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Korean Adjectives
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Korean Adjectives
Learning the Korean Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering
the Korean language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Korean.
Korean Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
English Adjectives Korean Adjectives
adjectives 형용사 - hyeong yong sa
a green tree 초록빛 나무 - cho rok bic na mu
a tall building 높은 건물 - nop eun geon mul
a very old man 나이가 많은 사람(노인) - na i ga manh eun sa ram no in
the old red house 오래된 빨간 집 - o rae doen ppal gan jip
a very nice friend 매우 좋은(멋진) 친구 - mae u joh eun meot jin chin gu
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Korean.
List of Adjectives in Korean
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Korean placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your
Korean vocabulary.
English Adjectives Korean Adjectives
colors 색상 - saek sang
black 검정 - geom jeong
blue 파랑 - pa rang
brown 갈색 - gal saek
gray 회색 - hoe saek
green 초록 - cho rok
orange 오렌지 - o ren ji
purple 보라 - bo ra
red 빨강 - ppal gang
white 하얀/흰색 - ha yan huin saek
yellow 노랑 - no rang
sizes 크기 - keu gi
big 큰 - keun
deep 깊은 - gip eun
long 긴 - gin
narrow 폭이 좁은 - pog i job eun
short 짧은 - jjalb eun
small 작은 - jag eun
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English Adjectives Korean Adjectives
tall 키가 큰 - ki ga keun
thick 두꺼운 - du kkeo un
thin 얇은 - yalb eun
wide 넓은 - neolb eun
shapes 모양/형태 - mo yang hyeong tae
circular 둥근/원형의 - dung geun won hyeong ui
straight 일자형의/직선형의 - il ja hyeong ui jik seon hyeong ui
square 정사각형 (모양)의/직각의 - jeong sa gak hyeong mo yang ui jik gag ui
triangular 삼각형의 - sam gak hyeong ui
tastes 맛 - mat
bitter 쓴 - sseun
fresh 신선한 - sin seon han
salty 짠 - jjan
sour 신(시큼한) - sin si keum han
spicy 매운 - mae un
sweet 달콤한 - dal kom han
qualities 특성 - teuk seong
bad 나쁜 - na ppeun
clean 깨끗한 - kkae kkeut han
dark 어두운 - eo du un
difficult 어려운 - eo ryeo un
dirty 더러운 - deo reo un
dry 건조한 - geon jo han
easy 쉬운 - swi un
empty 비어있는/빈 - bi eo it neun bin
expensive (가격이) 비싼 - ga gyeog i bi ssan
fast 빨리 - ppal li
foreign 외국의 - oe gug ui
full 가득한/완전한 - ga deuk han wan jeon han
good 좋은 - joh eun
hard 딱딱한/어려운 - ttak ttak han eo ryeo un
heavy 무거운 - mu geo un
inexpensive 값싼/바싸지 않은 - gapt ssan ba ssa ji anh eun
light 가벼운/밝은 - ga byeo un balg eun
local 지역의/현지의 - ji yeog ui hyeon ji ui
new 새로운 - sae ro un
noisy 시끄러운 - si kkeu reo un
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English Adjectives Korean Adjectives
old 오래된/늙은 - o rae doen neulg eun
powerful 강한 - gang han
quiet 조용한 - jo yong han
correct 올바른 - ol ba reun
slow 느린/천천히 - neu rin cheon cheon hi
soft 부드러운 - bu deu reo un
very 매우/아주 - mae u a ju
weak 약한 - yak han
wet 젖은 - jeoj eun
wrong 잘못된 - jal mot doen
young 어린/젊은 - eo rin jeolm eun
quantities 수량 - su ryang
few 몇 가지 - myeoc ga ji
little 조금 - jo geum
many 많은 - manh eun
much 많은 - manh eun
part 부분 - bu bun
some 약간 - yak gan
a few 몇 가지 - myeoc ga ji
whole 전체 - jeon che
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