Korean vocabulary
Korean vocabulary for real conversations
Build your Korean vocabulary with 1,000 everyday words and phrases in Hangul, with romanization to help you start reading. Begin with polite greetings, then learn the words for food, family, travel, and daily life. Notice the endings: Korean often puts the verb last, and a sentence changes with the level of politeness.
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PolishGreetings & Essentials
Hellos, thank-yous, polite phrases, and the small words every conversation needs.
Food & Drink
Meals, ingredients, drinks, and the phrases you need at a café or restaurant.
People & Family
Family members, friends, jobs, and how to talk about the people in your life.
Emotions & Descriptions
Feelings, personality, and the adjectives you use to describe people and things.
Body & Health
Body parts, symptoms, and what to say at the doctor or pharmacy.
Everyday Verbs
The 100 action words you use most, from “to be” to “to invite”.
Travel & Getting Around
Transport, directions, hotels, money, and phrases for finding your way.
Home, Clothes & Daily Life
Rooms, furniture, clothes, work and school, and shopping.
Nature, Animals & Weather
Animals, landscapes, plants, and how to talk about the weather.
Time, Numbers & Colors
Numbers 0–1,000, days, months, seasons, colors, and telling time.
Why speaking matters
Why saying words out loud helps them stick
Reading a word list teaches you to recognize a word. Using it in a sentence, out loud, teaches you to produce it when you need it. That is the skill a real conversation asks for.
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The ChatPal way
Learn a word, then use it out loud
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Say it out loud.
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Get feedback.
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Use it in real scenarios.
Practice ordering food, meeting people, or asking for directions until the words come naturally.
FAQ
Learning Korean vocabulary
What Korean words should a beginner learn first?
Start with 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo), 감사합니다 (gamsahamnida), 네 (ne), 아니요 (aniyo), and 주세요 (juseyo) for requests. Add the names of drinks and foods you actually order.
Do I need Hangul to use these Korean word lists?
You can begin with the romanization shown under each entry. Learn Hangul alongside it: English letters cannot show every Korean vowel, tense consonant, or sound change accurately.
Are these Korean phrases polite?
Most complete requests and greetings use polite everyday speech or a common formal expression. Dictionary forms ending in -다 need conjugation before you use them as ordinary spoken sentences; intimate forms are labeled where relevant.
Does Korean vocabulary change between North and South Korea?
Some words and spellings differ. These lists use contemporary South Korean vocabulary. Loanwords such as 커피 (keopi) and 택시 (taeksi) reflect that choice.
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