Lesson 16

Question 1

A little, a bit, a little bit

Answer 1

조금

When pronounced quickly, 조금 often becomes 좀(often pronounced like 쫌) and is frequently written this way as well.

Question 2

Really, truly

Answer 2

정말

• A word which has almost the same meaning as 정말 is 진짜 : It is considered a little less formal
  than 정말.

Question 3

Very, quite

Answer 3

아주

*아주 is the most standard way of saying “very” in the written form, but more often than not, in
spoken Korean, 아주 is replaced with 정말 or 진짜.

Question 4

Not really, not particularly

Answer 4

별로

• 별로 is always used in negative sentences, regardless of whether the verb that follows has a negative or a positive meaning.
  ** Rather than just using 별로 sometimes, in Korean, 안 must be added to the sentence to actually make the sentence a negative.

Question 5

Not at all

Answer 5

전혀, 하나도

In spoken Korean, the expression 하나도 used more commonly than 전혀

Question 6

Give me only a little bit

Answer 6

조금만 주세요

Question 7

Salt

Give me only a little bit of salt

Answer 7

소금

소금 조금만 주세요

Question 8

It is quite expensive

Answer 8

조금 비싸요

Question 9

To be fast

It’s really fast

Answer 9

빠르다

정말 빨라요

Question 10

It’s really strange

Answer 10

정말 이상해요

Question 11

I cleaned up my room

Answer 11

제가 방 청소했어요

Question 12

To be far away

It’s very far away

Answer 12

멀다

아주 멀어요

Question 13

To not be interesting

It’s not that interesting

Answer 13

재미없어요

별로 재미없어요

Question 14

To be bad

It’s not too bad

Answer 14

나쁘다

별로 안 나빠요

Question 15

To be busy

I am not busy at all

Answer 15

바쁘다

전혀 안 바빠요

Question 16

To be hot

It’s not hot at all

Answer 16

덥다

전혀 안 더워요

Question 17

To look alike

Do my younger sister/brother and I look alike?

Answer 17

닮다

저랑 제동생이랑 닮았어요?

Question 18

What about my mother and I?

Answer 18

저하고 저희 엄마랑은요?