High-Frequency Korean Verbs: Usage and Practice
Learn common Korean verbs through collocations, sentence frames, examples, conjugation links, and structured practice.
How to study this vocabulary
A Korean verb is more than its dictionary meaning. Each authored guide in this hub focuses on the chunks, particles, and situations that make the verb usable in a real sentence.
Use the linked conjugation chart for forms, then return to the vocabulary guide for collocations and examples. That keeps meaning, usage, and inflection on distinct but connected pages.
Verb vocabulary guides
가다
to go
gada
Learn how to use 가다먹다
to eat
meokda
Learn how to use 먹다오다
to come
oda
Learn how to use 오다보다
to see; to watch
boda
Learn how to use 보다하다
to do
hada
Learn how to use 하다마시다
to drink
masida
Learn how to use 마시다공부하다
to study
gongbuhada
Learn how to use 공부하다샤워하다
to shower
syaweohada
Learn how to use 샤워하다자다
to sleep
jada
Learn how to use 자다일어나다
to get up; to wake up
ireonada
Learn how to use 일어나다씻다
to wash
ssitda
Learn how to use 씻다청소하다
to clean
cheongsohada
Learn how to use 청소하다입다
to wear; to put on
ipda
Learn how to use 입다세수하다
to wash one’s face
sesuhada
Learn how to use 세수하다요리하다
to cook
yorihada
Learn how to use 요리하다사다
to buy
sada
Learn how to use 사다고르다
to choose
goreuda
Learn how to use 고르다걱정하다
to worry
geokjeonghada
Learn how to use 걱정하다퇴근하다
to leave work
toegeunhada
Learn how to use 퇴근하다전화하다
to call; to telephone
jeonhwahada
Learn how to use 전화하다보내다
to send
bonaeda
Learn how to use 보내다만나다
to meet
mannada
Learn how to use 만나다주문하다
to order
jumunhada
Learn how to use 주문하다운동하다
to exercise; work out
undonghada
Learn how to use 운동하다산책하다
to take a walk
sanchaekhada
Learn how to use 산책하다읽다
to read
ilkda
Learn how to use 읽다빨래하다
to do laundry
ppallaehada
Learn how to use 빨래하다설거지하다
to wash the dishes
seolgeojihada
Learn how to use 설거지하다만들다
to make; create
mandeulda
Learn how to use 만들다연습하다
to practice
yeonseuphada
Learn how to use 연습하다