Basic Korean Adjectives

Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Korean adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

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Important adjectives
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Important adjectives

English	Korean	Korean (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
good	좋은	Joh eun	ko-sing_good
bad	나쁜	Na bbuen	ko-sing_bad
new	새로운	Sae ro eun	ko-sing_new
old	늙은 오래된	Neulgeun Oredwen	ko-sing_old ko-sing_old-2
small	작은	Jag eun	ko-sing_small
large / big	큰	Kuen	ko-sing_largebig
long	긴	Gin	ko-sing_long
short	짧은	Jjalbeun	ko-sing_short
cheap	싼	Ssan	ko-sing_cheap
expensive	비싼	Bi ssan	ko-sing_expensive
light / clear	밝은	Balgeun	ko-sing_lightclear
dark	어두운	Uh doo oon	ko-sing_dark
late	늦은	Neujeun	ko-sing_late
early	이른	Yi run	ko-sing_early
interesting	흥미로운	Heung mi ro eun	ko-sing_interesting
boring	지루한	Jee ru han	ko-sing_boring
tired	피곤한	Pi gon han	ko-sing_tired
easy / simple	간단한	Gan dan han	ko-sing_easysimple
for free	공짜 무료	Gong cha moo ryeo	ko-sing_for-free ko-sing_for-free-2
right / correct	옳은	Olh eun	ko-sing_rightcorrect
wrong	잘못된	Jal mot dwen	ko-sing_wrong
strong	강한	Gang han	ko-sing_strong
weak	약한	Yak han	ko-sing_weak

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