Today we'll be looking at different words related to school and grades in Korean.
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English Term | Korean Term |
Day-care center | 어린이집 |
Kindergarten | 유치원 |
Kindergartener | 유치원생 |
Elementary school | 초등학교 |
Middle school | 중학교 |
High school | 고등학교 |
University/college | 대학교 |
Graduate school | 대학원 |
Language school | 어학당 |
College student | 대학생 |
Community college | 전문대학교 |
Educational institute | 학원 |
All boys high school | 남자고등학교 / 남고 |
All boys middle school | 남자중학교 / 남중 |
All girls high school | 여자고등학교 / 여고 |
All girls middle school | 여자중학교 / 여중 |
Grade, level | 학년 |
Freshman High school/college | 일학년 |
Sophomore | 이학년 |
Junior | 삼학년 |
Senior | 사학년 |
Elementary school 1st grade | 초등학교 일학년 |
Elementary school 2nd grade | 초등학교 이학년 |
Elementary school 3rd grade | 초등학교 삼학년 |
Elementary school 4th grade | 초등학교 사학년 |
Elementary school 5th grade | 초등학교 오학년 |
Elementary school 6th grade | 초등학교 육학년 |
Elementary school student | 초등학생 |
Middle school | 중학교 |
Middle school 7th grade | 중학교 일학년 |
Middle school 8th grade | 중학교 이학년 |
Middle school 9th grade | 중학교 삼학년 |
Middle school student | 중학생 |
High school | 고등학교 |
High school 10th grade | 고등학교 일학년 |
High school 11th grade | 고등학교 이학년 |
High school 12th grade | 고등학교 삼학년 |
High school student | 고등학생 |
Learning Korean can be tricky, especially when the goal of your learning is conversation. If you’ve ever attempted to speak Korean but were unable to, then hopefully you’ll find this post helpful.
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