KIIP 1: Unit 16–Essential Words and Phrases about Health and Hospital

🎙️ Welcome to the Self-Study Korean Podcast, your guide to mastering the Korean language and culture. In today’s episode, we’ll explore Unit 16, where we focus on health and hospital-related vocabulary and phrases. These expressions will help you describe symptoms, seek medical help, and give advice when someone is sick.

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KIIP Level 1: Unit 16–Essential Words and Phrases about Health and Hospital

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Essential Vocabulary

🎙️ First, let’s go over some important body parts, hospital departments, and health-related verbs.

Body Parts (몸) 🏥

• 눈 – Eye

• 귀 – Ear

• 이 – Tooth

• 코 – Nose

• 목 – Neck/Throat

• 팔 – Arm

• 손 – Hand

• 허리 – Waist

• 배 – Stomach

• 다리 – Leg

• 무릎 – Knee

• 발 – Foot

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Hospital (병원) 🏥

• 병원 – Hospital

• 내과 – Internal medicine

• 이비인후과 – ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat)

• 정형외과 – Orthopedics

• 안과 – Ophthalmology (Eye clinic)

• 치과 – Dental clinic

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Health-Related Verbs and Expressions 💊

• 아프다 – To be sick/hurt

• 감기에 걸리다 – To catch a cold

• 눈이 아프다 – Eyes hurt

• 다리가 부러지다 – To break a leg

• 생강차 – Ginger tea

• 푹 쉬다 – To rest well

• 병원에 가다 – To go to the hospital

• 약을 먹다 – To take medicine

• 비타민 C – Vitamin C

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Key Phrases to Practice

🎙️ Now, let’s practice some useful phrases that will help you describe symptoms, seek help, and give advice.

Describing Symptoms and Seeking Help

이가 아파요.

My tooth hurts.

– 그럼, 빨리 치과에 가세요.

(Then, go to the dentist quickly.)

🎙️ You can replace 이가 아파요 (My tooth hurts) with:

배가 아파요. (My stomach hurts.)

or

눈이 아파요. (My eyes hurt.)

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어제 왜 병원에 갔어요?

Why did you go to the hospital yesterday?

– 배가 아파서 병원에 갔어요.

(I went to the hospital because my stomach hurt.)

🎙️ This phrase is useful for talking about past health issues.

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어느 병원에 가요?

Which hospital are you going to?

– 눈이 아파서 안과에 가요.

(I’m going to the eye clinic because my eyes hurt.)

🎙️ You can also say:

이가 아파서 치과에 가요. (I’m going to the dentist because my tooth hurts.)

or

감기에 걸려서 내과에 가요. (I’m going to internal medicine because I caught a cold.)

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Giving Advice

목이 너무 아파서 잠을 못 잤어요.

My throat hurt so much I couldn’t sleep.

– 그러면 생강차를 마시는 것이 좋아요.

(Then, drinking ginger tea is good.)

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선생님, 오늘 배가 아파서 학교에 못 가요.

Teacher, my stomach hurts, so I can’t go to school today.

– 그래요? 그러면 빨리 병원에 가는 것이 좋아요.

(Really? Then, it’s good to go to the hospital quickly.)

🎙️ This phrase can be adapted to other situations, like work or appointments.

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Explaining Situations

어제는 피곤해서 집에서 쉬었어요.

I was tired yesterday, so I rested at home.

저는 감기에 걸려서 약을 먹었어요.

I caught a cold, so I took medicine.

🎙️ These phrases help you explain why you did something because of health reasons.

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Quiz Time!

Question 1:

How do you say “I couldn’t sleep because my throat hurt.” in Korean?

🎙️ The answer is: 목이 아파서 잠을 못 잤어요.

Question 2:

How do you say “It’s good to rest well when you’re sick.” in Korean?

🎙️ The answer is: 아플 때 푹 쉬는 것이 좋아요.

Question 3:

How do you say “I caught a cold, so I took medicine.” in Korean?

🎙️ The answer is: 감기에 걸려서 약을 먹었어요.

🎙️ How did you do? Keep practicing, and soon you’ll feel confident talking about health in Korean!

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🎙️ That’s all for today’s episode on Unit 16 – Health and Hospital!

🎙️ Be sure to review this lesson and practice using these words and phrases in everyday situations. Visit KoreanTopik.com for more learning resources, and stay tuned for our next episode!

🎙️ Thank you for listening, and as always, happy studying! 😊🎧