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The following ten Korean words have been found to be the most commonly used words (verbs) in Korean according to Korean Words & Phrases Use Frequency Statistics.
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1. 참 = really, truly; very, very much, quite
2. 그래 = yes, ok, all right
3. 아 = Ah, oh
4. 뭐 = what?
5. 자 = Well (let's, there you go, here it is)
6. 아니 = no (casual spoken form)
7. 예 = yes (polite spoken form)
8. 응 = yes (casual spoken form)
9. 글쎄 = Well.. (I don't know)
10. 아아 = Ah~ah (I understand now)
Example sentences
1. 여기 참 좋다 = This place is really good
- 여기 = this place
- 참 = really, truly; very, very much, quite
- 좋다 = good
2. 그래, 가자 = OK, let's go
- 그래 = yes, ok, all right
- 가자 = let's go
3. 아, 뭐라고? = Oh, what (did you say)?
- 아 = Ah, oh
- 뭐라고? = what (did you say)?
4. 뭐? = What?
5. 자, 가자 = Well, let's go.
- 자 = Well (let's, there you go, here it is)
- 가자 = let's go
6. 아니, 안했는데 = No, I didn't do it (haven't done it), you know.
- 아니 = No (casual)
- 했는데 = I did it (I've done it), you know
- 안했는데 = I didn't do it (I haven't done it), you know
7. 예 = Yes (polite)
8. 응 = Yes (casual)
9. 글쎄, 잘 모르겠는데 = Well, I don't know well, you know.
- 글쎄 = Well.. (I don't know)
- 잘 = Well, properly, fully, thoroughly
- 모르다 / 모르겠다= don't know
- 모르겠어 = don't know (casual spoken form)
- 모르겠는데 = don't know, you know.
10. 아아 = Ah~ah (I understand now)
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Source:
http://riks.korea.ac.kr/bmkang/book_mwfreq.htm
Naver English-Korean Dictionary
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