Lesson 27 · Willingness & First Impressions

Hyeju’s Beginner Korean Vocabulary · Lesson 27

Willingness & First Impressions

Learn 12 Korean words for willingness and first impressions, with usage notes, examples, romanization, and six practice questions with answers.

BeginnerLearn · Practice · Review

Introduction

Separate a controllable action from an impression. 아마 suggests uncertainty, while 분명히 sounds more certain.

Look for the Focus tag on today’s new words — Review words are old friends from earlier lessons. The romanization is there to help you get started.

Today’s Vocabulary

하다 · Focus

hada · do

V · 하다 → 해요; common activity verb.

숙제를 해요.sukjereul haeyo

I do homework.

돕다 · Review

dopda · to help

The person you help takes 을/를. Remember 도와요, not 도워요.

친구를 도와요.chingureul dowayo

I help a friend.

노력하다 · Focus

noryeokada · make an effort

V · A 하다 verb: 노력하다 → 노력해요.

매일 노력해요.maeil noryeokaeyo

I make an effort every day.

약속하다 · Focus

yaksokada · promise; arrange

V · Learn with a concrete action or time.

친구와 약속해요.chinguwa yaksokaeyo

I make an arrangement with a friend.

준비하다 · Focus

junbihada · prepare; get ready

V · The thing prepared takes 을/를.

내일 수업을 준비해요.naeil sueobeul junbihaeyo

I prepare tomorrow’s class.

아마 · Focus

ama · probably; perhaps

Adverb · Signals uncertainty.

아마 내일 올 거예요.ama naeil ol geoyeyo

They will probably come tomorrow.

분명히 · Focus

bunmyeonghi · clearly; certainly

Adverb · Stronger confidence than 아마.

분명히 기억해요.bunmyeonghi gieokaeyo

I remember clearly.

맛있다 · Focus

masitda · be delicious

A · 맛있어요 is a complete predicate.

음식이 맛있어요.eumsigi masisseoyo

The food is delicious.

춥다 · Review

chupda · to be cold

For weather or feeling cold. A cold drink is usually 차가워요.

오늘은 추워요.oneureun chuwoyo

It is cold today.

어렵다 · Focus

eoryeopda · be difficult

A · ㅂ irregular: 어려워요.

한국어가 어려워요.hangugeoga eoryeowoyo

Korean is difficult.

알다 · Focus

alda · know

V · 알아요; opposite 모르다.

이 단어를 알아요.i daneoreul arayo

I know this word.

열심히 · Focus

yeolsimhi · hard; diligently

Adverb · Describes effort.

열심히 공부해요.yeolsimhi gongbuhaeyo

I study hard.

Useful Phrases / Make Sentences

제가 준비해요.jega junbihaeyoI do the preparation.

열심히 노력해요.yeolsimhi noryeokaeyoI work hard.

아마 내일 올 거예요.ama naeil ol geoyeyoThey will probably come tomorrow.

Describe your own effort, then describe a situation. 제가 is the polite first-person subject form. The grammar partner adds -겠- for commitment or inference.

Mini Practice

1. Choose the meaning of 하다: A. to help / B. do.

2. Which word means “make an effort”: 노력하다 / 약속하다?

3. Match 1. 준비하다, 2. 아마, 3. 분명히 with A. clearly; certainly, B. prepare; get ready, C. probably; perhaps.

4. Write the Korean dictionary word or phrase for “be delicious.”

5. Put these chunks in a natural order: 어려워요. / 한국어가.

6. Write one short sentence using 열심히.

Check the answers

1. B. 하다 = do.

2. 노력하다 (noryeokada). V · A 하다 verb: 노력하다 → 노력해요.

3. 1–B; 2–C; 3–A.

4. 맛있다 (masitda).

5. 한국어가 어려워요. — Korean is difficult. Other natural word orders work too.

6. One possible answer: 열심히 공부해요. (yeolsimhi gongbuhaeyo) — I study hard. Any natural sentence with the same pattern is correct.

Today’s Key Point

Describe effort with 열심히 노력해요.

아마 signals uncertainty; 분명히 can express clarity or strong confidence.

Separate your own action from an impression about a situation.

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