2000 Most Common Korean Words in Context: Get Fluent & Increase Your Korean Vocabulary with 2000 Korean Phrases

By Lingo Mastery

Have you been trying to learn Korean and find yourself having trouble discovering and practicing new words?

Are traditional textbooks just not helping you out as you expected them to?

Do you think that there should be a better way to learning new words in any target language?

If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000 Most Common Words in Korean, a list of terms that will expand your vocabulary to levels previously unseen.

Did you know that — according to an important study — learning the top two thousand (2000) most frequently used words will enable you to understand up to 84% of all non-fiction and 86.1% of fiction literature and 92.7% of oral speech? Those are amazing stats, and this book will take you even further than those numbers!

In this book:

- A detailed introduction with tips and tricks on how to improve your learning – here, you will learn the basics to get you started on this marvelous list of Korean terms!

- A list of 2000 of the most common words in Korean and their translations

- An example sentence for each word – in both Korean and English

- Finally, a conclusion to make sure you’ve learned and supply you with a final list of tips

Don’t look any further, we’ve got what you need right here!

In fact, we’re ready to turn you into a Korean speaker… what are you waiting for?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lingo Mastery
• Release date: Jun 22, 2021
• ISBN: 1951949072

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2000 Most Common Korean Words in Context

Get Fluent & Increase Your Korean Vocabulary with 2000 Korean Phrases

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

THE 2000 MOST COMMON WORDS IN KOREAN

Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

These days, many people all over the world are fascinated by the Korean culture, with global interest growing in Korean cultural exports such as K-dramas, K-pop music, TV shows and K-beauty. Furthermore, smartphones and home appliances made in South Korea have spread across the globe, reaching more audiences and helping technological markets evolve. Therefore, with this development of Korean cultural influence, the number of people visiting South Korea is increasing, and many college students spend time in South Korea for studying and travel.

Most people who are interested in South Korea try to study the Korean language and become very surprised when they discover that Hangul (or Hangeul), the alphabet of the Korean language, is very logical and easy to learn because it is an alphabet based on sound. Hangul is a phonetic alphabet, and it has the advantage of allowing you to write in your native language in a Romanized fashion. Those who have studied Hangul before may have already experienced this charm.

If you study Hangul and the Korean language in general, you will not just enjoy studying, but also understand more about K-pop, K-drama, and K-beauty, among other incredible aspects of the Korean culture. Besides, you will be able to enjoy various types of content even more, engage in fun conversations in many online communities, and quickly increase your learning in the latest and advanced technologies. If you learn Korean, there will be many benefits to your life.

If you’ve picked this book up, you’ve already made good progress in learning the Korean language. This book can give you an incredible tool in learning the Korean language: vocabulary. Now you’ve just got to learn how to use it.

What this book is about and how to use it:

There are shortcuts to learning every language, but learning the vocabulary is a surefire way of speeding up your learning of a new tongue. Just look at these three amazing stats found in a study done in 1964:

Learning the first thousand (1000) most frequently used words of a language will allow you to understand 76.0% of all non-fiction writing, 79.6% of all fiction writing, and an astounding 87.8% of all oral speech.

Learning the top two thousand (2000) most frequently used words will get you to 84% for non-fiction, 86.1% for fiction, and 92.7% for oral speech.

Learning the top three thousand (3000) most frequently used words will get you to 88.2% for non-fiction, 89.6% for fiction, and 94.0% for oral speech.

Just look at those statistics and imagine what you could do with this book once you’ve thoroughly read and practiced what it contains? We’re providing you with two thousand of the most frequently used words — equivalent to an understanding of 92.7% of oral speech!

We achieve this not only by giving you a long list of words; there must be context to allow the words to sink in, and we provide that. Each of the terms will be listed with its revised romanization (how to pronounce), translation in English, and example sentence with translation, allowing you to study the use of each word in a common, accessible manner. We have ordered the terms in their largest number of occurrences in mass media, allowing you to begin with the simplest and most regularly used words first before moving on to the less used ones.

So now, do you need anything else while reading this book? Yes, you may, as always. There are hundreds of thousands of more words out there, but these will certainly give you a head-start on learning the language and getting closer to mastering it.

Recommendations for readers of 2000 Most Common Words in Korean:

Although we’d love to begin right away with helping you learn the vocabulary we’ve provided in this book, we’ve got a few tips and recommendations for getting the most out of this book:

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Korean has a completely different word order compared to English. For example, the sentence I have a phone (저는 휴대폰를 가지고 있습니다) is used in English in the order of subject, verb, and object, but in Korean it is in the order of subject, object, and verb. Those who are familiar with the word order of English should try to get used to the order in which words are placed when learning Korean.

Also, in the case of English, subjects and object are usually written or spoken without omission. For example, when Koreans say, I like your song (저는 당신의 노래가 좋아요). in Korean, they usually speak without the subject (당신의 노래가 좋아요.). Furthermore, when Koreans say, I like it (Here, it is a placeholder), both subject and object are not used in many cases (좋아요.).

Another point to keep in mind: in Korean, nouns and pronouns are generally followed by a postposition. The differences of the postposition determine whether a noun or pronoun is the subject or the object. But, the form of the postposition depends on the noun's pronunciation and the context of the entire sentence. For example, when Koreans say, Mary likes John (메리는 존을 좋아해요). in Korean, there are two postpositions after 메리 (Mary), and 존 (John). The postposition for 메리 is 는 (neun) and the postposition for 존 is 을 (eul). The two postpositions allow us to know that Mary is the subject and John is the object in the given sentence.

You’ll find that a lot of example sentences use different forms, or conjugations, of a word. Word conjugation depends on tense, tone, mood, social relation, and other factors. All verbs and adjectives consist of 2 parts: a word stem and a word ending. The word stem remains consistent and the word ending gets conjugated. Here are examples.

먹다/ eat

먹(stem) + 다(word ending)

: The dictionary form of the verb

먹을 거예요 / I’m going to eat

먹 + ㄹ거예요

: Future tense in informal honorific

먹을 수 있어요/ I can eat it

먹 + ㄹ 수 있어요.

: Modal verb ‘can’ in informal honorific

Also, this book includes not only formal or honorific ways but also casual impolite ways which is called ‘banmal(반말)*’. Make sure not to use them to strangers or people who are older than you unless they allow you to. *Banmal is casually impolite and it’s used between friends (the same age with you), or people who are younger than you while Jondaemal(존댓말) is a formal way of speaking. Let’s see examples of Banmal and Jondaemal below:

Honorific speech (Jondaemal): 안녕하세요. 저는 철수입니다.

Casual speech (Banmal) : 안녕? 나는 철수야.

Lastly, it is important to note that since Korean is written phonetically, we highly recommend learning to pronounce the Korean characters directly like learning ABC in English. Below are the basics of how a Korean character is put together:

Let take the Korean word for country, 나라 (pronounced as nara). It is really ㄴ(=n), ㅏ(=a), ㄹ(=l), ㅏ(=a) bonded to form two characters, 나 & 라. Western languages are not bonded to form a syllabic character like Korean. Through this bonding, we know it is a two-syllable word because each character always equals one syllable.

In Korean, each character is a combination of (1) vowel, (2) consonant & vowel, or (3) consonant & vowel & consonant. An example of (1) is A which is written as 아. (Since it is really a zero consonant, we add o before the vowel.) An example of (2) is na which is written as 나. An example of (3) is Nam, which is written as 남. There is the consonant of ㅁ(m") below 나.

These peculiarities of Korean language can be daunting, especially for the beginners. Learning a new language is like venturing into a new world and it comes with challenges. With diligent effort and willingness to learn, you should soon find yourself mastering the Korean language. We hope, through learning the Korean language, that you will enrich your understanding of the world and broaden your worldview. Enjoy your journey!

Parts of Speech

Here is a short introduction on the parts of speech used for each word on this list. Parts of speech means what kind of word it is, whether it is a verb or noun or adjective etc.

[n] – noun; names of things or objects (i.e. book, Korea)

[num.] – number (i.e. one, twenty)

[pron.] – pronoun; words that refer to a noun (i.e. this, it)

[v] – verb; words that express actions (i.e. eat, read)

[assistant v.] – assistant verb; verbs that are added to other verbs (i.e. do, can)

[a.] – adjective; words that describe nouns (i.e. quiet, beautiful)

[adv.] – adverb; words that describe verbs (i.e. quickly, slowly)

[determiner] – a word that is used before a noun to show which particular example of the noun you are referring to (i.e. my, this)

[interjection] – a word for a sudden expression of emotion (i.e. ah, hey)

Knowing the parts of speech can be useful when you are learning new words because you can take an existing sentence like the ones we provided here, and replace a single word to get an entirely new sentence with minimal effort! Here is an example of how we do it:

그는 지금 집에 있다.

He is at home now.

Now we replace 그 (he) with 그녀(she) and 집(home) with 회의(meeting), we get a brand-new expression.

그녀는 지금 회의 중에 있다.

She is at meeting now.

This process of mixing and matching can increase your language skills. So, once you master 2000 words and sample expressions, do not forget

Reviews for 2000 Most Common Korean Words in Context

[lindoula-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book is what it promises: a collection of the 2000 most frequent words in Korean. Each word is presented with one example sentence. It's in hangul with no romanization, so if you're a beginner, be forewarned that you'll need to have hangul under your belt for this to be helpful.I think Routledge's Frequency Dictionary of Korean is more comprehensive, with a ton more examples per word, but this Lingo Mastery book is a more budget-friendly option. Overall, it's a helpful, no-frills book to help you learn Korean.