Korean Nouns
Learning the Korean Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Korean language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Korean.
Korean nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Korean Nouns |
| nouns | 명사 - myeong sa |
| my car | 내 차 - nae cha |
| green car | 녹색차 - nok saek cha |
| three cars | 자동차 세 대 - ja dong cha se dae |
| car garage | 차고 - cha go |
| outside the car | 차 밖에서 - cha bakk e seo |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Korean has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Korean.
List of Nouns in Korean
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Korean placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Korean vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Korean Nouns |
| arm | 팔 - pal |
| back | 등 - deung |
| cheeks | 볼/뺨 - bor ppyam |
| chest | 가슴 - ga seum |
| chin | 턱 - teok |
| ear | 귀 - gwi |
| elbow | 팔꿈치 - pal kkum chi |
| eye | 눈 - nun |
| face | 얼굴 - eol gul |
| finger | 손가락 - son ga rak |
| fingers | 손가락 - son ga rak |
| foot | 발 - bal |
| hair | 머리카락 - meo ri ka rak |
| hand | 손 - son |
| head | 머리 - meo ri |
| heart | 심장 - sim jang |
| knee | 무릎 - mu reup |
| leg | 다리 - da ri |
| lip | 입술 - ip sul |
| mouth | 입 - ip |
| neck | 목 - mok |
| nose | 코 - ko |
| shoulder | 어깨 - eo kkae |
| stomach | 배 - bae |
| teeth | 이(치아) - i chi a |
| thigh | 넓적다리 - neolp jeok da ri |
| throat | 목구멍 - mok gu meong |
| thumb | 엄지손가락 - eom ji son ga rak |
| toe | 발가락 - bal ga rak |
| tongue | 혀 - hyeo |
| tooth | 이(치아) - i chi a |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Korean, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Korean Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Korean lessons here: Learn Korean. Don't forget to bookmark this page.