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Korean TOPIK I — Core Vocabulary, Part 10 flashcards

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Eighty-five TOPIK I words: people and relationships, culture and media, places, amounts and parts, time, seeing and feeling, facts and reasons, everyday actions, describing words and linking adverbs — each with an original polite sentence on the front.

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  1. 가지 (gaji) (bound n.)
    저는 운동을 두 가지 해요.
    kind, sort (counter)

    I do two kinds of exercise.

    Note: A counter for kinds, with native numbers: 한 가지, 몇 가지, 여러 가지.

    Homograph: 가지 (branch) and 가지 (eggplant) are different words.
    Counters
  2. 이후 (ihu) (n.)
    저는 오후 여섯 시 이후에 시간이 있어요.
    after, since; later

    I'm free after 6 p.m.

    Note: Opposite: 이전 'before'.
    Time & Days
  3. 행동 (haengdong) (n.)
    아이들은 부모의 행동을 보고 배워요.
    behavior, action

    Children learn by watching their parents' behavior.

    Note: The verb is 행동하다 'to act, to behave'.
    Common Verbs & Adjectives
  4. 자신 (jasin) (n.)
    먼저 자신을 사랑해야 해요.
    oneself, self

    You have to love yourself first.

    Homograph: 자신 (confidence, as in 자신이 있어요) is a different word.
    People & Family
  5. 문화 (munhwa) (n.)
    한국 친구 덕분에 한국 문화를 잘 알게 됐어요.
    culture

    Thanks to my Korean friend, I've come to know Korean culture well.
    Hobbies & Culture
  6. 느끼다 (neukkida) (v.)
    요즘 아침에 추위를 많이 느껴요.
    to feel

    These days I feel the cold a lot in the mornings.
    Feelings
  7. 목소리 (moksori) (n.)
    전화로 들은 엄마 목소리가 반가웠어요.
    voice

    It was good to hear Mom's voice on the phone.

    Note: A loud or quiet voice is 목소리가 크다 / 작다.
    Body & Health
  8. 땅 (ttang) (n.)
    할아버지는 시골에 땅이 조금 있으세요.
    land, ground

    My grandfather has a little land in the countryside.

    Note: Both the ground underfoot (땅에 앉다) and land that is owned or farmed.
    Nature & Weather
  9. 정도 (jeongdo) (n.)
    집에서 학교까지 십 분 정도 걸려요.
    degree, extent; about (after an amount)

    It takes about ten minutes from home to school.

    Note: After an amount it means 'about': 한 시간 정도, 만 원 정도.
    Amounts & Measures
  10. 중 (jung) (bound n.)
    아버지는 지금 회의 중이세요.
    in the middle of, during; among

    My father is in a meeting right now.

    Note: A bound noun, so it is spaced off the word before: 회의 중, 수업 중, 통화 중.
    Function Words & Expressions

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  • Word selection follows the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015, 토픽 어휘 목록 공개 목록) for TOPIK I (초급), ordered by the National Institute of Korean Language's learner word list (2003, KOGL Type 1); both via julienshim/combined_korean_vocabulary_list. Spelling, spacing and meanings checked against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전); romanization follows the Revised Romanization of Korean (2000). Reference only; all glosses and example sentences are original.

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