Getting around in Korean
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Korean words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Korean phrases in this lesson
- ํ์ฅ์ค์ด ์ด๋์์?hwa-JANG-si-ri O-di-ye-yo
- Where is the toilet?
- ...์ ์ด๋ป๊ฒ ๊ฐ์?e o-to-KE ga-yo
- How do I get to...?
- ์ผ์ชฝ์ผ๋กwen-JJO-geu-ro
- To the left
- ์ค๋ฅธ์ชฝ์ผ๋กo-reun-JJO-geu-ro
- To the right
- ์ง์งJIK-jin
- Straight ahead
- ์ฌ๊ธฐYO-gi
- Here
- ๊ธฐ์ฐจ์ญGI-cha-yok
- Train station
- ๋ฒ์คBO-seu
- Bus
- ๊ณตํญgong-HANG
- Airport
- ํ ํ ์ฅ ์ฃผ์ธ์pyo han JANG JU-se-yo
- One ticket, please
Public toilets in South Korea are plentiful, clean, and free. In cities they are found in subway stations, parks, and department stores. This question will get you a quick and helpful response.
Literally "toward the left".
Go straight. Used in navigation apps and in conversation alike. You might also hear ์์ผ๋ก ๊ฐ์ธ์ (go forward) from a pedestrian giving directions.
์ฌ๊ธฐ (here), ๊ฑฐ๊ธฐ (there, near you), ์ ๊ธฐ (over there, far from both of us). These three pointing words cover most situations when giving or receiving directions.
์ญ is the station, and it suffixes onto any place name: ์์ธ์ญ is Seoul Station, pronounced "SO-ul-lyok" because the ใด and ใฑ assimilate. Seoul Station is the KTX hub, and the high-speed network reaches most of the country in under three hours.
Tap a T-money card on and off.
ํ is a ticket and ์ฅ is the counter for flat items like tickets and sheets of paper. For subway single-journey tokens, look for the automated machines, which have an English option.