Core Vocabulary

What you will find here

This unit sits in the Vocabulary by Topic strand of Other languages. Most of what is listed is Korean, with a lot of Japanese and Chinese beside it, plus single sets for Kazakh, Irish, Urdu, Swahili, Turkish, Dutch and more. The resources were made by GoConqr users, and all of them are free to open and study.

Where to start

If you are new to a language, begin with a flashcard deck on everyday words. Good picks are 100 MOST USEFUL KOREAN ADJECTIVES, Food Vocabulary - Mandarin and Japanese Question Words. They give you short, topic-based lists such as feelings, drinks, places in school and words like who, when and where.

1. Work through one deck until the words feel familiar.
2. Take a quiz on the same theme.
3. Return to the words you missed.

Exam-linked sets

Some decks and quizzes name their exams. EPS-TOPIK Flashcard Lessons 6 - 10 covers jobs and places such as doctor, driver, farmer and dorm. There is also an EPS-TOPIK quiz, a JFT BASIC quiz and GCSE Chinese Vocabulary words Unit 2 - characters and pinyin, which lists school subjects and rooms with characters. Check these against your own course, as they are learner-made.

Learning through songs

The quizzes on K-pop lyrics turn songs into vocabulary practice. The BTS - DNA quiz asks what a Korean phrase means, for example 첫 눈에 for at first sight. Others use songs by EXO, TWICE, BlackPink and Lee Hi. They suit learners who remember words better with a tune.

Using quizzes and maps together

Quizzes show which words you do not yet know. Mind maps then help you group them, such as the map on positive character traits or the one on the Korean syllable 학, which relates to study. Teachers can set a deck as a starter or a quiz as a quick check.

Pick a language that interests you, open one set, and see how far a short session takes you.