Top 10 Most Commonly Used Korean Words - Adverbs

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The following ten Korean words have been found to be the most commonly used words (adverbs) in Korean according to Korean Words & Phrases Use Frequency Statistics.

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1. 더 = more
2. 다시 = again
3. 안 = not
4. 잘 = well
5. 가장 = most
6. 함께 = together
7. 바로 = straight away
8. 모두 = all (everyone)
9. 없이 = without
10. 다 = all (usually things)


Example sentences

1. 더 주세요 = Please give (me) more

• 더 = more
• 주다 = give
• 주세요 = please give

2. 다시 할까요? = Shall I do it again?

• 다시 = again
• 하다 = do
• 할까요? = shall (we) do?

3. 안 먹었어요 = I haven't eaten it (I didn't eat it)

• 안 = not
• 먹다 = eat
• 안먹다 = don't eat
• 먹었어 = ate (have eaten)
• 안먹었어 = didn't eat (haven't eaten) - casual/informal spoken form
• 안먹었어요 = polite spoken form

4. 잘 했어! = (You) did well!

• 잘 = well
• 하다 = do
• 했어 = did (casual spoken form)

5. 가장 빨라 = (That's/He's/She's/They're) the fastest

• 가장 = most (superlative)
• 빠르다 = fast
• 빨라 = fast (present spoken form)

6. 함께 가자 = Let's go together

• 함께 = together
• 가다 = go
• 가자 = let's go

7. 바로 시작하죠. = Let's start straight away, shall we?

• 바로 = straight away
• 시작하다 = start
• 시작하죠 = let's start, shall we?

8. 모두 모이면 먹자 = If everyone gathers together, let's eat.

• 모두 = everyone (all)
• 모이다 = gather
• 모이면 = if gather
• 먹다 = eat
• 먹자 = let's eat

9. 줄리없이 놀게? = Are we going to have fun without Julie?

• 줄리 = Julie
• 없이 = without
• 놀다 = have fun / play
• 놀게? = are (we) going to have fun / play?

10. 다 같이 놀자! = Let's have fun / play together!

• 다 = all
• 놀다 = have fun / play
• 놀자 = let's have fun / play
• 같이 = together

For More Word Building Exercises:

• Top 10 Most Commonly Used Korean Words (Nouns)
• Top 10 Most Commonly Used Korean Adjectives

Source:
http://riks.korea.ac.kr/bmkang/book_mwfreq.htm