Learn some adjectives to describe people's personalities
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| Hi, everyone, welcome back to Korean Weekly Words. I'm Jaehwi, in this video we'll be talking about what adjective describes your personality best. Ok, let's begin! |
| 1. 똑똑한 (ttokttokan) "smart" |
| So you can use this adjective as in, |
| 저 사람은 참 똑똑하다.(Jeo sarameun cham ttokttokada.) "That person is smart.” |
| Or you can also say something like, |
| 난 내가 참 똑똑하다고 생각해. (Nan naega cham ttokttokhadago saenggakae.) "I think I am really smart." |
| 2. 감성적인 (gamseongjeoin) "emotional" |
| I’m kind of emotional, so whenever I reader novel or see a movie, I became so emotional, in that case I can say, |
| 영화를 보면 감성적이 됩니다. (Yeonghwareul bomyeon gamseongjeogi doemnida.) "When I see a movie, I become emotional." |
| Keep crying, so I couldn't read the characters. |
| 3. 멋진 (meotjin) "cool" |
| 그 사람 진짜 멋져.(Geu saram jinjja meotjjeo.)"That person is really cool.” |
| And when you see someone cool, you can just, you know, thumbs up toward him or her, you know, say, |
| 멋져요.(Meotjjeoyo.) "You are cool." |
| 4. 정직한 (jeongjikan) "honest" |
| 나는 정직한 사람과 결혼하고 싶다. (Naneun jeongjikan saramgwa gyeolhonhago sipda.) meaning ”I want to marry someone honest." |
| 5. 게으른 (geeureun) "lazy" |
| This is, I feel like I'm getting lazy, so in this case I can say, |
| 요즘 들어서 점점 게을러지는 것 같습니다. (Yojeum deureoseo jeomjeom geeulleojineun geot gatsseumnida.) which means that ”I think I am getting lazy these days." |
| You know, like, on weekends, I'm usually just laying on the floor. |
| 6. 수줍은 (sujubeun) "shy" |
| I'm kind of shy. |
| 처음 보는 사람을 만나면 수줍어합니다. (Cheoeum boneun sarameul mannamyeon sujubeohamnida.) which means that ”I become shy when I meet someone new for the first time." |
| 7. 로맨틱한 (romaentikan) "romantic" |
| When you watch Korean drama, you can see a lot of characters are romantic, in that case we can say, |
| 저 남자 주인공은 참 로맨틱하다. (Jeo namja juingongeun cham romaentikada.) meaning ”That main actor is very romantic." |
| 8. 심각한 (simgakan) "serious" |
| You can describe me as |
| 저 사람은 진짜 심각한 사람이야. (Jeo sarameun jinjja simgakhan saramiya.) "He is a really serious guy." |
| That's what I have to overcome but I become so serious sometimes. |
| 9. 다정한 (dajeonghan) "friendly" |
| So here we have the word 다정(dajeong), which has two Chinese characters; 다(da) is ”many”, and 정(jeong) is something like ”attachment, sympathy”. So it means something like who has a lot of sympathy, who has a lot of things to give, things to share with other person. So you can, you know, translat it as “friendly”, saying |
| 우리 어머니는 참 다정한 사람이다.(Uri eomeonineun cham dajeonghan saramida.) which means that "My mother is a very friendly person.” |
| 나는 다정한 사람을 만나고 싶어. (Naneun dajeonghan sarameul mannago sipeo.) "I want to meet someone friendly." |
| 10. 괴팍한 (goepakan) "bad-tempered" |
| So any word starting with 괴 (goe) means something like "weird”, something strange, because that's what this Chinese character mean, “strange” and “weird”. |
| 저 사람은 정말 괴팍한 사람이야. (Jeo sarameun jeongmal goepakan saramiya.) means “He or she is really bad-tempered." |
| 11. 관대한 (gwandaehan) "generous" |
| When I was in college, I remember one senior who was very 관대한 (gwandaehan) "generous”, if someone makes mistake she was right haha, it's okay, human being, you know, anyone can make a mistake. In that case you can say something like 관대한 (gwandaehan), for example, |
| 내 선배는 관대한 사람입니다.(Nae seonbaeneun gwandaehan saramimnida.) meaning ”My senior is a generous person.” |
| 나는 관대한 사람이 되고 싶다.(Naneun gwandaehan sarami doego sipda.) meaning "I want to be a generous person." |
| 12. 예술적인 (yesuljeogin) "artistic" |
| So here we have the word 예술 (yesul) meaning "art" |
| 그 사람은 예술적인 사람이야. (Geu sarameun yesuljeogin saramiya.) "That person is artistic." |
| 13. 예의바른 (yeuibareun) "polite" |
| so here we have the word 예의 (yeui) meaning "politeness”, and 바른 (bareun) means something ”right”, “correct”. So it means some something like someone who has the right politeness. |
| 예의바른 (yeuibareun) "polite" |
| 부모님들은 아이들을 예의바르게 키우기 위해서 최선을 다했습니다. (Bumonimdeureun aideureul yeuibareuge kiugi wihaeseo choeseoneul dahaetsseumnida.) “Parents tried their best to raise their kids to be polite." |
| 14. 우유부단한 (uyubudanhan) "indecisive" |
| So using the word you can say something like, |
| 나는 우유부단한 사람과 결혼하고 싶지 않다. (Naneun uyubudanhan saramgwa gyeolhonhago sipji anta. ) which means ”I don't want to marry someone who is indecisive." |
| 15. 친절한 (chinjeolhan) "kind" |
| 친절한 사람이 손해를 보다.(Chinjeolhan sarami sonhaereul boda.) which means that "Someone who is kind suffers losses.” |
| You know, some people are trying to use their kindness for their own benefit. |
| 일본 사람들 중에는 친절한 사람들이 많이 있습니다. (Ilbon saramdeul jungeneun chinjeolhan saramdeuri mani itsseumnida.) "Among Japanese people, there are a lot of kind people.” |
| Ok that’s all adjectives about someone's personality, I hope you enjoy these adjectives, and if you want to learn more about the adjectives and more, you know, expression to describe yourself, visit KoreanClass101.com, you can find a lot of that. I’ll see you next time. |
| 다음 시간에 뵙겠습니다 (Daeum sigane boepgetsseumnida) 안녕히 계세요 (annyeonghi gyeseyo). |
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