Korean Nouns

In any language, the first basic part of speech we all learn is the noun. We start
building our vocabulary and knowledge of the language with nouns. Once we
know them, we can easily build phrases or simple sentences.

Korean nouns are called 명사 (myeongsa). They are made plural by adding 들
after the noun. However, some nouns like in the English language, don’t need 들
for them to be made plural as they’re already understood as plural nouns.

For example:

학생 → 학생들
남자 → 남자들
사람 → 사람들
책 → 책들
꽃 → 꽃들

Korean nouns are used as subjects and objects in sentences. The particles 이
and 가 are used when Korean nouns are used as a subject. On the other hand,
the topic markers 을 and 를 are used when a Korean noun is used as an object
in a sentence.

Example 1: Hyerim is eating an apple.

혜림이 사과를 먹고 있어요.

(hyerimi sagwareul meokgo isseoyo.)

Example 2: The students read a Science book.

학생들이 과학 책을 읽어요.

(haksaengdeuri gwahak chaegeul ilgeoyo.)

To know more about Korean nouns, we have lessons on Body Parts in
Korean, Animals in Korean, Fruits, Nuts, and Vegetables in Korean, Fish in
Korean, and Jobs in Korean to help you get started.