Korean vocabulary · 26 words
Korean place words and position words: 위, 아래, 앞, 뒤, 옆, 안
Korean puts the position word after the thing: 가방 안 is literally bag inside, 의자 위 is chair top. Then 에 marks where something is and 에서 marks where something happens. These are the places and position words from the course, plus here, there and where.
Examples are written in Hangul. New to it? Start with the hangul chart.
Good to know
- Place + 에 + 있어요 says where something is: 집에 있어요 (I'm at home). Place + 에서 + action verb says where it happens: 식당에서 먹어요.
- Thing + position + 에: 책이 의자 위에 있어요 (the book is on the chair).
- 어디에 있어요? asks where something is. 화장실이 어디에 있어요? is the one to memorize.
- 여기서 and 거기서 are the spoken short forms of 여기에서 and 거기에서.
Places
| Korean | Romanization | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 집 | jip | house / home | |
| 학교 | hakgyo | school | |
| 회사 | hoesa | company / workplace | |
| 가게 | gage | store / shop | |
| 식당 | sikdang | restaurant | |
| 역 | yeok | (train) station | |
| 병원 | byeongwon | hospital / clinic | |
| 화장실 | hwajangsil | restroom / toilet | |
| 교실 | gyosil | classroom | |
| 방 | bang | room | |
| 곳 | got | place |
Position words
| Korean | Romanization | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 위 | wi | top / on, above | |
| 아래 | arae | bottom / under, below | |
| 앞 | ap | front / in front of | |
| 뒤 | dwi | back / behind | |
| 옆 | yeop | side / next to | |
| 안 | an | inside | |
| 밖 | bak | outside | |
| 사이 | sai | between |
Here, there and where
| Korean | Romanization | Meaning | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 여기 | yeogi | here | |
| 거기 | geogi | there (near you) | |
| 어디 | eodi | where | |
| 여기서 | yeogiseo | here (where you do it) — short for 여기에서 | |
| 이쪽 | ijjok | this way / this side | |
| 그쪽 | geujjok | that way (near you) | |
| 저쪽 | jeojjok | that way (over there) |
Test yourself
Five of the 26 words on this page, meaning to word. Pick an answer to check it; nothing is saved.
1.Which Korean word means "house / home"?
2.Which Korean word means "(train) station"?
3.Which Korean word means "place"?
4.Which Korean word means "side / next to"?
5.Which Korean word means "there (near you)"?
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