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KOREAN TO ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Korean to English dictionary is only available for Korean words that need some explanations.
Korean alphabetical order is ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇㅏㅐㅑ ㅒㅓㅔ ㅕㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ  ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢㅣㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ.

네 OR 아니요?

When you're asked a question in Korean, you can answer with 네 (yes) or 아니요 (no).
These two words are used in the same way as in English when the question is affirmative, but they are different with negative questions.
If someone asks you "커피를 좋아하지 않아요?" ("don't you like coffee?") and if you want to say that you don't like it, you'll say "네, 게피를 좋아하지 않아요". Instead, if you do like coffee, you'll say "아니요, 커피를 좋아해요", because you're denying that affirmation.

네 OR 아니요?

When you're asked a question in Korean, you can answer with 네 (yes) or 아니요 (no).
These two words are used in the same way as in English when the question is affirmative, but they are different if used with a negative question.
If someone asks you "커피를 좋아하지 않아요?" ("don't you like coffee?") and you want to say that you don't like it, you'll say "네, 커피를 좋아하지 않아요". Instead, if you do like coffee, you'll say "아니요, 커피를 좋아해요", because you're denying that affirmation.

밥 means "rice" in Korean.

This is a reall interesting word because, despite its originary meaning, it is used to talk about all the food.

To ask someone if they ate you'll ask them "밥을 먹었어요?" which literally means "did you eat some rice?" but, instead, it just means "did you eat?". 

REMEMBER THAT since this is an idiomatic phrase, Koreans just say "밥 먹었어요?" sometimes, without any object markers!

밥 means "rice" in Korean.

This is a really interesting word because, despite its original meaning, it is used to talk about all the food.

To ask someone if they ate you'll ask them "밥을 먹었어요?" which literally means "did you eat some rice?" but, instead, it just means "did you eat?". 

REMEMBER THAT since this is an idiomatic and colloquial phrase, Koreans just say "밥 먹었어요?" sometimes, without any object markers!

우리

우리 means "we, us" in Korean, but it is a very important word which needs to be explained.
Korean people are very united (their country is independent since the 50s, so they still feel a great sense of community) and they usually say "우리" instead of "나" (I, me) when they're talking, but still intending 나.
Eg.
My house is cool → 우리 집이 예뻐요.
My wife eats → 우리 여자는 먹어요.
Related to this, it is very important to Koreans the concept of "우리 나라", which means "our country".

우리

우리 means "we, us" in Korean, but it is a very important word that needs to be explained.
Korean people are very united (their country is independent since the 50s, so they still feel a great sense of community) and they usually say "우리" instead of "나" (I, me) when they're talking, but still intending 나.
Eg.
My house is cool → 우리 집이 예뻐요.
My wife eats → 우리 여자는 먹어요.
Related to this, it is very important to Koreans the concept of "우리 나라", which means "our country".

있다 AND 없다

있다 and 없다 are two particular verbs in Korean.
They're one the opposite of the other and their main meaning is "(not) to be there/exist".
Basically, to say "there is (not) Kim" you need to put the subject marker after Kim and then conjugate the verb.
Eg: 김이 있어요/없어요.
If you want to know more about complements of the place, in order to use them with 있다 and 없다, check out the Syntax section.

있다 AND 없다

있다 and 없다 are two particular verbs in Korean.
They're one the opposite of the other and their main meaning is "(not) to be there/exist".
Basically, to say "there is (not) Kim" you need to put the subject marker after Kim and then conjugate the verb.
Eg: 김이 있어요/없어요.
If you want to know more about complements of the place, in order to use them with 있다 and 없다, click here.

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