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Learn Korean with the engaging Dummies method You love the culture, and you love the language. Korean For Dummies helps you get the basics of Korean so you can communicate successfully, even if you've never studied another language before. This fun guide will help you get the hang of spelling, vocabulary, and grammar, so you can travel, do business, or just enjoy learning something new.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Conversing in Korean means knowing the everyday expressions everyone uses in normal conversation. The words and phrases in the following table give you the essential words and phrases:
English Expression
Korean Translation
Pronunciation
Hello.
annyeong.
an-nyoung.
Please.
jebal.
jae-bal.
Thank you.
gomapseumnida.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
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:
Number
Sino-Korean Number (Pronunciation)
Korean Number (Pronunciation)
Number
Sino-Korean N
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Being able to talk about the days of the week and months of the year are standard, new-language skills you need when learning Korean. The following tables list both, starting with the days of the week:English
Korean Translation
Pronunciation
Monday
woryoil
wo-ryo-il
Tuesday
hwayoil
hwa-yo-il
Wednesday
suyoil
Article / Updated 03-31-2022
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:
English Question
Korean Translation
Pronunciation
Who?