Korean for Travellers
Beginner 3 — listening
Every one of the 205 words and sentences in the course, read aloud. Tap any line to hear it.
This page goes with the Beginner 3 — Verbs and the Present course PDF. Keep it open on your phone while you work through the book.
Lesson 1 — The Present Tense
To go → 가요
To come → 와요
To eat → 먹어요
To drink → 마셔요
To see, to watch → 봐요
To do → 해요
To sleep → 자요
To buy → 사요
To know → 알아요
To not know → 몰라요
Where are you going?
I drink coffee.
I don't know. (one of the most useful words here)
Lesson 2 — The Same Form Asks and Answers
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
Where is it?
When are you going?
Why?
Who is it?
How do I get there?
Lesson 3 — Where Things Happen
Home, house
School
Company, the office
Restaurant
Café
Hotel
Station
Airport
Market
Hospital
How do I get to the airport?
I eat lunch at a restaurant.
Which station do I get off at?
Lesson 4 — Telling the Time
O'clock — with native numbers
Minutes — with Sino numbers
Half past
a.m.
p.m.
Morning; also breakfast
Midday; also lunch
Evening; also dinner
Today
Tomorrow
Yesterday
Now
What time is it now?
It's 3:30. (native three, Sino thirty)
I'm going tomorrow morning.
Lesson 5 — Days and Getting Around
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Weekend
Subway
Bus
Taxi
Train
On foot
To ride, to get on → 타요
To get off → 내려요
To change (lines) → 갈아타요
I take the subway.
Change at City Hall station.
Lesson 6 — A Conversation
Excuse me, may I ask something?
Yes, go ahead.
How do I get to Gyeongbokgung?
Take subway line 3.
Which station do I get off at?
Get off at Gyeongbokgung station.
Is it far from here?
No, about ten minutes.
Thank you!
Lesson 7 — The Verbs That Break the Rule
To be hot → 더워요
To be cold → 추워요
To hurt, to be ill → 아파요
To be hungry → 배고파요
To be busy → 바빠요
To walk → 걸어요
To listen → 들어요
I'm hungry. What shall we eat?
It's too hot in here.
I have a headache.
Lesson 8 — At the Pharmacy
Hello. I'm not feeling well.
Where does it hurt?
I have a headache. And a fever.
Since when?
Since yesterday.
Take this medicine. Three times a day.
After meals?
Yes, after eating.
How much is it?
Pharmacy
Medicine
Head
Stomach
Throat, neck
Fever
A cold
Hospital, clinic
Tooth → 이가 아파요
Eye
Ear
Leg
Arm
Lower back
A cough → 기침이 나요
Diarrhoea
Lesson 9 — Forty Verbs, Ready to Use
Go
Come
Ride, get on
Get off, go down
Walk
Wait
Look for, find
Go in, enter
Go out
Come back
Eat
Drink
Buy
Sell
Order (food)
Pay, settle the bill
Choose
Share, split
Leave (some behind)
Borrow, rent
Speak, say
Listen, hear
Ask
Answer
Know
Don't know
Understand
Read
Write; also: use
Teach
Work
Rest
Sleep
Get up
Wash
Wear, put on
Meet
Hang out, play
Like
Dislike
Lesson 10 — Saying No: 안 and 못
Not (I don't)
Can't (I'm unable)
It's spicy
It's not spicy
I can't eat it
Allergy
Vegetarian diet
Meat
Peanut
Shrimp
I don't eat meat.
I can't eat peanuts. I have an allergy.
Do you have something not spicy?
Lesson 11 — The Question Words
What
Who
Where
When
Why
How
How much
How many
Where are you going?
When are you coming?
Why aren't you eating?
How do I eat this?
What time does it start?
This one
That one
That one over there
Here
There
Over there
This way
That way
Lesson 12 — Getting Across a City
Subway
Bus
Taxi
Train
Station
Bus stop
Exit
Entrance
Change (trains)
Get off (polite instruction)
Please take me here.
Yes, understood.
How long does it take?
About twenty minutes.
Please let me out here.
OK, 12,000 won.
Excuse me, where's the subway station?
Go that way.
Is it far from here?
No, five minutes.
Thank you!
A word on the voice
These are synthesised with a Korean voice, not recorded by a person. For single words and short sentences that is accurate and clear, and it is far better than reading romanisation and guessing. It is flatter than a human for longer sentences, and it will not teach you the rhythm of real speech — for that, listen to Koreans, which is free and everywhere.