Linguistics and language

General

• 번역(하다) <飜譯> – translation, to translate
• 번역가 <飜譯家> – a translator
• 통역(하다) <通譯> – interpret
• 문법 <文法> – grammar
• 회화 <會話> – conversation
• 발음 <發音> – pronunciation
• 관용어 <慣用語> – idiom
• 관용 표현 <慣用表現> – idiomatic expression
• 속어 <俗語> – slang
• 어미 <語尾> – word ending
• 반의어 <反意語> – antonym
• 단위명사 – counting units
• 대화 <對話> – conversation
• 표현 <表現> – an expression
• 단어 <單語> – a word
• 문장 <文章> – a sentence
• 분류 <分類> – classification
• 용법 <用法> – usage
• 진행형 <進行形> – progressive
• 현재 진행형 <現在進行形> – present progressive

Parts of speech

• 품사 <品詞>- parts of speech
• 주어 <主語> – subject
• 동사 <動詞> – verb (also known as an action verb or dynamic verb)
• 사동사 <使動詞> – causative verb
• 피동사 <被動詞> – passive verb
• 명사 <名詞> – noun
• 대명사 <代名詞> – pronoun
• 형용사 <形容詞> – adjective (also known as a descriptive verb or stative verb)
• 부사 <副詞> – adverb
• 조사 <助詞> – particle / postposition
• 감탄사 <感歎詞 / 感嘆詞> – interjection / exclamation
• 조동사 <助動詞> – auxiliary verb

Sound types

• 자음 <子音> – consonant
  • 비음 <鼻音> – nasal
  • 파열음 <破裂音> – stop
  • 파찰음 <破擦音> – affricate
  • 마찰음 <摩擦音> – fricative
  • 접근음 <接近音> – approximant
  • 탄음 <彈音> – tap
  • 전동음 <顫動音> – trill
  • 설측음 <舌側音> – lateral consonant
  • 흡착음 <吸着音> – click
  • 내파음 <內破音> – implosive
• 모음 <母音> – vowel

Levels of speech (말체)

• Types
  • 반말 – Intimate
  • 존댓말 – Polite
• Styles
  • 격식체 – Formal
  • 비격식체 – Informal

Occupations

• 번역가 – a translator
• 통역가/통역관 – an interpreter

Related Pages

• Grammar
• Pronouns
• Question words