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- 하나 hana one (native)
- 일 il one (Sino)
- 열 yeol ten (native)
- 월요일 woryoil Monday
- 화요일 hwayoil Tuesday
- 일요일 iryoil Sunday
- 안녕하세요 annyeonghaseyo hello (polite)
- 감사합니다 gamsahamnida thank you (formal)
- 안녕히 가세요 annyeonghi gaseyo goodbye (to one leaving)
- 빨간색 ppalgan-saek red
- 파란색 paran-saek blue
- 노란색 noran-saek yellow
- 김치 gimchi kimchi
- 비빔밥 bibimbap bibimbap (mixed rice)
- 불고기 bulgogi bulgogi (marinated beef)
- 최애 choeae bias (most-loved member)
- 입덕 ipdeok getting into a fandom
- 직캠 jikkaem fancam (single-member)
News & Trends
Real Korean, from what people are talking about now.
Korean 100 Day Anniversary: Confession Day and Korea's Couple Math
September 17 is 고백데이 (go-baek-de-i), Confession Day — marketed as the day to confess so you're together by Christmas. It's the perfect entry point into Korea's couple math: 썸, 1일, 22일, and the famous 100일 anniversary.
Hangul Day (October 9): Why Korea Has a Holiday for Its Alphabet
한글날 (han-geul-lal), Hangul Day, falls on October 9 and is a national public holiday. It marks 훈민정음, the writing system created in 1443 and promulgated in 1446 under King Sejong — an alphabet whose consonant letters are drawn from the shape of the mouth.
Korea Fall Foliage: 단풍 Season Words and How to Read the Forecast
Autumn in Korea has its own vocabulary. 단풍 (dan-pung) is the fall color, 단풍놀이 is the habit of going out to look at it, and every October a forecast map shows 첫단풍 (first color) and 절정 (peak). Here is how to read the map and what people actually say on the trail.
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