Category: Let’s learn Korean culture

버스나 지하철을 타요 Take either the bus or the subway In big cities, such as Seoul, Busan, or Daegu, etc, there is a subway. People use the subway a lot...

세종대왕이 한글을 만들었어요 Sejong the Great invented the Korean alphabet (Hangeul) In Korea, the ninth of October is Hangeul day (the Korean alphabet day). The original name of the Korean...

5월 15일은 스승의 날이에요 The fifteenth of May is Teachers’ day  In your country, is there a day when you show appreciation to teachers? In Korea, they designate the fifteenth...

어버이날에는 카네이션을 드려요 We give carnations on Parents’ day  In Korea, Parents’ day falls on the eighth of August. It’s the day to show appreciation and give thanks to parents....

한국의 놀이터에는 뭐가 있을까요? What is there in a Korean playground? If you go into an elementary school, it’s possible the first things you will see is a big sports...

어린이들의 하루 생활을 알아봐요 Let’s check out the daily life of children Korean elementary school students usually get to school at 8:30 am, have lunch and finish at 2 pm....

축구가 재미있어요 Soccer is fun Soccer is a sport that Korean people like. While Koreans watch a soccer game and when they cheer for their team, they wear a red...

한국의 유명한 음식은 뭐예요? Korea’s famous food, what is it?  Korea’s representative foods are bulgogi and kimchi. Koreans make bulgogi with beef and eat it on special days, but they...

태권도를 배워 봐요 Let’s learn Taekwondo  Taekwondo is a sport that was first developed in Korea. Taekwondo is a sport that uses the hands and feet, that anyone can learn...

설날에 무엇을 해요? What do people do on (Korean) New Year’s Day? (Korean) New Year, which is a major holiday in Korea, is the first day of the first lunar...

한국에는 사계절이 있어요 In Korea, there are four seasons  In Korea, there are four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. In the Spring, the weather is warm and flowers bloom....

생일에 먹는 특별한 음식이 있어요? Is there special food to have on birthdays? In Korea, most of people have seaweed soup on their birthdays. It’s said that when a mommy...

몇 살이에요? How old are you? In Korea, the method of calculating age differs a bit from (that of) other countries. In Korea, as soon as a baby is born,...

한국의 교실은 어떻게 생겼어요? What do classrooms in Korea look like?  The picture above is a classroom from a Korean elementary school. Classrooms have desks and chairs that are next...

가족들을 어떻게 불러요? What do you call your family members? In Korea, children call their parents “아빠 (dad)” and “엄마 (mom)” or “아버지 (father)” and “어머니 (mother).” When talking to...

이름이 뭐예요? What’s your name? Korean names generally consist of 3 letters such as “박지영”, or “김민수”. The first letter, for example, 박 is the last name and the remaining...

어떻게 인사할까요? How should we greet each other? In Korea, people slightly bow to one another and say, “안녕하세요?”, which means “Hi, Hello, or Good morning/afternoon/evening”. When friends greet each...