✅Beginner 20: Talking About Your Day – Daily Activities in Korean

📘 Beginner 20: Talking About Your Day – Daily Activities in Korean

Welcome to Day 20! 🕒 Now that you've practiced greetings, feelings, and real-life dialogues, it’s time to talk about your full day in Korean — from morning to night!

In this lesson, we’ll cover vocabulary and sentence patterns you can use to describe your daily routine. You'll learn how to say things like “I wake up at 7,” “I go to work,” and “I sleep at night.”

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📌 Common Daily Activities in Korean

English	Korean	Romanization
wake up	일어나다	il-eo-na-da
wash face	세수하다	se-su-ha-da
eat breakfast	아침을 먹다	a-chim-eul meok-da
go to school	학교에 가다	hak-gyo-e ga-da
study	공부하다	gong-bu-ha-da
work	일하다	il-ha-da
exercise	운동하다	un-dong-ha-da
eat dinner	저녁을 먹다	jeo-nyeok-eul meok-da
watch TV	TV를 보다	ti-bi-reul bo-da
sleep	자다	ja-da

📘 Time Expressions

• 아침에 – in the morning
• 점심에 – at noon / lunchtime
• 저녁에 – in the evening
• 밤에 – at night
• 매일 – every day
• 보통 – usually

Example:

저는 아침에 일어나서 세수하고 아침을 먹어요. (I wake up in the morning, wash my face, and eat breakfast.)

📘 Full Routine Example Sentences

• 저는 아침 7시에 일어나요. – I wake up at 7 a.m.
• 세수하고 아침을 먹어요. – I wash my face and eat breakfast.
• 학교에 가요. – I go to school.
• 점심을 먹고 공부해요. – I eat lunch and study.
• 저녁에는 운동을 해요. – In the evening, I exercise.
• 밤에는 TV를 보고 자요. – At night, I watch TV and sleep.

💬 Real-Life Mini Dialogue

👧 수지: 보통 몇 시에 일어나요? – What time do you usually wake up?
👦 준호: 저는 아침 6시에 일어나요. 수지는요?
👧 수지: 저는 7시에 일어나요. – I wake up at 7.

📘 Verb Sequencing with -고

You can connect actions in a sequence using -고 ("and then"):

• 세수하고 → and wash face
• 밥을 먹고 → and eat
• 학교에 가고 → and go to school

Example: 저는 일어나고, 세수하고, 아침을 먹고, 학교에 가요. (I wake up, wash my face, eat breakfast, and go to school.)

🧪 Mini Quiz – Daily Life Korean

1. What does “학교에 가다” mean?
   a) to go to work
   b) to go to school
   c) to sleep
   
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   ✅ b) to go to school

2. Translate: “I go to school and study.”
   a) 학교에 가고 공부해요
   b) 공부하고 학교에 가요
   c) 학교에 가서 먹어요
   
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   ✅ a) 학교에 가고 공부해요

3. What’s the Korean for “I sleep at night”?
   a) 아침에 자요
   b) 밤에 자요
   c) 낮에 자요
   
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   ✅ b) 밤에 자요

✅ Conclusion

🎉 You’ve learned how to describe your daily life in Korean! This is one of the most practical ways to use Korean in everyday conversations.

• ✔️ Practice talking about your day, from morning to night
• ✔️ Use sequencing with -고 to describe multiple actions
• ✔️ Try writing your own daily routine using the vocabulary!

📘 Coming Up Next

Tomorrow: Day 21: Days of the Week in Korean – What Do You Do on Monday?
We’ll learn how to talk about days and weekly plans!

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