100 Most common Korean verbs list

– Basic & Useful verbs list –

Want to learn the Korean language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful verbs in Korean with their translation in English. Ideal to help you boost your Korean vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	KOREAN	PRONUNCIATION
to accept	받아들이다	bad-adeul-ida
to add	추가하다	chugahada
to allow	허용하기 위해	heoyonghagi wihae
to answer	대답하다	daedabhada
to arrive	도착하다	dochaghada
to ask	묻다	mudda
to be	되려고	doelyeogo
to become	되다	doeda
to believe	믿다	midda
to break	부수다	busuda
to bring	가져오다	gajyeooda
to buy	사다	sada
to call	전화하다	jeonhwahada
to change	바꾸다	bakkuda
to choose	선택하다	seontaeghada
to clean	청소하다	cheongsohada
to close	닫기	dadgi
to come	오다	oda
to come back	돌아와서	dol-awaseo
to continue	계속하다	gyesoghada
to cook	요리하다	yolihada
to count	계산하기	gyesanhagi
to cry	울다	ulda
to cut	자르다	jaleuda
to decide	결정하는	gyeoljeonghaneun
to do	할 것	hal geos
to drive	운전하다	unjeonhada
to eat	먹다	meogda
to enter	들어가다	deul-eogada
to exist	존재하다	jonjaehada
to explain	설명하기	seolmyeonghagi
to fall	떨어지다	tteol-eojida
to fall asleep	잠들	jamdeul
to find	찾다	chajda
to finish	끝내기 위해	kkeutnaegi wihae
to fly	비행	bihaeng
to follow	따르다	ttaleuda
to forget	잊다	ijda
to get off	내리다	naelida
to get out	나가다	nagada
to give	주다	juda
to go	토고	togo
to have	가지고	gajigo
to hear	듣다	deudda
to help	돕기 위해	dobgi wihae
to hold	보유	boyu
to keep	유지	yuji
to know	알고	algo
to laugh	웃다	usda
to learn	배우다	baeuda
to leave	떠나다	tteonada
to listen	듣다	deudda
to live	살다	salda
to look like	닮다	dalmda
to look	보기 위해	bogi wihae
to lose	잃다	ilhda
to love	사랑하다	salanghada
to make	만들다	mandeulda
to meet	만나다	mannada
to need	필요하다	pil-yohada
to open	열기 위해	yeolgi wihae
to pay	지불하다	jibulhada
to play	놀다	nolda
to prepare	준비하다	junbihada
to prevent	을 예방하기 위해	eul yebanghagi wihae
to put	놓다	nohda
to read	읽다	ilgda
to recall	회상하다	hoesanghada
to receive	받다	badda
to recognize	인식하다	insighada
to refuse	거절하다	geojeolhada
to remember	기억하다	gieoghada
to repeat	반복하다	banboghada
to rest	쉬는 것	swineun geos
to return	돌려 주다	dollyeo juda
to run	달리다	dallida
to say	말하다	malhada
to search	검색하기	geomsaeghagi
to see	보다	boda
to sell	팔다	palda
to send	보내다	bonaeda
to shoot	촬영합니다	chwal-yeonghabnida
to show	보여주다	boyeojuda
to sing	노래하다	nolaehada
to sit down	앉다	anjda
to sleep	자다	jada
to start	시작한다	sijaghanda
to stay	머물다	meomulda
to stop	그만하다	geumanhada
to succeed	성공하다	seong-gonghada
to switch off	스위치를 끄다	seuwichileul kkeuda
to take	가지다	gajida
to talk	이야기하다	iyagihada
to taste	맛을보기 위해	mas-eulbogi wihae
to think	생각하다	saeng-gaghada
to throw	던지다	deonjida
to touch	만지지	manjiji
to try	시도하다	sidohada
to turn	돌리다	dollida
to turn on	켜다	kyeoda
to understand	이해하다	ihaehada
to use	사용	sayong
to wait	기다리다	gidalida
to wake up	일어나	il-eona
to walk	걷다	geodda
to want	원하다	wonhada
to wash up	씻다	ssisda
to wear	입다	ibda
to win	이기다	igida
to work	일하다	ilhada
to write	쓰기	sseugi

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