Let’s go over some of the must-know Korean Words and Phrase from the 10 Best Tales of Korea book.

Words

밤 - night ( Noun )

밤 - chestnut ( Noun )

되다 - become ( Infinitive Verb )

그러다 - and then ( Conjunction )

너무 - too ( Adverb )

이제 - now ( Adverb )

오히려 - rather , instead ( Adverb )

놀다 - to play , to hang out ( Conjugated Verb )

병 - sickness ( Noun )

자다 - to sleep ( Infinitive Verb )

시끄럽게 - loudly ( Adverb )

시끄럽다 - to be noisy ( Conjugated Verb )

시간 - time ( Noun )

노래 - song ( Noun )

싫어요 - to not like , dislike ( Conjugated Verb )

(verb)할거야 / (verb)을거야 - going to do (verb) ( Conjugated Verb )

Phrases

밤이 되다 - to become night

말을 안 듣다 - does not do as told

조용히 하다 - be quiet

병이 나다 - to fall sick

노래를 부르다 - to sing a song

싫어요 - I don’t like it. ( Informal polite )

-고 말았어요 - he/she could not help but do .... ( Informal polite )