✅Beginner 6: Talking About Your Daily Routine in Korean

πŸ“˜ Beginner 6: Talking About Your Daily Routine in Korean

Welcome to Day 6 of our Korean learning journey! 🌞 In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to describe your daily routine in Korean – from waking up to going to bed.

This is one of the most practical skills in any language. By the end of today, you’ll be able to talk about your day using simple Korean verbs and sentence structures.

πŸ“Œ Key Grammar: Verb + -μ•„μš” / -μ–΄μš”

To talk about daily actions in Korean, we use the polite present tense.

  • ✅ Verb stem + -μ•„μš” (if last vowel is ㅏ or γ…—)
  • ✅ Verb stem + -μ–΄μš” (if last vowel is anything else)
  • ✅ Special case: ν•˜λ‹€ → ν•΄μš”

Examples:

  • κ°€λ‹€ → κ°€μš” (ga-yo) – to go
  • λ¨Ήλ‹€ → λ¨Ήμ–΄μš” (meok-eo-yo) – to eat
  • κ³΅λΆ€ν•˜λ‹€ → κ³΅λΆ€ν•΄μš” (gong-bu-hae-yo) – to study

πŸ“˜ Essential Daily Routine Verbs

Korean Romanization English
μΌμ–΄λ‚˜μš” il-eo-na-yo wake up
μ”»μ–΄μš” ssit-eo-yo wash (oneself)
λ¨Ήμ–΄μš” meok-eo-yo eat
μΆœκ·Όν•΄μš” chul-geun-hae-yo go to work
κ³΅λΆ€ν•΄μš” gong-bu-hae-yo study
μΌν•΄μš” il-hae-yo work
μ‰¬μ–΄μš” swi-eo-yo rest
λ§ˆμ…”μš” ma-syeo-yo drink
μžμš” ja-yo sleep

πŸ“˜ Building Sentences – My Daily Routine

You can describe your day step-by-step using simple present tense.

Sample:

  • 아침에 μΌμ–΄λ‚˜μš”. (a-chim-e il-eo-na-yo) – I wake up in the morning.
  • μ„Έμˆ˜ν•΄μš”. (se-su-hae-yo) – I wash my face.
  • 아침을 λ¨Ήμ–΄μš”. (a-chim-eul meok-eo-yo) – I eat breakfast.
  • νšŒμ‚¬μ— κ°€μš”. (hoe-sa-e ga-yo) – I go to work.
  • 점심을 λ¨Ήμ–΄μš”. (jeom-sim-eul meok-eo-yo) – I eat lunch.
  • μΌν•΄μš”. (il-hae-yo) – I work.
  • 저녁을 λ¨Ήμ–΄μš”. (jeo-nyeok-eul meok-eo-yo) – I eat dinner.
  • ν…”λ ˆλΉ„μ „μ„ λ΄μš”. (tel-le-bi-jeon-eul bwa-yo) – I watch TV.
  • μžμš”. (ja-yo) – I sleep.

πŸ’¬ Real-Life Mini Dialogue

πŸ‘§ μˆ˜μ§€: 아침에 뭐 ν•΄μš”? (a-chim-e mwo hae-yo?) – What do you do in the morning?
πŸ§‘ μ€€ν˜Έ: μΌμ–΄λ‚˜μ„œ 컀피λ₯Ό λ§ˆμ…”μš”. (il-eo-na-seo keo-pi-reul ma-syeo-yo) – I wake up and drink coffee.


πŸ§ͺ Mini Quiz – What Do You Do Daily?

  1. How do you say “I work” in Korean?
    a) μΌν•΄μš”
    b) λ¨Ήμ–΄μš”
    c) κ³΅λΆ€ν•΄μš”
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    ✅ a) μΌν•΄μš”

  2. Translate: “I sleep at night.”
    a) 아침에 μžμš”
    b) 밀에 μžμš”
    c) 점심에 μžμš”
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    ✅ b) 밀에 μžμš”

  3. Which verb means “to drink”?
    a) λ§ˆμ…”μš”
    b) μ‰¬μ–΄μš”
    c) μžμš”
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    ✅ a) λ§ˆμ…”μš”


✅ Conclusion

Well done! πŸ‘ You’ve now learned how to describe your daily routine in Korean using simple and polite present tense.

  • ✔️ Practice with your own routine
  • ✔️ Try writing a diary in Korean!
  • ✔️ Learn the most common action verbs used daily


πŸ“˜ Coming Up Next

Tomorrow: Day 7: Days of the Week in Korean – What Do You Do on Monday?
We’ll talk about the days of the week and how to use them in everyday speech.

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