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| Korean | Pronunciation | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 운동하다 | undonghada | To exercise | |
| 걷다 | geotda | To walk | |
| 달리다 | dallida | To run | |
| 먹다 | meokda | To eat | 저는 밥을 먹어요. I eat rice. |
| 마시다 | masida | To drink | |
| 자다 | jada | To sleep | |
| 일어나다 | ireonada | To wake up / get up | |
| 공부하다 | gongbuhada | To study | 한국어를 공부해요. I study Korean. |
| 읽다 | ikda | To read | |
| 쓰다 | sseuda | To write | |
| 보다 | boda | To see / watch | |
| 듣다 | deutda | To listen / hear | |
| 말하다 | malhada | To speak / talk | |
| 만나다 | mannada | To meet | |
| 사다 | sada | To buy | |
| 팔다 | palda | To sell | |
| 운전하다 | unjeonhada | To drive | |
| 타다 | tada | To ride / get on | |
| 내리다 | naerida | To get off / descend | |
| 열다 | yeolda | To open | |
| 닫다 | datda | To close | |
| 만들다 | mandeulda | To make / create | |
| 요리하다 | yorihada | To cook | |
| 청소하다 | cheongsohada | To clean | |
| 씻다 | ssitda | To wash / bathe | |
| 입다 | ipda | To wear / put on | |
| 벗다 | beotda | To take off (clothes) | |
| 알다 | alda | To know | |
| 모르다 | moreuda | To not know | |
| 기억하다 | gieokhada | To remember | |
| 잊다 | itda | To forget | |
| 생각하다 | saenggakada | To think | |
| 말씀하다 | malsseum hada | To say (honorific) | |
| 묻다 | mutda | To ask | |
| 대답하다 | daedapada | To answer | |
| 기다리다 | gidarida | To wait | |
| 뛰다 | twida | To jump / sprint | |
| 앉다 | anda | To sit | |
| 서다 | seoda | To stand | |
| 누우다 | nuuda | To lie down | |
| 가다 | gada | To go | 학교에 가요. I go to school. |
| 오다 | oda | To come | |
| 돌아가다 | doragada | To return / go back | |
| 들어가다 | deureogada | To enter | |
| 나가다 | nagada | To exit / go out | |
| 찾다 | chatda | To find / search | |
| 잃다 | ilda | To lose | |
| 빌리다 | billida | To borrow | |
| 주다 | juda | To give | |
| 받다 | batda | To receive | |
| 놀다 | nolda | To play / hang out | |
| 일하다 | ilhada | To work | |
| 쇼핑하다 | syopinghada | To shop | |
| 목욕하다 | mogyokhada | To take a bath / shower | |
| 전화하다 | jeonhwahada | To call / make a phone call | |
| 이메일 보내다 | imeil bonaeda | To send an email | |
| 사진 찍다 | sajin jjikda | To take a photo | |
| 영화 보다 | yeonghwa boda | To watch a movie | |
| 음악 듣다 | eumak deutda | To listen to music | |
| 책 읽다 | chaek ikda | To read a book |
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