Korean Reading Exercises - Part 2

Hello there! 잘 지냈어? (How are you?)

I have been from a veeeeeerryyyy very long hiatus and I decided to come back. I am now a full-fledged doctor and I am currently working as one, in a nearby hospital. How have you been?

As continuation from our first Korean Reading Exercise, I would like to present to you another batch of Korean words that you can try practicing on! Are you ready to practice your Korean?

If you want to reinforce your knowledge about reading Hangul, you may proceed to this post on how to read and write Hangul to refresh your mind!

From now on, our reading (and writing) exercises will feature a specific theme so as to make things easier to read and understand! For this Korean reading exercise, we will feature one of Korea's highlights - their food.

Let's read, read, read Korean!!

FIRST ROUND: Basic Korean food

Korean food is one of the highlights of Korean culture - without their sumptuous and delicious food, their culture will not infiltrate any country easily. Their food is simple and unique, but also, the way we read them can also be easy, especially for the staples.

Below is a list of food which you may read with ease! (Don't let your mouth water while reading them, yes?)

Your words:

찜                    김                    미역

            밥                   빵

생선                국                    고기

            술                   차

And now, for your word bank (with their pronunciation, to assist you):

• Rice, "bap"
• Fish, "saeng-son"
• Steamed dish, "jjim"
• Dried laver, "gim/kim"
• Bread, "ppang"
• Soup, "guk"
• Alcohol, "sul"
• Tea, "cha"
• Gogi, "meat"
• Brown seaweed, "miyeok"

Are you done? Confident that you did well for this round? You may check your answers here.

SECOND ROUND: Korean Cuisine
The following words are some of the world-famous Korean food, some you will find in your friendly neighborhood Korean store, or restaurant. Some you can even cook at home!

Ooooooohhh this mouthwatering Korean food!

Photo by Vicky Tran from Pexels

I'll let you in on a little secret: while doing this round, my mouth was really watering!!


NOW, for your words:


김치찌개                떡볶이                잡채

                고추장                  불고기              

 김밥                        김치                   삼겹살                 

                설렁탕                    비빔밥

YOUR WORD BANK:

• Kimchi (chili-pickled cabbage) - I bet this is the most famous dish of them all!
• Samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly) - yum!
• Kimchi Jjigae (Kimchi stew - if you got Kimchi, this is a give-away!)
• Bibimbap (Mixed rice)
• Japchae (Fried sweet potato noodles)
• Kimbap
• Tteokbokki
• Bulgogi (Barbequed meat or "fire meat")
• Seolleongtang (Ox bone soup)
• Gochujang (Korean read bean paste)

This time, it's a little bit difficult. Have you read all of the dishes correctly? Find out if you did here in this page.

That's it, folks! Thank you for partaking in this reading exercise. I hope this exercise has strengthened your reading skills, especially in reading Hangul. Moreso, I hope that I have introduced to you another aspect of Korean culture, which is their food.

'Til next time!!

먹자!! ("Let's eat!" in Korean)

In the meantime, you can try writing Korean in these Korean writing exercises!