๐ŸŸข Top 20 Everyday Adjectives | Beginner Level (TOPIK 1–2)

๐ŸŸข Top 20 Everyday Adjectives | Beginner Level (TOPIK 1–2)

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Do you want to describe things in Korean but only know a few words like ‘big’ or ‘small’?


Adjectives are essential for describing people, places, and feelings in everyday life. In this lesson, you’ll learn 20 basic Korean adjectives with meanings and example sentences, perfect for beginners preparing for TOPIK 1–2 or daily conversations.


๐Ÿ“š Table of Contents


๐Ÿ’ก Top 20 Adjectives with Meanings

1. ํฌ๋‹ค (keu-da) – Big

2. ์ž‘๋‹ค (jak-da) – Small

3. ๊ธธ๋‹ค (gil-da) – Long

4. ์งง๋‹ค (jjalb-da) – Short

5. ๋น ๋ฅด๋‹ค (ppa-reu-da) – Fast

6. ๋Š๋ฆฌ๋‹ค (neu-ri-da) – Slow

7. ๋งŽ๋‹ค (man-ta) – Many / A lot

8. ์ ๋‹ค (jeok-da) – Few / Little

9. ์ข‹๋‹ค (joh-da) – Good

10. ๋‚˜์˜๋‹ค (na-ppeu-da) – Bad

11. ์ƒˆ๋กญ๋‹ค (sae-rop-da) – New

12. ์˜ค๋ž˜๋˜๋‹ค (o-rae-dwe-da) – Old (object)

13. ์ Š๋‹ค (jeolm-da) – Young

14. ๋Š™๋‹ค (neulg-da) – Old (person)

15. ๊นจ๋—ํ•˜๋‹ค (kkae-kkeut-ha-da) – Clean

16. ๋”๋Ÿฝ๋‹ค (deo-reop-da) – Dirty

17. ์กฐ์šฉํ•˜๋‹ค (jo-yong-ha-da) – Quiet

18. ์‹œ๋„๋Ÿฝ๋‹ค (si-kkeu-reop-da) – Noisy

19. ๋ง›์žˆ๋‹ค (ma-sit-da) – Delicious

20. ๋ง›์—†๋‹ค (mat-eop-da) – Not delicious


๐Ÿ“– Example Sentences

์ด ์ง‘์€ ์ปค์š”.
I jip-eun keu-yo.
This house is big.

๋ฐฉ์ด ์กฐ์šฉํ•ด์š”.
Bang-i jo-yong-hae-yo.
The room is quiet.

์Œ์‹์ด ๋ง›์žˆ์–ด์š”.
Eum-sik-i ma-sit-seo-yo.
The food is delicious.

๊ธธ์ด ์งง์•„์š”.
Gil-i jjal-ba-yo.
The road is short.


๐Ÿ—ฃ Practice Dialogue

A: ์ด ์ผ€์ดํฌ ๋ง›์žˆ์–ด์š”?
I ke-i-keu ma-sit-seo-yo?
Is this cake delicious?

B: ๋„ค, ์ •๋ง ๋ง›์žˆ์–ด์š”!
Ne, jeong-mal ma-sit-seo-yo!
Yes, it’s really delicious!

A: ๋ฐฉ์ด ์กฐ์šฉํ•ด์š”?
Bang-i jo-yong-hae-yo?
Is the room quiet?

B: ์•„๋‹ˆ์š”, ์‹œ๋„๋Ÿฌ์›Œ์š”.
A-ni-yo, si-kkeu-reo-wo-yo.
No, it’s noisy.


๐Ÿงฉ Quick Check: How would you say “The house is old but clean” using the adjectives from this list?


๐ŸŒ Did You Know?

In Korean, adjectives like ๊นจ๋—ํ•˜๋‹ค (clean) or ์กฐ์šฉํ•˜๋‹ค (quiet) are actually verbs grammatically, called “descriptive verbs.” They conjugate like verbs, which is different from English adjectives.


๐Ÿ“ฆ Final Thoughts

Learning these 20 adjectives will help you describe your surroundings, feelings, and experiences more naturally in Korean. They are commonly used in daily life and appear frequently in beginner-level TOPIK exams.

Start practicing by describing objects around you using these adjectives, and your Korean will sound more expressive and natural.


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