30 essential Korean park vocabulary words with HYUZ Korean

Learn Korean at the Park: 30 Essential Korean Words & Phrases

LEARN #9

Learn Everyday Korean While Walking in a Park

Want to learn Korean while taking a walk?

In this HYUZ Korean vlog, Euna takes you through a park in Korea and teaches useful Korean naturally while exploring the playground, trees, weather, people, and everyday scenes around her.

You’ll learn Korean park vocabulary for nature, outdoor activities, weather, places, and expressions you can actually use in everyday conversations.

In this lesson, we’ll focus on 30 useful Korean words and expressions from the video.

You can also download the HYUZ Korean Park Workbook at the bottom of this page and practice along with the video. The workbook includes vocabulary, sentence building, pronunciation and shadowing, speaking activities, Korean patterns, review exercises, answer keys, and the full video script. The workbook is built around the same park lesson and its 30 core words.

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Watch: Learn Korean at the Park

In the video, Euna walks through a Korean park while describing what she sees around her.

You’ll hear natural Korean for playground equipment, weather, nature, people, outdoor activities, and everyday actions.

Watch the video once first. Then study the Korean park vocabulary below, listen to each pronunciation, and watch the video again afterward.

30 Essential Korean Words & Expressions from the Park

1. 놀이터 — Playground

놀이터 (noriteo) — playground

🔊 Listen: 놀이터

제가 지금 놀이터 앞에 있는데요.
I’m in front of the playground right now.

2. 노랑색 — Yellow

노랑색 (norangsaek) — yellow

🔊 Listen: 노랑색

색상이 노랑색으로 가득 차 있습니다.
It is filled with the color yellow.

3. 산책 — Walk

산책 (sanchaek) — walk

🔊 Listen: 산책

한번 산책해 볼게요.
I’ll take a walk.

4. 귀엽다 — To Be Cute

귀엽다 (gwiyeopda) — to be cute

🔊 Listen: 귀엽다

너무 귀엽죠?
It’s so cute, right?

5. 미끄럼틀 — Slide

미끄럼틀 (mikkeureomteul) — slide

🔊 Listen: 미끄럼틀

이거는요 미끄럼틀이에요.
This is a slide.

6. 계단 — Stairs

계단 (gyedan) — stairs

🔊 Listen: 계단

계단 한번 같이 올라가 봐요.
Let’s go up the stairs together.

7. 사진 — Photo / Picture

사진 (sajin) — photo / picture

🔊 Listen: 사진

여기서 사진 찰칵 찍으면 너무 좋을 것 같아요.
I think it would be great to take a picture here.

8. 곰 — Bear

곰 (gom) — bear

🔊 Listen: 곰

곰이에요, 곰.
It’s a bear, a bear.

9. 그네 — Swing

그네 (geune) — swing

🔊 Listen: 그네

저 그네에 앉아 봐도 돼요?
Can I try sitting on that swing?

10. 바람 — Wind

바람 (baram) — wind

🔊 Listen: 바람

바람이 불고 있어요.
The wind is blowing.

11. 나무 — Tree

나무 (namu) — tree

🔊 Listen: 나무

초록색 나무가 있어요.
There is a green tree.

12. 여름 — Summer

여름 (yeoreum) — summer

🔊 Listen: 여름

지금은 여름이에요.
It is summer now.

13. 구름 — Cloud

구름 (gureum) — cloud

🔊 Listen: 구름

몽실몽실한 구름이요.
They’re fluffy clouds.

14. 솜사탕 — Cotton Candy

솜사탕 (somsatang) — cotton candy

🔊 Listen: 솜사탕

솜사탕 같아요.
It looks like cotton candy.

15. 해 — Sun

해 (hae) — sun

🔊 Listen: 해

낮에는 해가 있어요.
The sun is out during the day.

16. 놀다 — To Play

놀다 (nolda) — to play / hang out

🔊 Listen: 놀다

어린아이들이 놀고 있어요.
Young children are playing.

17. 자전거 — Bicycle

자전거 (jajeongeo) — bicycle

🔊 Listen: 자전거

자전거 두 대가 있고요.
There are two bicycles.

18. 할머니 — Grandmother

할머니 (halmeoni) — grandmother

🔊 Listen: 할머니

할머니들이 앉아 계세요.
The grandmothers are sitting.

19. 할아버지 — Grandfather

할아버지 (harabeoji) — grandfather

🔊 Listen: 할아버지

할아버지들이 앉아 계세요.
The grandfathers are sitting.

20. 비둘기 — Pigeon

비둘기 (bidulgi) — pigeon

🔊 Listen: 비둘기

비둘기가 많아요.
There are many pigeons.

21. 화장실 — Restroom

화장실 (hwajangsil) — restroom

🔊 Listen: 화장실

여자 화장실, 남자 화장실 이렇게 분리가 되어 있어요.
The women’s and men’s restrooms are separated like this.

22. 축구 — Soccer

축구 (chukgu) — soccer / football

🔊 Listen: 축구

축구를 열심히 하고 있어요.
They’re playing soccer really hard.

23. 열정적이다 — To Be Passionate

열정적이다 (yeoljeongjeogida) — to be passionate

🔊 Listen: 열정적이다

너무 열정적이죠?
They’re very passionate, aren’t they?

24. 잔디 — Grass

잔디 (jandi) — grass

🔊 Listen: 잔디

초록색 잔디가 있습니다.
There is green grass.

25. 공을 차다 — To Kick a Ball

공을 차다 (gongeul chada) — to kick a ball

🔊 Listen: 공을 차다

공을 차고 있어요.
They are kicking a ball.

26. 봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울 — Four Seasons

봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울 (bom, yeoreum, gaeul, gyeoul)
— spring, summer, fall, winter

🔊 Listen: 봄 여름 가을 겨울

한국에는 봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울 사계절이 있어요.
Korea has four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter.

27. 그늘 — Shade

그늘 (geuneul) — shade

🔊 Listen: 그늘

그늘이 있어서 진짜 시원해요.
It is really cool because there is shade.

28. 등산 — Hiking

등산 (deungsan) — hiking

🔊 Listen: 등산

우리 구독자분들 등산 좋아해요?
Do you guys like hiking?

29. 바위 — Rock

바위 (bawi) — rock

🔊 Listen: 바위

제가 바위에 앉아 볼게요.
I’ll try sitting on the rock.

30. 편하다 — To Be Comfortable

편하다 (pyeonhada) — to be comfortable

🔊 Listen: 편하다

너무 편해요.
It’s very comfortable.

Useful Korean Phrases from the Video

Once you know the individual words, try listening for complete expressions in the vlog.

These are useful because you can take the same Korean patterns and use them in many other situations.

저랑 같이 한번 산책해 볼까요?
Shall we take a walk together?

머리 부딪히지 않게 조심하세요.
Be careful not to bump your head.

바람이 불고 있어요.
The wind is blowing.

날씨가 진짜 좋아요.
The weather is really nice.

그늘이 있어서 진짜 시원해요.
It’s really cool because there’s shade.

제가 다리가 아파서 여기 앉았어요.
I sat here because my legs hurt.

These expressions also appear in the workbook’s pronunciation and shadowing practice, where you can practice the Korean in the same order as the video.

Watch the Park Vlog Again

Now watch the HYUZ Korean park vlog one more time.

This time, see if you can recognize words such as:

놀이터, 산책, 미끄럼틀, 그네, 바람, 나무, 구름, 자전거, 비둘기, 그늘

Don’t worry if you still can’t understand every Korean sentence.

The goal is to start noticing words you have already learned and hear how they sound inside natural Korean sentences.

You may be surprised by how much more you understand on the second watch.

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Download the Korean Park Workbook

Want to practice everything you learned in this lesson?

Download the HYUZ Korean Park Workbook and use it together with the vlog.

The workbook goes beyond the 30 Korean park vocabulary words on this page with meaning matching, picture activities, fill-in-the-blank exercises, sentence building, pronunciation and shadowing, speaking practice, speaking challenges, Korean pattern practice, a final review, answer keys, complete vocabulary from the video, and the full video script.

The best way to use this lesson is simple:

Watch the vlog → Learn the vocabulary → Listen and repeat → Complete the workbook → Watch the vlog again.

You don’t need to memorize everything in one day. Come back to this page whenever you want to review the pronunciation and see how many words you can remember.

The more often you hear Korean in real situations, the easier it becomes to recognize naturally.