(formal)
Hopetoseeyouagain.
Itsnothing./Noproblem.
(respondingtosomeone
thankingyou)
Yourewelcome./Its
nothing.(respondingto
someonethankingyou)
no
.(casual) Nope./Nah.
./.(polite)No

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/(casual)

!
(polite)

.(polite)Youre
welcome./Itsnothing.(Lit.
Itisnot.)
safely/ingoodhealth/in
peace
.(honorific)
Goodbye.(tosomeone
leaving)
.(formal)
(tosomeoneleaving)
.(honorific)
Goodbye.(tosomeone
staying)
.
(formal)
Goodbye.(tosomeone
staying)
where;somewhere
how
afteralongtime
!/!
(casual);
.(polite)Long
timenosee!
.Itsbeena
longtime.(formal)
Yeah/Yep
well
.(casual)Goodbye.
(tosomeoneleaving)
.(casual)
.(polite)Im
doingwell.
.(casual)
Goodbye.(tosomeone
staying)
.(polite)
Goodbye.(tosomeone
staying)
Justaminute./Hangon.
./.
(polite)Justaminute,
please.
Excuseme!(drawing
someonesattention)

Particles&Copular
also;too
+
+{/} topicparticle
at;in
+
and;with
+
+
+ am/are/is(polite)
+ am/are/is(formal)

+{} am/iscalled
(formal)
+ am/are/is(polite)

Unit2
Noun

Ghana(Africancountry)
Gabon
river
snacks
ear
cinema
tail
flower
end
country
Namibia
Nigeria
daytime
eye;snow
Niger
leg;bridge
listening
radio
lemon
Libya
Madagascar
carriage
Mali
Mary
Moroco
Mauritanie
Mozambique
what
banana
ocean
foot
cookedrice;meal
bus
Botswana
kitchen
person
love
lion
mountain
Somalia
Sudan
supermarket
Singapore
baby
wife
under;below

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aria
perhaps
Asia
icecream
Algeria
Angola
front
album
baseball
story
Ethiopia
female
orange
clothes
why
chef
waiter
glass
music
doctor
Egypt
ruler
Zaire
Zambia
longrain
juice
tea;car
Chad
train(orotherpublictransport)
ticket
card
camera
chameleon
Canada
kangaroo
coffee
computer
Kenya
tyre
ostrich
Tanzania
taxi
tennis
television
wave(ofthesea)
fly(insect)
piano
pizza
Peter
one
hamburger
hotel

Verb

Adjective

thenameofKoreanletter

tocut
cut;chop
toanswer
.
Answer(thequestion).
tolisten
.Listencarefully.
.Listenandrepeat
afterme.
tofollow
repeataftermeplease
tobecorrect
.Thatscorrect.
todonotknow
(.).
No,Idontreallyunderstand
to buy
bought
towrite
.Pleasewrite.
tounderstand
?Doyouunderstand?
,.Yes,Iunderstand.
toread
.Pleaseread.
tohave
?Doyouhaveany
questions?
,(OR).Yes,Ihave
(aquestion).
toforget
.Iveforgotten.
tobeincorrect
.Thatsincorrect.
toopen
.Openyourbook.
todo;tosay;itissaid
.
Yousaysiheom.

busy
(Iam)busy
cheap
(Itis)cheap
donothave
()(OR).
Idonthave(anyquestions).
salty
(Itis)salty

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AdverbandOthers
again

.
Tryitagain.
yes

thisfar

.
Wellstopheretoday.
slowly

().
Pleasespeak/sayitslowly.

Particles
in
+{}
Test?
HowdoyousaytestinKorean?
.Pleasespeak/sayit
inKorean.

Unit3
Noun
bag

potato

potatochip

crab

sweetsnacks

Kimchi(pickledKorean

cabbage)
I

you

greentea

egg

chicken

carrot

doughnut

pork

soymilk

strawberry

lemon

Koreanricewine

beer

whiteradish(daikon)

water

what

banana

cookedrice;ameal

pear

Kimchicabbage(wombok)

mushroom

barleytea

peach

Koreanbeefbarbecue

biscuit

Verb

bread
apple
Sprite;SevenUp
candy;lollies
sandwich
fish
beef
Soju
watermelon
spaghetti
(uncooked)rice
child
lamb/mutton
cabbage
onion
orange
orangejuice
duck
cucumber
corn
corntea
olive(s)
we;us
milk
ginsengtea
lunch
Jjajangnoodles
tea
chocolate
cheese
coffee
cake
cola;Coke
cookie
tomato
springonion
grape
pizza
hamburger
blacktea

togoin
Letsgoin
toeat
letseat
?Whatdoyouwannaeat?
tolike
()?Doyoulike?
togive
Giveittome.

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Adjective

fine;alright;okay
Imfine
heavy
itsheavy
hungry
Imhungry
dislike
tired
Imtired

AdverbandOthers
yeah;okay;alright

ofcourse;then

bytheway;but

yes

notreally

nope;nah(casual)(Lit.Itsnot.)

no

verymuch

not

.Idon'tlikeit.
hey(casual)

alittle;abit

yeah;yep;oh(casual)

here

longtimenosee

why

yeah;yep

Well

.Imdoingwell.
.Ivebeenwell.

Particles
casualendingforaddressingaperson
+{/}
withtheirfirstname;
topicparticle
+

Unit4
Noun
Internetcafe
PC /
shop;store

Gangnamstation:amajor

Seoulsubwaystation
park

airport

theatre;cinema

[I+(topicparticle)]
you

[you+ too]you,too.
[ you]you
karaokeroom

/
()

Verb

library
mart(abigsupermarket)
publicbathhouse
hairdressers
meeting;groupdate
departmentstore
hospital
bookshop
blinddate
shoppingmall/centre
class(thetimespentbeing
taught,notagroupof
students)
[ swimming place]
swimmingpool
bar;pub
supermarket
thecity(downtown)
market
restaurant
pharmacy
moviecinema
postoffice

bank
barbers
home
publicsauna
coffeeshop
nightclub
conveniencestore
school
Koreanlanguage
[ Korean language]
toilet;restroom
office;company
meeting(formal)

togo
[ go+ lets]letsgo
[ go+(casualpresenttense
ending)]go
?[go+?(casualmasculine
questionending)]
?[go+?(casualfeminine
questionending)]
[ well/carefully/properly/a
lot go]goodbye
todo
do(referstosomething
mentionedearlier)

AdverbandOthers

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hard;diligently;witheffort
together
where
well

ParticlesandEndings
to
+
casualendingforaddressingaperson
+{/}
withtheirfirstname
+{} [ am/are/is+(exclamatory
endingindicatingsurpriseor
realisation)]
(topicparticle)
+
Also;too
+

Unit5
Noun
Economics(asasubject)

plan(s)

assignment

I;me

Tomorrow

year
/
orlastyear

orthisyear

ornextyear
song

who

month

/lastmonth

thismonth
nextmonth
report;essay(oftenmispronouncedas

)
thedayaftertomorrow

what;whatkindof

What

?[whatdo+?(casual
masculinequestionending)]Whatcha
doin?
night

apple

waitingtables(i.e.serving)

class

restaurant

morning;(breakfast)

yesterday

Today

am/morning

pm/afternoon

clothes

why

Day

Verb

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

Sunday
music
this
Sunday
evening;(dinner)
midday;(lunch)
week
/ lastweek
thisweek

nextweek
weekend
juice
now;atthemoment
book
friend
test
television
Saturday
weekday;workday
semester
/ lastsemester
thissemester

nextsemester
Koreanlanguage
dayoff

togetmarried
tostudy
Imstudying
todraw(drawing)
() Imdrawingapicture.
towaitfor(bus)
() Imwatingfora
bus.
tosing
tolisten;totake
()Imlisteningto(music);
()[+(casualpresent
tenseending)]take(aclass)
todrink(juice)
() Imdrinkingjuice.
tomeet
()Immeeting(afriend)
tospeak
say;speak

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toeat(anapple)
()Imeating(anapple).
totextamessage
toseeorwatch(television)
().Imwatching
(television).
tosing
() Imsinging(asong)
toborrow(books)
()
tobuy(shoes)
()
tolove
totakeaphoto
toshop
torest
todislike
towrite[+(casualpresenttense
ending)]
() write(letter)
todocasual/parttimejob
(casualpresenttenseform)]
doingacasualjob;workingpart
time
toexercise;workout
towork
toread(book)
() Imreading(abook).
toputon(clothes);getdressed
() Imgettingdressed.
tohave(money)
() Ihave(money).
tosleep
() Isleep(for8
hoursaday).
tobegoodat(Lit.dowell)
tosleep
tophone(A)
(A )
tolike
togive
towithdraw(money)
()
toclean(house)
()
todance
()
tokiss
toride(bike)
()
toplaytennis
tosmoke(cigarettes)
()

Adjective

todo(homework)
() Imdoinghomework.

plenty;alot;therearelotsof;have
lotsof
().Ihavelotsoffriends.
busy
Imbusy
thereisnt;nothave
() Idonthave(time)
hard/tough/difficult/challenging

AdverbandOthers
Whatislike?/Howis?
?
together

noreason;just/simplybecause

yeah?;oh,okay.(Lit.Isthatso?)
?
then

bytheway;but;anyway

restof[+do]
finish
quickly

nah(shortformof(Lit.Its
not.))
yet;still

not

ParticlesandEndings
with
+{}
too;also;aswell
+
+
+{} isthecasualformof
+{/}(am/are/is).
on
+
in;at (activitylocationparticle)
+
+
on[+(timeparticle)on+(topic
particle;emphasis)]

Unit6
Noun
businessmanagement

economics

assignment

science

education

Friday

finance

me[+ too;aswell;also]
me,too
tomorrow

fourandahalfhours

who(whenusedasthesubject)

who

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fiveoclock
library
German
two
twohours
attwooclock[+ at
(timeparticle)]
essay(oftenmisspeltand
pronouncedas )
Malaysianfood
what;how(many)(numerical
quantity)
whattime,howold ,
howmanypeople
Thursday
which;whatkindof;what
physics
what
law
Vietnamesefood
Vietnamese
French(or)
threeoclock
class
Wednesday
mathematics
homework
Spanishfood
o'clock
oneoclock
twooclock
threeoclock
fouroclock
fiveoclock
sixoclock
sevenoclock
eightoclock
nineoclock
tenoclock
elevenoclock
twelveoclock
time;hours
examination;test
linguistics
when
howmuch(whenaskingabout
theprice)
twelveoclock
English
today

(=)

(=)

(=)

(=)

(=)

Verb

morning;a.m.+in] in
themorning
afternoon;p.m.+in] in
theafternoon
we
Monday
Italianfood
Indianfood
Indonesian
Japanesefood
Japanese
Sunday
lunch
politics
Chinesefood
Chineselanguage
[ China language]
geography
Thai(or)
Thaifood
Saturday
Frenchfood
hagwon(aprivateeducational
institution)
Koreanhistory

Koreanfood
Korean
Tuesday
accounting

togo
?Shallwego?[+?shall
we?]
tostudy
letsstudy[+lets]
tofinish
afterfinishing[+andthen]
finish[+(casualsoft
ending)]
toeat
letseat[+lets]
tosee
see[+(casualpresenttense
ending)]
tohave
Ihave[+(softending)]

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Ihave[+(casualpresenttense
ending)]
?Haveyougot?[+(masculine
casualquestionending)]
A?DoyouhaveA?

Adjective

okay;fine
.It'sO.K.[+(casual
presenttenseending)]
()?Is(1o'clock)O.K.?
good
.It'sfine.+(casualpresent
tenseending)]

AdverbandOthers
together

okay;alright

then

letsdothat[likethat+lets]
then;inthatcase

Yes

,A.Yes,IhavegotA.

late[+ till] untillate

,A.No,Ihaven'tgot
A.
yep;yeah(casual)

() where
Howabout?;Whatslike?
?
A?HowaboutA?
Thatsgreat.(Lit.Ithasworkedout

well).
Particles
until
+
from
+
timeparticle
+
(at)whattime
+{/} topicparticle

Unit7
Noun
acold

exchangestudent+as]

asanexchangestudent
(at)thattime

cinemahouse

I;me+ too;also;aswell]
metoo;Ialso
country

boyfriend

my myfriend

()

Verb

you+(topicparticle)] you
who
library+(activitylocation
particle)] inthe
library
Germany
because(of)
assignment;essay;report(often
pronouncedas )
[several+day(s)]several
days
what
walk
birthdayparty
story;conversation;chat
(shortenedformof)
yesterday
when
mum
U.K.
movie
afternoon
music
name
Japan
sleep
dinner
dinner;evening
telephone
China
book
friend
television
France
piano
Australia

tostudy
wasstudying
[+(pastprogressive
tense)]
towait
waited[+(casual
pasttenseending)]
tofinish
finished[+(casual
pasttenseending)]
torecover
gotbetter[+(casual
pasttenseending)]
tohear;listento

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Adjective

() listenedto
music[+(politepasttense
ending)]
toeat
() atedinner
tosee
() sawamovie
() watched
television
totakeawalk
() hadawalk
tocome
came;gothere
[+(casualpasttenseending)]
tointroduce;greet;sayhello
(casualpresenttense)]
sayhello
toread
() readabook
tohave/thereis
Itsbecause;causeI
was[+ pasttenseinfix+]
tosleep
() slept
tomakeaphonecall
() rang
[+(past
tenseinfix)+]called...
toplay
() playedpiano
todo
did

okay+?(masculinecasualquestion
ending)]
?Isit/Areyouokay?
sick+(casualpasttenseending)]
.Iwassick

AdverbandOthers
continuously

Oh,yeah?Really?(Lit.Isthatso?)
?
and

bytheway;but

late+ till] untillate

alot

unable

couldntdo[(pasttense
formofdo)]
justnow;amomentago

alittlewhileago

Particles
+
+
+
+
+

Unit8
Noun

nah;nope
Itsnot
yet;still
oh;yeah
which
where
here
alongtime
Why
yeah;yup
now
alone;byoneself

+{/}isthecasualformof
+{/}(am/are/is).
from;in
+istheformalformof
+{/}(am/are/is).
and;with
+with] withafriend
from(aperson)

potato
generalitemcountingnoun
crab
meat
Shoes
thirteenpairsof
shoes
Kimchistew
Tree
sixteentrees
weather
Four
fouryears(old)
five
egg
chicken
carrot
Two
twohours
twocups/glasses
beer
ninebottlesofbeer
water
what
Koreancabbage
mushroom

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bottlecountingnoun
brandy
Bibimbap(aricedishwithmixed
vegetables,beefetc.)
bread

apple

sevenapples
fish

Three

threemonths
threepeople(honorific)

cow ninecows
beef

customer;guest

sixcustomers
twenty

icedcoffee
nine

Suits

fourteensuits
eight

six

Pencil

twelvepencils
ten

fourteen

fifteen

twelve

thirteen

nineteen

eighteen

sixteen

seventeen

eleven

today

orange

orangejuice
corn

milk

whisky

thisside

thisway[+ to
(directionparticle)]
seven

Car

fifteencars
I(humble)

metoo;Ialso[+ too;also;
aswell]
Paper

elevensheetsof
paper
Book

tenbooks
cheese
coffee
; eight
cupsofcoffee
cake
coke
crushedicedessertwithredbeans
(alsoicecream,fruitetc.)
Letter
seventeenletters
grape
one
oneoclock
onecup/glass
Student
fivestudents

Verb
toorder
?
Areyoureadytoorder?Wouldyoulike
toorder?[+(honorificinfix)+
(futureinfix)+?(honorific
questionending)]

togive CanIpleasehave(Lit.
Pleasegiveme)[+(honorific
presenttenseending)]
tocome

(please)come[+(honorific
presenttenseending)]
?came;gothere[+(casualpast
tenseending)]
toeat

wannaeat[+ wanna]

eat[+(casualpresenttense
ending)]
todrink

drink[+(casualpresenttense
ending)]
wannadrink[+ wanna]
tobeavailable;possible;bedone

?CanIpaybycard?)
[+(casualpresenttenseending)];
notavailable;isnotpossible;
cannotbedone[ negativeword
+(formalpresenttense
ending)]
tounderstand

Certainly;Ofcourse(Lit.I
understand).(formal)
totakeout;exclude

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()without(meat),please
[+ and+(politeparticle)]

Adjective

same
oneofthesame
okay;fine
Im/Werefine
[+(politepresenttenseending)]
Hot
Itshot[+(exclamatory
ending)]
thirsty[ throat dry]
Imthirsty(Lit.throatisdry)
+(casualpresenttenseending)]
cool;refreshing
acoolbreeze
[+(nounmodifyingadjective
ending)]
nothave;thereisnt
?Istherenot?[+?(casual
masculinequestionending)];
?Doyounothave?[+(casual
presenttenseending)]
Thereisnt.;Idonthave
?Isnotthereany?;Do
younothaveany?
[+(honorificpresenttense
ending)]
good
Itsgood[+(soft
sentenceending)]
sorry
Imsorry;Iregretit;I
apologise[+(formalpresent
tenseending)]
needed
somethingyouneed(Lit.
neededthing)[+(nounmodifying
adjectiveending) thing]

AdverbandOthers
just;simply

then

then;inthatcase

quite;pretty;rather

yes(polite)

more;(alsoformscomparatives

liketheEnglisherending)
insteadof

Deliciously

Enjoyyourmeal.
(honorific)

ah;oh;heyetc.
no(Lit.No,Imnot/Itsnot.);
contractedformof(polite)
nah;nope(casual)

no[+(politeparticle)]
Welcome(Lit.Pleasecome
promptly.);afixedexpressionfor
greetingcustomers

Here+(politeparticle)]
overhere
justamoment

Justamoment,please
[+(politeparticle)]
overthere

Excuseme.(whenyou
wanttoattractsomeones
attention)[+(politeparticle)]
, Ahwell,can'tdoanythingabout
it

Particles
+{}
+
+{}?
Unit9
Noun
MP3

()

(=)

politeparticle+.
only;just
isit?(+{/}isthe
honorificformof+{/})

MP3player
generalitemcountingnoun
black
exchangestudent
[ exchange student]
9
dressshoes;formalshoes
95,000won
ninety
9,000won
earrings
gold
refrigerator
yellow
laptop(computer)
unistudent+(pluralmarker)
+(topicparticle)]
unistudents
two
digitalcamera
(caf)latts
mind;heart
?Areyouhappy
withit?Isittoyourliking?
10000

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10,000won
necklace
rainbow(,,,,,
(indigo),)
what
ring
brown
100
1,000,000
violet
pink
Bulgogiburger
red
redrose(s)
red
4
400
40
[ four thousand]4,000
3
300
30
3000
[ three thousand]3,000
colour
[ Seoul University
+ to]toSeoul(National)
University
threeunits
washing
machine
meal;set
selfiestick
sofa
sweater
watch
restaurant
[+ at+(topicparticle)]
attherestaurant
meal(s)
meals[+(subject
particle)]
10
10
19
100,000
14
13
15
16
12
11

17
18
180,000won
icecream
yesterday yesterday
[+(topicparticle)]
howmuch
?Howmuchisit?
[+ am/are/is]
0
5
today
(asfor)today[+(topic
particle)]
50
Afternoon
intheafternoon
[+(timeparticle)]
milk
won(Koreancurrencyunit)
1,000won
6
sixty
silver
chair
2
this
20000
200
20
2000
[ two thousand eight
hundred]2,800
1
[ oneserving+ per]
perserving
purple
that(oneoverthere)
I(humble)
I[+(topicparticle)]
electricheater
electricricecooker
electronicdictionary
lunch
my(humble)
orange (colour)
vacuumcleaner
desk
bookcase
1000
10,000,000
green

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powercharger
cheeseburger
friend
with
friends (pluralmarker)
+ with]
7
seventy
bed
colourtelevision
coffee
computer
coke
kilo
perkilo[+ per]
table
television
blue
8
eighty
Frenchfries
one
perunit;each[
oneunit+ per]
white
sum;totalamount
handbag
hamburger
blacktea
grey
mobilephone

/
/

Verb
togo

went[+(pasttense
ending)]
tocut;reduce

pleasegivemea
discount(Lit.pleasereducethe
price)[+Pleasedo
somethingforme]
topay

Pleasepay[+(honorific
presenttenseending)]
togive(honorific)

gave[+(formal
stylepasttenseending)]
?shallIgive?[+?
ShallI?]
tobepleased;satisfied

?Areyouhappywith
it?Isittoyourliking?

Adjective

todrink
drank[+(pasttense
ending)]
toeat
ateand/but[+(past
tenseinfix)+(connectorfor
addingextrainformation)]
ate[+(pasttense
ending)]
toreceive
received[+
(formalstylepasttenseending)]
toshow
pleaseshow(it)tome
[+ pleasedosomethingfor
me]
toknow;understand
Isee
tocome
came[+(pasttense
ending)]
tohave;thereis
hereitis[ here
+(formalstylepresenttense
ending)]
hereitis[+(present
tenseending)]
togive
CouldIpleasehave(Lit.
Pleasegiveme...)[+(honorific
presenttenseending)]

grateful;appreciated
thankyou
expensive
wasquiteexpensive
[+(pasttenseending)]
expensive[+(exclamatory
ending)]
expensive[+(presenttense
ending)]
cheap[ more+ Itsbecause]
Itsbecauseitscheaper
pretty;looksnice+(exclamatory
ending)]itspretty

AdverbandOthers
so;therefore

then;inthatcase

but;bytheway

quite[

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Particles
+()
+{}

wasquiteexpensive
[ expensive+(pasttense
ending)]
too
more
Itsbecauseitscheaper
[ cheap+ Itsbecause]
extremely
wasextremely
expensive[ expensive
+(pasttenseending)]
very
wasverycheap[ cheap
+(pasttenseending)]
how
?Howmuchis/are?
[?do?](Lit.Howdoyousell?)
quick(ly);fast;promptly
Welcome(when
greetingcustomers)
here
hereitis[ thereis
+(formalstylepresenttense
ending)]
please;abit

with
as
asanexchange
student
objectparticles
+{/}
only;just
+
fromto
++
at;in(activitylocationparticle)
+
+{/} am/are/is
am/are/is
+
+(it)wasand/but
[+(connectorforadding
extrainformation)]
+ pasttenseformof
+

+ is[+(soft
sentenceending)]
+istheformalstyle
versionof+{/}
(am/are/is)
and
+

Unit10
Noun
10
11

October
November

12
1
2
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
94
97
9

()

()

December
January
February
[ two schoolyear]
secondyear(atschool/uni)
March
April
May
June
July
August
[94 year born]bornin94
(reador )
bornintheyearof97
September
singer
DepartmentofHome
Economics
family
nurse
architect
DepartmentofArchitecture
publicprosecutor
businessmanagement
FacultyofBusiness(and
Commerce)
DepartmentofBusiness
Administration
economics
DepartmentofEconomics
policeofficer
seniorhighschool
seniorhighschoolstudent
KoreaUniversity
aunt(dadssister)
FacultyofEngineering
publicservant
scientist
miner
teacher
professor;lecturer
DepartmentofEducation
DepartmentofKorean
LanguageandLiterature
soldier
DepartmentofFinance
DepartmentofMechanical
Engineering
technician
reporter;journalist
age
youngerbrother

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husband
4
year
farmer
who
(boys)eldersister
5
Daejeon
university(or)
university
postgraduateschool
money
fellowalumni
2
twopeople[ two
(peoplecountingnoun)]
second
designer
daughter
Tteokbokki(spicyfriedrice
cake)
40
youngestchild/sibling
What
whatyearyouwere
born?[whatyearborn
in];
whatschool
year[ what schoolyear]

dancer
FacultyofArts
DepartmentofPhysics
colloquialformofwhat
+(politeparticle)]
?what?whatwasthat?
sea
on/atthesea
[+(activitylocation
particle)]
Ph.Dcourse
hundred
translator
FacultyofLaw
DepartmentofLaw
lawyer
Parents
parentsand
[ parents+(honorific
suffix)+ and];
(asforyour)parents
parents+(topicparticle)]

ricemixedwithvegetablesand
meat+ and]
Bibimbapand
secretary
fourthyear
person
FacultyofEducation
businessperson;entrepreneur
cousin
countingunitforage
thirdyear
uncle
birthdate
birthday
30
Seoul;
inSeoul[+ in
(locationparticle)+(topic
particle)]
masterscourse
name[writtenform]
name[honorificform]
3
third
novelist
waterskiing
DepartmentofMathematics
50
20
22yearsold[22
(age)]
time
poet
restaurant
S(h)insaDong
wife
son
father/dad
DepartmentofAsian
LanguagesandStudies
9
90
chemist
what;which
mother/mum
fisherman
(girls)eldersister
engineer
8
youngersister
[ female younger
sibling]

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80
6
10
14
15
12
13
19
18
16
17
11
DepartmentofEnglish
LanguageandLiterature
movieactor

60

(girls)elderbrother

why

cook;chef

we+(topicparticle)]
we
driver

kindergarten

banker

musician

FacultyofMedicine

doctor

DepartmentofMedicine

secondyear

FacultyofScience

name(colloquialform)

aunt(mumssister)

now+ from]
fromnowon
firstyear

Sunday+(timeparticle)]
onSundays
70

[ self introduction]
selfintroduction
writer

musiccomposer

fathersyoungerbrother

wifeoffathersyounger

brother
/ theyoungerofonesolder
brothers
I;me(humble)

+(topicparticle)] I
that

overthere

evening+(timeparticle)
+(topicparticle)]
intheevenings
major

politician

my(humble)

niece/nephew

middleschool

now

occupation

house

thousand

first

primaryschool

soccer;football

hobby

friend+(plural
marker)+ with]
withfriends
caf

computerengineer
fathersolderbrother

wifeoffathersolderbrother

theeldestofonesolder
/
brothers

actor(onTV)

interpreter

judge

Korea

Korean(language)

grandmother

grandfather

olderbrother(ofamale)

Australianfootball

[ Australia football]
byoneself;alone

painter;artist

accountant

DepartmentofAccounting

officeworker

Verb

togo
go[+(presenttense
ending)];
Ishouldgetgoing
tolive;stay+ and]
liveand
toattend
attended[+(casualpast
tenseending)]

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tobecome
ithasbecome![+(past
tenseinfix)+(exclamatoryending)]
tolowerone'sstyleofspeech
Youcanuselessformal
speech(withme).
Iwilluselessformal
language(Lit.relaxmyspeech)
tolearn
learnt[+(pasttense
ending)]
tolive
live[+(presenttenseending)]

toworkparttime;docasualwork
[ casual/parttime

job do(presenttense
form)]
toknow

know[+(presenttense
ending)]
tohave

has/have+(presenttense
ending)]
tobegoodat

goodat[+(exclamatory
ending)]

tomajorin(presenttense
form)]

tolike(presenttenseform)]
like

todo(presenttenseform)]
do/does

Adjective

+
+
+{/}
?
+

Particles

curious curious,
so]
causeImcurious
cute+(presenttense
ending)] arecute
careful Takecare;Be
carefulonyourway;Travelsafely
(Lit.Gocarefully).
tired Iamtired(present
tenseform)]
needIneed(presenttense
form)

AdverbandOthers
with
+{}
am/are/is
+
+ am/are/is+(exclamatory
ending)];
+(politeending)am/are/is;

+ casualformof+;
+(softsentenceending)]
Theyareseniorhigh
schoolstudentsand;
+(formalstyleversionof
+{/})
and
with
onlywith[+ only]
Whatabout?(politeparticle)
?Whataboutyourfamily?
In(locationparticle)
inuniversity;+(topic
particle)] inKorea
pluralmarker
(asformy)younger
sisters[ youngersister
+(topicparticle]
subjectparticle
youngersister[ female
youngersibling]
sometimes;occasionally
together
noreason;justbecause
yes;okay;alright
but(still);andyet;nevertheless
?Wouldthatbeokay?
so;therefore
Thatsright;Iagree.
then;inthatcase
Ofcourse.[+(polite
particle)]
but;bytheway
alltogether[ all together]
already
Oh , Oh,Isee
nah,Imean(usedwhencorrecting
whatyouhavejustsaid)
am/are/isnot;noreason
very
where+()(locationparticle)]
where;
?where?[+(politeending)]
how
Nowonder;So,thatswhy
likethis;thismuch
often;frequently
really
but;however
ifbyanychance;perhaps