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