Question Words and Phrases in Korean
Question Words and Phrases in Korean
Question Words and Phrases in Korean
Learning Korean means asking a lot of questions, and if you want to ask those questions in Korean, you need to know the basic question words who, what, where, and so on as well as helpful questions themselves. The following table shows the basic question words:
When you want to ask a full-fledged question, use the phrases in the following table:
English Question Hows it going? Do you speak English? Can you help me? What is your name? What time is it? How much is this? Where is the bathroom? Can you repeat that? Can you slow down a bit? Where is it?
Korean Translation annyeonghaseyo? yeongeo haljul aseyo? jeo jom dowa jusillaeyo? seonghami eotteokke doeseyo? myeotsieyo? ige eolmajyo? hwajangsiri eodiiseoyo? dasi malsseum haejusillaeyo? jom cheoncheoni malsseum haejusileyo? eodi itjiyo?
Pronunciation an-nyoung-ha-sae-yo? young-uh hal-jool a-sae-yo? juh jom do-wa-joo-shil-lae-yo? sung-ha-mee uh-ttuh-kae dwae-saeyo? myuht-shi-ae-yo? ee-gae ul-ma-jyo? hwa-jang-shi-ree uh-dee-ee-ssuh-yo? da-shi mal-sseum hae-joo-shil-lae-yo? jom chun-chun-nee mal-sseum haejoo-shil-lae-yo? uh-dee eet-jee-yo?
English Expression Hello. Please. Thank you. Thank you. Im sorry. I dont know. I dont understand. Excuse me.
Korean Translation annyeong. jebal. gomapseumnida. gamsahamnida. joesonghamnida. moreugetseumnida. mot aradeutgetseumnida. sillyehamnida.
Pronunciation an-nyoung. jae-bal. go-map-sseum-nee-da. gam-sa-ham-nee-da. jwae-song-ham-nee-da. mo-reu-get-sseum-nee-da. mot a-ra-deut-get-sseum-nee-da. shil-lae-ham-nee-da.
June
yuwol
yoo-wol
December
sibiwol
ship-ee-wol
Numbers in Korean
Numbers are essential in becoming familiar with a new language and Korean is no different. The following table shows the basic numbers from 1 to 20 along with the decade numbers to 100 in both Korean and Sino-Korean:
Num ber
Num ber
SinoKorean Number (Pronunc iation) sip il (shipil) sip i (shipee) sip sam (shipsam) sip sa (shipsa) sip o (ship o)
Korean Number (Pronunc iation) yeol hana (yuhl hana) yeol dul (yuhl dool) yeol set (yuhl set) yeol net (yuhl net) yeol daseot (yuhl dasut) yeol yeoseot (yuhl yuh-sut) yeol ilgop (yuhl ilgop) yeol yeodeol (yuhl yuh-duhl) yeol ahop (yuhl a-
Num ber
SinoKorean Number (Pronunc iation) i sip (eeship) sam sip (samship) sa sip (saship) o sip (oship) yuk sip (yookship) chil sip (chilship) pal sip (pal-ship)
Korean Number (Pronunc iation) seumul (seumool) seoreun (suhreun) maheun (maheun) shwin (sween) yesun (yaesoon) ilheun (ilheun)
11
20
i (ee)
12
30
set (set)
13
40
4 5
14 15
50 60
yuk (yook)
yeoseot (yuh-sut)
16
70
chil (chil)
ilgop (ilgop)
17
80
pal (pal)
18
90
gu (goo)
19
sip gu (ship-
100
baek (baek)
goo)
hop)