♚ Vocabulary

I don't want to go all naggy, but vocab is a very important part of learning a language. If you don't know words, you can't speak/write/understand it. So, I made a compilation of vocab words divided into subjects. You should say it out loud, learn the Korean words so you can write and recognize it, and memorize the definition.

Colors

색 (saek) means color. This always comes right after any colors

남색 (namsaek) = navy blue

하얀색 (hayansaek) = white

파란색 (paransaek) = blue

갈색 (galsaek) = brown

보라색 (borasaek) = purple

검정색 (gumjeongsaek) = black

초록색 (choroksaek) = green

주황색 (juhwangsaek) = orange

빨간색 (ppalgansaek) = red

노란색 (noransaek) = yellow

Months

월 (wol) means month. This always comes right after any months.

일월 (ilwol) = January

이월 (yewol) = February

삼월 (samwol) = March

사월 (sawol) = April

오월 (ohwol) = May

유월 (yuwol) = June

칠월 (chilwol) = July

팔월 (palwol) = August

구월 (guwol) = September

시월 (shiwol) = October

십일월 (shipilwol) = November

십이월 (shipyewol) = December

As you may have noticed, the Sino-Korean numberings are used for months. So as long as you know how to count up to twelve in Sino-Korean, all you need to do is add 'wol' at the end and ta-da!

Family Members

할아버지 (halabeoji) = Grandfather (on father's side)

--외할아버지 (oehalabeoji) = Grandfather (on mother's side)

할머니 (halmeoni) = Grandmother (on father's side)

--외할머니 (oehalmeoni) = Grandmother (on mother's side)

*note: The romanization for grandfather/mother on mother's side has an 'oe' in the front but the actual pronounciation is more like 'wae'

아버지 (abeoji) = Father

--아빠 (appa) = Father (informal)

어머니 (eomeoni) = Mother

--엄마 (umma) = Mother (informal)

남편 (nampyeon) = Husband

부인 (buin) = Wife

딸 (ttal) = Daughter

오빠 (oppa) = Older brother (female's perspective)

언니 (unni) = Older sister (female's perspective)

아들 (adeul) = Son

형 (hyung) = Older brother (male's perspective)

누나 (noona) = Older sister (male's perspective)

여동생, 남동생 (yeodongsaeng, namdongsaeng) = Younger sister, younger brother (from both gender's perspectives)

*Note: Romanizations may not be the perfect spelling.

Chloe 10 years ago

OOOH *^* finally one on the family members <3 THANK YOU SO MUCH

Aime [A] 10 years ago

@Sapphire Haha yes you do. You should sleep lol

But a very good point! Language, especially pronunciation can't be achieved through just romanization and words. Since I can't provide that sort of help here, looking up for such videos online would be the best way. Actually good point there, maybe i'll make an compilation of video links. hm.

Sapphire 10 years ago

@Aime @Jae I got a bit confused with that stuff at first too so I went and like....listened to a word being said a few times and ended up picking up the slight difference in the sound.

And yeah, romanisation is just...*flips it* keke

OTL Do I make sense at 7am?

Aime [A] 10 years ago

@Jae This is really tricky with the whole romanization thing. But I'll try my best.
1) When ㄱ is the beginning consonant= it does not sound like a k. There's a light bounce to it but it's closer to a g sound than a k sound. For example, bulgogi (불고기) is a common korean bbq beef. the gogi (고기) part means meat. and that is pronounced with a g.
2) When ㄱ is the ending consonant= Yes it does sound like a g. But then again, theres a stronger stop on the back of the tongue. so id say its a litttleeeee (emphasis on the little) closer to a k than a g.

But then again romanization is an a$$ (underage kids here. sorry kiddos). and I can't really show you the sound so ugh :/

Jae 10 years ago

I was researching and someone told me that when ㄱ is in the beginning of the consonant it sounds like a k and at the end of the consonant it sounds like a g is that true?

Aime [A] 10 years ago

@Jae ㄱ is really almost always pronounced g. and ㄹ is also usually pronounced l. i say usually cuz there might be exceptions that i cant think of at the top of my head but as far as im concerned its pronounced with a g and l, respectively.
for your second question, hm. 이 is basically pronounced like the alphabet E. i only wrote ye because some people romanize it like that. the actual pronounciation is E-wol.

Jae 10 years ago

How do we know when to pronounce ㄱ as g or k? Or ㄹ as l or r? Also for february you romanized it yewol why does 이 have the ye sound sometimes and how do we know when it should have it and when it shouldnt?

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