Top 10 Most Commonly Used Korean Words (Verbs)

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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. 하다 = Do
2. 있다 = Be, There is/are
3. 되다 = Become
4. 보다 = See, Watch, Look
5. 대하다 = Be about, Treat, Face (verb),
6. 위하다 = Be for, Care for
7. 말하다 = Say, Tell, Speak, Talk
8. 가다 = Go
9. 받다 = Receive
10. 보이다 = be seen

Top 10 Most Commonly Used Korean Adjectives

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The following ten Korean words have been found to be the most commonly used words (adjectives) in Korean according to Korean Words & Phrases Use Frequency Statistics.

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1. 없다 = (Lit. not existing) there is/are not
2. 그렇다 = be so (Yes)
3. 같다 = same
4. 어떻다 = be how
5. 이렇다 = be this way
6. 다르다 = different
7. 크다 = big/large
8. 많다 = many
9. 좋다 = good
10. 이러하다 = 이렇다 (이렇다 is a contracted form of 이러하다)

Top 10 Most Commonly Used Korean Words

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The following ten Korean words have been found to be the most commonly used words (nouns) in Korean according to Korean Words & Phrases Use Frequency Statistics.

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1. 사람 (Person)
2. 때 (Moment, Time, When)
3. 일 (Work)
4. 말 (Word, Language, Speech)
5. 사회 (Society)
6. 속 (Inside)
7. 문제 (Problem)
8. 문화 (Culture)
9. 집 (House, Home)
10. 경우 (Case, Circumstance)

If I use the top 5 words to make a sentence:

사람이 사회에서 일할 때 말을 조심해야 한다.
= When a person works in a society, he/she needs to be careful with their language/word/speech.)

With the next 5 words, I can make this sentence:

문화 속 문제의 경우 먼저 집에서 부터 해결해야 한다.
= In the case of a problem inside culture, one needs to solve it (beginning) from home.



For More Word Building Exercises:

• Top 10 Most Commonly Used Korean Words (Adjectives)

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