Korean for English speakers Hospital · Lesson 2

Cough symptoms

Korean symptoms — 어디가 아프세요? (Where does it hurt?) — and 기침이랑 열이 많이 나요 (I have a lot of cough and fever).

Conversation

  1. Bob Bob

    매지캣 씨? 안녕하세요. 어디가 아프세요?

    Maejikaet ssi? Annyeonghaseyo. Eodiga apeuseyo?

    Mr. Magicat? Good afternoon. Where do you feel sick?

    Tip: <어디가 아프세요?> = formal way to say "Where do you feel sick?" [Note] Verb 아프다 = to be sick

  2. Magicat Magicat

    기침이랑 열이 많이 나요.

    Gichimirang yeori mani nayo.

    I have a lot of cough and fever.

    Tip: <기침이 나요> = verb "to have cough" (in present tense) <열이 나요> = verb "to have a fever" (in present tense) [Note] Verb 나다 is usally used with symptom nouns <A(이)랑 B> = particle of connexion to express 'A and B' <많이> = a lot

  3. Bob Bob

    콧물은요?

    Konmureunyo?

    What about runny nose?

    Tip: <콧물> = runny nose (Literally, "nose water")

  4. Magicat Magicat

    콧물도 조금 나요. 머리도 아파요.

    Konmuldo jogeum nayo. Meorido apayo.

    I also have a little runny nose. My head hurts too.

    Tip: <콧물이 나요> = verb "to have a runny nose" <머리> = head <N도> = suffix used after a noun to express "too"

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you say 'it hurts' in Korean?

아프다 → 아파요 (polite). Body part + 가/이 + 아파요: 머리가 아파요 (head hurts).

What is 열이 나다?

'To have a fever' — literally 'heat rises'. 열 = heat/fever, 나다 = come out/occur.

Common Korean symptoms?

기침 (cough), 콧물 (runny nose), 열 (fever), 두통 (headache), 배탈 (upset stomach), 인후염 (sore throat).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Korean lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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