This week, we are getting into some important Korean adverbs; time, frequency, and other related terms! These are words that tell you how often something is happening (weekly, monthly, daily, nightly) and help to describe when and where. From position, the location particle, order, and calendar days, to help you build out your vocabulary.
Frequency Adverbs
항상: always
절대: never (strongly refusing)
결코: never (something is impossible)
자주: often
종종: occasionally
드물게: rarely
가끔: sometimes
보통: usually
평소에: usually
또: again
한번: once
주간: weekly
매주: every week
매달: every month
매월: every month
매번: every time
매년: annually
매일: daily
매시: hourly
~마다: every
밤마다: nightly
날마다: every day
일요일마다: every Sunday
15분마다: every 15 minutes
다음에 또 봐: see you again
저는 항상 아침에 커피를 마셔요: I always drink coffee in the morning
저는 밤마다 가장 좋아하는 책을 읽어요: I read my favorite book every night
Time
벌써: already
일찍: early
늦은: late
최근: lately
지금: now
이제: now
아직: yet
아직도: still
방금: just
Calendar Time & Days Korean Adverbs
오늘: today
내일: tomorrow
어제: yesterday
그제: day before yesterday
모레: day after tomorrow
이번 주: this week
지난 주: last week
다음 주: next week
이번 달: this month
지난 달: last month
다음 달: next month
올해: this year
작년: last year
내년: next year
연말: end of the year
월말: end of the month
주말: weekend
낮: daytime
하루: a day
새벽: dawn
아침: morning
점심: noon
오후: afternoon; p.m.
저녁: evening
밤: night
오늘밤: tonight
해넘이: sunset; sundown
한밤중: midnight
오늘은 지각하지 마: don’t be late today
주말에 시간이 있어서: on the weekend I have free time
이번 달에 뭐 할 거예요?: What are you going to do this month?
Location Particle ~에 and ~에서
~에 is a particle I’ve covered but comes up a lot with time and frequency adverbs, so I’ll run through it again here! 에 is used in a sentence to mark the location, whether it is where something is, a direction, time, or date. The location particle 에서 is used when an action is happening in the location. So you may find sentences that use both, telling you “time에 and location에서” like this example below:
5시에 도서관에서 공부했어요: at 5 I studied in the library
Degree/Amount
거의: almost
간신히: barely
꽤: quite
약간: slightly
부분적으로: partially
완전히: completely
충분히: enough
극도로: extremely
대단히: highly/greatly
대부분: most
매우: very (completely)
너무: very (excessively)
숙제가 거의 다 끝났어요: I’m almost done with my homework
그녀는 너무 많이 먹고 아팠어요: she ate too much and felt sick
Order Words
곧: right away
기후: afterward
결국: eventually/finally
바로: immediately
후: after
다음: next
그때: that time
이따가: a little later
그러고는: and then
나중에: later
아까: a moment ago
예전에: a long time ago
옛날에: in the past
그동안: meantime
언젠가: someday
당장: at once
식사 후에 산책했어요: after the meal, I took a walk
저는 예전에 친구와 룸메이트였어요: I used to be roommates with my friend
Quick Position Korean Adverbs
위: on/above
안: in
속: inside, among
밖: outside
밑: under/beneath
아래: under/beneath
앞: in front
뒤: behind
왼쪽: left
오른쪽: right
옆: next to
근처: near
필통은 책상 위에 있어요: the pencil case is on the desk
학교 앞에서 만나요: let’s meet in front of the school
그의 강아지는 소파 아래에 있어요: his puppy is under the sofa
For a more complete list with a description of the location particle ~에, and the difference between 밑 & 아래, please check out my post on Korean prepositions here!
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