Category Archives: Korean

Korean Exercise 23

English to Korean translation.
I’m going to school to study English too.
나도 영어를 공부하러 학교에 가요.
Let’s meet outside the shop. See you later!
가게 앞에서 만납시다. 이따가 봐요.
Enjoy your meal.
맛있게 드세요.
I’ll really have to go to hospital.
정말 병원에 가야겠어요.
Just pay 15,000 won, then.
그럼 일만오천원 네세요.
It takes about 15 minutes.
십오분 쯤 걸려요.
How’s business these days?
요즘 사업은 어떼요?
Give [...]

Korean Exercise 22

Make up five short dialogues based on the following information. The dialogue pattern is like this:
a. Where are you going?
b. (answer)
a. What are you going to buy/do/drink/eat there?
b. (answer)
Here is the information you need for the answers:
a. kage ojingŏ
b. hakkyo yagu
c. shiktang pulkogi
d. chip cha-
e. shijang kwail
어디 가요?
가게에 가요.
뭐 사러 가게에 가요?
오징어 사러 가게에 가요.
학교에 [...]

Korean Exercise 21

Give the polite style, the -ko form and the (ŭ)pshida form of the following verbs.
ha-
haeyo, hago, hapshida
tat- (shut)
tadayo, tatko, tatŭpshida
p’al-
p’arayo, p’algo, p’apshida (l disappears before all endings that have 2 forms)
pappŭ- (delete ŭ before adding polite style ending as if for a consonant base either ŏyo or ayo)
pappayo, pappŭgo, pappŭpshida
umjigi- (move)
umjigyŏyo, umjigigo, umjigipshida

Korean Exercise 20

myŏ-shi-eyo? What time it is? (Lit. how many hours is it?)
몇 시 에요?
3 세시
8.30 여덜시 반
10.45 여시 사십오 분
7.20 일곱시 이십 분
6.10 여섣시 일십 분
8.15 여덜시 일십오 분

Korean Exercise 19

Translate the following sentences into English.
kŭrŏm, kach’i kayo.
In that case, we go together.
onŭl chŏmshim-e shigan-i issŏyo?
Do you have free time at lunchtime today?
chinccha oraeganman-ieyo.
It’s really long time no see.
chŏ-nun ilbon mal sŏnsaengnim-i anieyo.
I am not the Japanese language teacher.
choesong hamnida. ch’akkak haessŏyo.
I am sorry. I made a mistake.
taŭm wolyoir-un ama koench’an-ŭlkŏeyo
Next Monday will probably be [...]

Korean Exercise 18

Here are some situations in which you might use one of the following idiomatic expressions. See if you can match them up. In some cases, more than one expression will fit, so be sure to find all the possibilities and then choose the most likely.
Your friend is making fun of you.
놀리지 마세요 (please don’t tease)
You [...]

Korean Exercise 17

Here is an exercise about putting verbs into different forms. We give you some sentences with the verb stem, you write out the sentences in full, putting the verb into the correct form.
Future
Yangju mashi-myŏn naeil mŏri-ga ap’ŭ-lkŏeyo.
Ittaga chŏmshim-ŭl mŏk-ŭlkŏeyo.
Hanguk saram manna-myŏn hanja sajŏn p’iryo ŏps-ŭlkŏeyo.
Decided
Pyŏngwŏn-e ka-giro haessŏyo.
Wonsungi-rŭl sa-giro haessŏyo.
Onŭl-ŭn ŭmshig-ŭl an mŏk-kiro haessŏyo.
Thinking of
Chŏ-nŭn ‘Star [...]