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Fear Vocab

세상에서 가장 흔한 10가지 공포증 | Top 10 Most Common Fears in the World

  1. 뱀공포증 | fear of snakes
  2. 거미공포증 | fear of spiders
  3. 사회공포증 | social phobia
  4. 광장공포증 | agoraphobia
  5. 고소공포증 | acrophobia
  6. 어둠공포증 | fear of the dark
  7. 악천후공포증 | fear of severe weather
  8. 비행기공포증 | fear of flying (lit. planes)
  9. 개공포증 | fear of dogs
  10. 치과공포증 | fear of the dentist

(all phrases are 반말/informal)

네가 가장 무서워하는 게 뭐야? | what are you most afraid of?

~(이/가) 무서워 | I’m afraid of ___

고소공포증이 있어 | I have acrophobia

높은 곳이 무서워 | I’m afraid of heights (lit. high places, which is what acrophobia is)

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

| family name (last name)

| 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

| yes

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

  • 선택 | choice/choose
  • | when
  • 상세내용 | details of circumstance (i.e. other names used or names of countries where you have dual citizenship)

Numbers 1-10 (comparing Korean, Japanese, and Chinese)

I’ve noticed a lot of people have been studying “The Big Three” Asian languages simultaneously or consecutively, which is great! But it can get confusing. So I decided to make this post to help relate the languages to one another to ease the learning process a bit. I learned the languages in order: Korean, Japanese, Chinese. Korean helped me with some of the Japanese pronunciation, both with some numbers being the same, and the [l/r] sound English just doesn’t have. And then when I started learning Chinese, knowing the kanji from Japanese helped me remember the number characters, and Korean helped me remember some of the pronunciation.

Disclaimers:

  • Korean does use 2 counting systems, but I’ll only be showing Sino-Korean in this lesson
  • I don’t use romanization, but since this includes languages other people may still be learning/want to learn, I have included it here
  1. 일 (il) 一 (ichi) 一 (yí)
  2. 이 (ee) 二 (ni) 二 (èr)
  3. 삼 (sam) 三 (san) 三 (sān)
  4. 사 (sa) 四 (yon/shi) 四 (sì)
  5. 오 (oh) 五 (go) 五 (wǔ)
  6. 육 (yook) 六 (roku) 六 (liù)
  7. 칠 (chil) 七 (nana) 七 (qī)
  8. 팔 (pal) 八 (hachi) 八 (bā)
  9. 구 (goo) 九 (kyu) 九 (jiǔ)
  10. 십 (shib) 十 (juu) 十 (shí)

New Year’s Resolutions Vocab

새해 | new year

결심 | resolution

목표 | goal (you’ll hear both 새해결심 and 새해목표)

제 새해 결심은 (매일 한국말 연습하는)것이에요 | my new years resolution is (to practice Korean every day)

살 빼기 | lose weight

(운동)시작하기 | start (exercising)

더 많이 운동하기 | exercise more

더 열심히 공부하기 | study more/harder

금연하기 | quit smoking

금주하기 | quit drinking

(술/탄산 음료/탄수화물) 줄이기 | cut back on (alcohol/soda/carbs)

더 열심히 일하기 | work harder

더 나은(엄마/아빠/누나/아들/의사/학생)되기 | be a better (mom/dad/sister/son/doctor/student)

새로운 취미 갖기 | get a new hobby

물 더 마시기 | drink more water

더 건강한 음식 먹기 | eat healthier

매일 쓰기 | write every day

책 더 읽기 | read more books

해야할 일 미루지 않기 | stop procrastinating

절약하기 | save money

정리 잘하기 | be more organized/tidy

외국어 배우기 | learn a foreign language

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새해 복 많이 받으세요! 쌤들은 2019년에 어떤 목표를 가지고 있나요? 댓글 남겨주세요!

*~기 is a verb conjugated into like a “list form” in these examples. Swap 기 for 다 to get their dictionary form

Airport Vocab

공항 | airport

비행 | flight

비행기 | airplane

비행기표 | flight ticket

편도로 | one-way

왕복으로 | round trip

예약 | reservation

비행기 번호 | flight number

항공사 | airline

항공사 번호 | airline number

승무원 | fight attendant

비행사/조종사 | pilot

부조종사 | co-pilot

출발 | departure

도착 | arrival

국제 | international

국내 | domestic

체크인 | check-in

지연 | delay

탑승 | boarding

탑승구 | boarding gate

__ 번 게이트 | gate number ___ (Chinese numbers)

| luggage

수하물 | baggage

(여행) 가방 | suitcase

수하물 찾는 곳 | baggage claim

초과 수하물 | excess baggage

창가 좌석 | window seat

통로 좌석 | aisle seat

중간 좌석 | middle seat

우선 좌석 | priority seating

빈 좌석 | empty/available seat

여권 | passport

신분증 | id

탑승권 | boarding pass

여권 심사 | passport review

관세 | customs

출입국관리사무소 | immigration office

입국심사 데스크 | immigration desk

입국신고서 | arrival card

출국신고서 | departure card

통역사 | interpreter

사업상 | for business

여행 | travel/for pleasure

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