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Korean TOPIK I — Core Vocabulary, Part 19 flashcards

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Eighty-nine TOPIK I words: Korean dishes and drinks, places and getting around, colors, school, family honorifics, sports and outings, clothes and belongings, health and time words — each with an original polite sentence on the front.

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  1. 구십 (gusip) (num./det.)
    한국어 수업은 구십 분 동안 해요.
    ninety (Sino-Korean)

    Korean class lasts ninety minutes.

    Watch out: Age is usually counted in native numbers: 아흔 살 (ninety years old).
    Sino-Korean Numbers
  2. 평일 (pyeongil) (n.)
    평일 오전에는 도서관이 조용해요.
    weekday

    On weekday mornings the library is quiet.
    Time & Days
  3. 귤 (gyul) (n.)
    겨울이라서 귤을 한 상자 샀어요.
    tangerine; mandarin orange

    It's winter, so I bought a box of tangerines.

    Note: To peel one is 귤을 까다.
    Food & Shopping
  4. 못생기다 (motsaenggida) (v.)
    제 강아지는 못생겼지만 정말 귀여워요.
    ugly; plain-looking

    My puppy is ugly, but he's really cute.

    Watch out: The dictionary lists it as a verb, so a present state takes the past form: 못생겼어요 means "is ugly". The opposite is 잘생기다.
    Common Verbs & Adjectives
  5. 결석 (gyeolseok) (n.)
    어제 아파서 수업에 결석했어요.
    absence (from school or class)

    I was sick yesterday, so I missed class.

    Note: The verb is 결석하다; attendance is 출석. Pronounced [결썩].
    School & Work
  6. 콘서트 (konseoteu) (n.)
    다음 주에 친구와 콘서트를 보러 가요.
    concert

    Next week I'm going to a concert with a friend.

    Note: 공연 is the general word for a performance.
    Hobbies & Culture
  7. 이따가 (ittaga) (adv.)
    이따가 점심 먹고 우체국에 갈 거예요.
    a little later; in a bit

    I'm going to the post office in a bit, after lunch.

    Watch out: 이따가 means a little later; 있다가 is "after staying".
    Adverbs
  8. 내과 (naegwa) (n.)
    기침이 계속 나서 내과에 갔어요.
    internal medicine (clinic)

    I kept coughing, so I went to an internal medicine clinic.

    Note: Pronounced [내꽈]; surgery is 외과.
    Body & Health
  9. 코끼리 (kokkiri) (n.)
    코끼리는 코가 아주 길어요.
    elephant

    Elephants have very long trunks.

    Note: An elephant's trunk is simply 코, nose.
    Nature & Weather
  10. 큰소리 (keunsori) (n.)
    밤에 옆집에서 큰소리가 들렸어요.
    raised voices; shouting

    At night I heard raised voices from next door.

    Watch out: Written as one word it means a raised voice or shouting; 큰 소리 with a space is any loud sound.
    Thinking & Communicating

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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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