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Eighty-nine more TOPIK I words: family and people, places and getting around, food, shopping, weather, health and the body, school and work, home life, nature, feelings, measures and adverbs — each with an original polite example sentence on the front.

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  1. 초 (cho) (bound n.)
    이 노래는 삼 분 이십 초예요.
    second (of time)

    This song is three minutes and twenty seconds long.

    Homograph: 초 (初, "the beginning of": 다음 달 초) is a different word.
    Time & Days
  2. 굽다 (gupda) (v.)
    주말에 마당에서 고기를 구웠어요.
    to grill; to roast; to bake

    We grilled meat in the yard on the weekend.

    Watch out: ㅂ irregular: 굽다 → 구워요, 구웠어요.
    Food & Shopping
  3. 잘못하다 (jalmotada) (v.)
    죄송해요, 제가 계산을 잘못했어요.
    to do wrong; to make a mistake

    I'm sorry, I made a mistake in the calculation.

    Watch out: Spaced, 잘 못하다 means "to be bad at": 노래를 잘 못해요.
    Common Verbs & Adjectives
  4. 그만두다 (geumanduda) (v.)
    제 친구는 작년에 회사를 그만뒀어요.
    to quit; to stop (doing)

    My friend quit their job last year.

    Note: 그만두었어요 usually contracts to 그만뒀어요.
    School & Work
  5. 낚시 (naksi) (n.)
    지난 토요일에 삼촌하고 강으로 낚시를 갔어요.
    fishing (with a rod)

    Last Saturday I went fishing on the river with my uncle.

    Note: To fish is 낚시하다; 낚시(를) 가다 is to go fishing.
    Hobbies & Culture
  6. 깨끗이 (kkaekkeusi) (adv.)
    더러운 신발을 깨끗이 빨았어요.
    clean; neatly

    I washed the dirty shoes clean.

    Watch out: Spelled with 이, not 히: 깨끗이 (not 깨끗히).
    Adverbs
  7. 약하다 (yakada) (adj.)
    저는 어릴 때 몸이 약했어요.
    weak; frail

    I was sickly as a child.

    Note: The opposite is 강하다 (strong).
    Body & Health
  8. 기온 (gion) (n.)
    오늘 아침 기온이 영하로 떨어졌어요.
    (air) temperature

    The temperature fell below zero this morning.

    Watch out: 기온 is the temperature of the air outside; for a room, water or the body use 온도 or 체온.
    Nature & Weather
  9. 거짓말 (geojinmal) (n.)
    동생이 엄마에게 거짓말을 했어요.
    lie

    My younger sibling lied to Mom.

    Note: To lie is 거짓말하다 (or 거짓말을 하다); it is pronounced [거진말].
    Thinking & Communicating
  10. 글쎄 (geulsse) (interj.)
    친구가 "글쎄, 잘 모르겠어."라고 했어요.
    well; let me see (hesitating)

    My friend said, "Well, I'm not sure."

    Note: Bare 글쎄 is casual, for friends; add 요 when speaking politely.
    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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