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I’ve mentioned before when introducing Sino-Korean and Hanja-based words that the English equivalent is similar to seeing “un” in a word and knowing it means “not __”, this Hanja we are looking at is almost the exact same!

不 means “not” and is very much like not, non-, un-, dis-, etc. in English! It generally appears in Korean as 불 or 부 at the front of a word. With that said Let’s get into some negative Hanja words! I’ll start out by breaking some of the words down, so you get the 2-for-1 combo~

Negative Emotional words

불 + 행복, not + happiness =
불행: unhappiness/misfortune

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Here’s another helpful typing game to pair with the Hancom typing game I’ve mentioned before! Sam, the creator, shared it with me and I really think it can be a great asset to add in when trying to master your Korean typing.

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A useful phrase to learn when starting out is “from A to B” in Korean. Describe directions and locations, time, sequences, and more by using these 3 simple particles. Now in some cases, you’ll use 에서 or 부터 but I’ll get into when to use which so let’s start!

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If you’ve been following recent Korean cultural trends you may have heard of Korean MBTI being adapted and gaining huge traction. While the trend of MBTI seems to have calmed down here, it is going strong in South Korea. With many people even making judgment calls on people based on their type!

What is MBTI?

First as an introduction, MBTI comes from the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator which is a personality quiz to sort people into 1 of 16 types; all based around a combination of 4 letters. First established around 1944, the personality typing has been refined throughout the years.

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A while ago I touched on Korean body vocab, now it’s time to dive deeper and go inside the body to the organs! I’ll cover Korean organ vocab from internal and external, along with bones, muscles, and more.

Learning these words, along with general body vocab over here, is helpful in medical situations but also can help during daily life. Simple things like “my stomach hurts” and “her muscles are sore” all the way to “he had to get heart surgery”. Now this isn’t an exhaustive list by any means but it’s something to get you started to understanding your body in Korean a little more!

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A while back I introduced some common Korean idioms; phrases like “find a needle in a haystack” or “rags to riches”. This time I’m going more into some general Korean metaphors! A few of these will be combinations of different words to create their own meaning, others will have both literal and metaphorical meaning, and some are similar to metaphors in English so let’s get into it.

놀고 먹다

놀다: to play/hangout
먹다: to eat

놀다 + 먹다 combined together means “to live idly/without purpose”.  Living an easy comfortable life without a job or work, just playing and eating your life away haha

그냥 놀고 먹고 싶어요: I want to just live idly

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