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Eighty-nine TOPIK I function words: pronouns and demonstratives, question words, bound nouns, conjunctions, answers and greetings, time words, amounts and everyday adverbs — each with an original polite sentence on the front.

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  1. 호 (ho) (bound n.)
    우리 집은 2층 201호예요.
    number (of a room, an issue)

    Our place is unit 201 on the second floor.

    Note: It follows the number: 201호 (room 201), 5월호 (the May issue); a subway line is 호선, as in 3호선.
    Counters
  2. 그날 (geunal) (n.)
    그날 우리는 처음 만났어요.
    that day

    We met for the first time that day.

    Note: One word, no space: 그날 points back to a day already mentioned.
    Time & Days
  3. 그동안 (geudongan) (n.)
    선생님, 그동안 잘 지내셨어요?
    meanwhile; all this time (since we last met)

    Have you been well all this time, teacher?

    Note: One word, no space: 그동안, not 그 동안.
    Time & Days
  4. 그때 (geuttae) (n.)
    그때 저는 서울에서 대학생이었어요.
    then; at that time

    At that time I was a university student in Seoul.

    Note: One word, no space, like 이때.
    Time & Days
  5. 갑자기 (gapjagi) (adv.)
    영화를 보는데 갑자기 불이 꺼졌어요.
    suddenly; without warning

    The lights suddenly went out while we were watching a movie.
    Adverbs
  6. 곧 (got) (adv.)
    버스가 곧 도착할 거예요.
    soon; shortly

    The bus will arrive soon.

    Note: 곧 usually means soon; 바로 is right away, with no gap at all.
    Adverbs
  7. 다 (da) (n./adv.)
    케이크를 혼자 다 먹었어요?
    all; everything; completely

    Did you eat the whole cake by yourself?

    Note: With a verb it often means finished: 다 읽었어요 (I read it all).
    Amounts & Measures
  8. 모두 (modu) (n./adv.)
    손님들이 모두 집으로 돌아갔어요.
    all; everyone; in all

    The guests all went home.
    Amounts & Measures
  9. 것 (geot) (bound n.)
    가방 안에 마실 것이 있어요?
    thing; what (after a modifier)

    Is there anything to drink in your bag?

    Note: It always follows a modifier: 먹을 것 (something to eat), 좋아하는 것 (what I like).
    Function Words & Expressions
  10. 거 (geo) (bound n.)
    이 휴대폰은 누구 거예요?
    thing; one (spoken form of 것)

    Whose phone is this?

    Note: Spoken 것: 제 거 (mine), 먹을 거 (something to eat), and the future ending -(으)ㄹ 거예요.
    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), via julienshim/combined_korean_vocabulary_list; the cards are grouped by topic. 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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