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Personal Information Vocab

If you’re planning on going to Korea for school or work. You will absolutely have to fill out Visa paperwork. This is the first section of all Visa paperwork, but are also common words you will see on other official documentation.

어휘 Vocabulary:

인적사항 | personal details

여권에 기재된 영문 성명 | full name as shown on passport in English

여권 | passport

기재된 | written/entered

영문 | English (written)

성명 | (full) name

성 | family name (last name)

명 | given name (first and middle names)

한자성명 | Chinese characters for your name (only relevant to people that have them)

성별 | gender

남성 | male

여성 | female

생년월일 | date of birth

국적 | nationality

출생국가 | country of birth

국가신분증번호 | national identity number (to my knowledge, its the equivalent of a social security number)

질문 Questions:

이전에 한국에 출입국하였을 때 다른 성명을 사용했는지 여부 | Have you ever used any other names to enter or depart from Korea?

이전(에) | previous(ly)

한국 | Korea

출입국 | enter and exit

다른 | different/another

사용 | use

여부 | basically means “whether or not”

복수 국적 여부 | Do you have multiple citizenships/nationalities?

복수 | plural/multiple

대답 Answers:

아니오 | no

예 | yes

‘예’ 선택 시 상세내용 기재 | if “yes” please write details

선택 | choice/choose

시 | when

상세내용 | details of circumstance (i.e. other names used or names of countries where you have dual citizenship)

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Violet (lyrics breakdown - vocabulary) pt. 2

되돌릴 수 있을까 -  Will I be able to turn things around? 붙잡을 수 있을까 -  Can I hold on? 온 세상이 너로 덮인 듯한 -   The world is covered with you 그날들은 이제 기억뿐인 걸까 - Are those days merely memories now?

되돌리다 - restore, put back

-수 있다 - can do, be able to // -(으)ㄹ까 - question form

붙잡다 - take hold, to hold

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Violet (lyrics breakdown - vocabulary) pt. 1

너의 말들은 꽃처럼 아름다웠고 -  Your words were as beautiful as a flower  난 네가 담고 있던 색을 기억해 -  I remember the color you had 

말들 - words //   말 - word /- 들 - plural (-s)

꽃처럼 - like a flower //  꽃 - flower /  처럼 - like

아름다웠고 -  It was beautiful // 아름다운 - beautiful 

색 - color

기억 - memory

부서지지 않을 것만 같았던 날들이 -  Days that I never thought would crumble  또 무너져 난 무서워 -  Broke down and now I’m afraid  이미 깨져버려 담아보려 했던 내 손에는 -  It’s already broken but I tried to put it together  상처가 깊어져 피가 나는 걸 -  Cutting deep scars on my hands, making me bleed

것만  - only thing //  것 - things / - 만 - only

또 - again

무너지다 - (death) collapse, crumble away

무서워 - scared, afraid //  무섭다 - scary

이미 - already

깨지다 - break

손 - hand

날 - day ( 하루 )

상처 - injury, cut

깊다 - deep

피 - blood

차가웠던 공기가 따뜻해지는 시간 -  When the cold air becomes warm  무덤덤히 널 바라볼 때 네가 -  Is when I’m looking at you  나와 닮아간다 느꼈고 시간이 흘러도 -  I felt that you were resembling me and time was passing  ���리가 변치 않을 거라 믿었지 난 -  I thought we would never change

차갑다 - cold

공기 - air

따뜻하다 - warm

바라보다 - look, watch, see

때 - moment, the time

시간 - time

나오다 - to come out somewhere or something, show up

닮다 - resemble, look like

흐르다 - pass by, run

변하다 - change

믿다 - believe in, trust

완벽한 넌 내게 너무 클지 몰라도 -  The perfect you might have been too big for me 난 널 내 품에 담아가고 싶더라고 -  I wanted to place you in my arms 이런 내 모습이 욕심이었나 봐 -  Maybe I was being too greedy 그리움은 언제쯤 꺼질까 -  When will this longing go away?

완벽 - perfect, flawless

너무 - very, much, too

크다 - large, big

모르다 - i don’t know

문장 - arms, coat of arms

싶다 - want (to)

이런 - such, this kind of

모습 - image, figure/form (as a person)

욕심 - greed

부다 - see

그리움 - longing (for)

언제쯤 - when about/approx. //  언제 - when /  쯤 - about, approx.

꺼지다 - to not be in that state, go out (to something/situation)

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Korean Sentence Structure

Hello everyone ~ I am here today with probably the most requested post for my blog and I’m super excited to show you guys how to make a Korean sentence! Of course, this is only the basics - I will make an advanced/complex Korean sentence structure post in the future, but for now, let’s just learn one step at a time :)

As most of you may know, Korean and English sentence structure is a little different. The subject (You, I, They, He) of the sentence is usually at the front, where the object and verb follow closely after. 

English: subject + verb + object = I like apples Korean: subject + object + verb = I apples like

To get started, let us review some verbs we know for future references: (for how to conjugate go here) ♡ 먹다 - to eat ♡ 가다 - to go ♡ 보다 - to see ♡ 노래하다 - to sing ♡ 사랑하다 - to love ♡ 좋아하다 - to like ♡ 싫다 - to be unpleasant / dislike

Now that we have our verbs it’s easy to state things like ‘I went (갔다)’ or ‘I ate (먹었다)’, but what did you eat? Where did you go? These are called the object of the sentence (for subject, object, and topic particles go here).

Objects we will use: ♡ 사과 - apple ♡ 학교 - school ♡ 영화 - movie ♡ 자장가 - lullaby ♡ 초콜렛 - chocolate ♡ 호주 - Australia ♡ 버섯 - mushroom

And last but not least, the subject of the sentence! You may be familiar with these subjects: ♡ 나/저 - I (casual/formal) ♡ 너 - you ♡ 오빠 - big brother (for girls) ♡ 선생님 - teacher ♡ 종호 - Jongho ♡ 내/제 여동생 - my younger sister  ♡ 희주 - Heeju

Now using these subjects, objects, and verbs we can create basic Korean sentences!! So why don’t we!?

Example Sentences: (remember! subject + object + verb) 1. 종호가 사과를 사랑해요 - Jongho loves apples 2. 선생님이 학교에 가고 있어요 - the teacher is going to school       ~ 에(서) is the particle used generally with destination verbs like 가다 (to go), 오다 (to come), 살다 (to live), 태어나다 (to be born). 에 means ‘to’, when -서 is added it means ‘from’ (ex. 나는 토론토에서 왔어요 - I’m from Toronto) 3. 내 여동생은 영화를 봤어요 - my little sister watched a movie

Now it’s your turn! Using the subjects, objects, and verbs I gave you, create your own Korean sentences in the comments! I would love to see and hear what you come up with! As always, thank you for reading ~~ Happy Learning :)

~ SK101

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Korean Question Words + How to use them!

I had been getting a lot of asks and messages recently about question words in Korean – and essentially how to use them, so I’ve compiled a list of question words, I’ll give you an example as well the meaning. SO! Let’s get started :)

♡ 무슨*? – which / what kind of ~ this is generally used when there is more than one option of something. It asks for specifics when there is a selection of options         무슨 책을 샀어요? - which book did you buy?         무슨 침대에서 잘거에요? - which bed are you going to sleep on?         무슨 말이에요? - what are you saying?

♡ 뭐 / 무엇? – both mean ‘what’ but 무엇 is more formal (and often used in writing) than 뭐 ~ in this case, 뭐 / 무엇 is generally the object of the sentence, so the object particles 을 / 를 can be added         뭐 하고 있어요? - what are you doing?         뭘 먹고 싶어요? - what do you want to eat?         무엇을 입었어요? - what did you wear? when using 이다 in a sentence with what, it’s better to use 뭐 rather than 무엇     ex. 이거 뭐예요? vs. 이거 무엇이에요? 

♡ 어느* / 어떤*? - which  ~ not to be confused with 무슨, 어떤 and 무슨 are used quite similarily here’s an example of how they’re different: 무슨 영화를 보고 싶어요? - what kind of movie do you want to see? vs. 어떤 영화를 보고 싶어요? - which movie do you want to see? ~ *무슨 / 어느 / 어떤 are all placed before nouns         어느 나라 왔어요? - which country are you from?         어느 집에서 살아요? - which house do you live in?         어떤 음악을 듣는 걸 좋아하세요? - which music do you like listening to?

♡ 어디? - where ~ used for places or destinations, (에)서 or 가 is usually added         어디에서 만날거예요? - where will we meet?         어디가 아파요? - where does it hurt?         어디서 먹고 싶어요? - where do you want to eat?

♡ 왜? - why ~ used for asking reason, pretty self-explanatory         이 가수를 왜 마음에 들어요? - why do you like this singer?         한국어를 왜 공부하고 있어요? - why are you studying Korean?         어제 학교에 왜 안 갔어요? - why didn’t you go to school yesterday?

♡ 얼마 / 몇 / 얼마나? - how much ~ 얼마 + 이다 (how much) ~ 얼마나 + adverb (how many) ~ 몇 + Korean counters (how many)         표는 얼마예요? - how much is the ticket?         밥을 얼마나 많이* 먹었어요? - how much rice did you eat?     *많이 is added to emphasize the amount of rice eaten         몇살이에요? - how old are you? (lit. how many years?)

♡ 언제? - when ~ used to ask when something is happening ~ 언제 + 부터 (since when?) ~ 언제 + 까지         집에 언제 갈거예요? - when will you go home?         언제부터 한국어를 공부했어요? - since when have you been studying         Korean?         한국에서 언제까지 있을거예요? - until when will you stay in Korea?

♡ 누구 / 누가? - who ~ the difference between 누구 and 누가 is 누가 is a conjunction of 누구가 which puts emphasis on 누구 being the topic         그거 누가 만들었어요? - who made that?         (이거) 누구예요? - who is (this)?         누가 전화했어요? - who called?

♡ 어때 / 어떻게? - how ~ now I hate to say it, but these are really similar but SO different. they both come from the verb 어떻다 but 어떻게 is rather used as an adverb (because of the -게) and 어때 is just normal conjugation         기분이 어때요? - how are you feeling?         남친 어때요? - how about your boyfriend?         한국어를 어떻게 배웠어요? - how did you learn Korean? 어떻게 not to be confused with 어떡해 which is a contraction of 어떻게 하다 - which has a similar meaning to “what should I do?” Also popular in Kdramas

And that’s that! There you have it - Korean Question Words + How to use them! If you need help with Hangul go here. Or help with conjugating, go here. If you need more help or there’s something you found confusing, don’t hesitate to ask me, I will always be here to help - no question is a stupid question. But I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I hope it helps you improve your Korean sentences! Happy Learning :)

~ SK101

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