Korean body parts vocabulary memory game
Read the Korean and my attempt to turn it into a picture based on the closest English sounds, see if you can guess the English meaning and then scroll down and check. Hopefully worth a look for people who are learning other languages and want to check this method out too, and a few of them are amusing (or at least amused me, which is the main point when I am learning vocab!) I’ll be putting some tips on how to use this method at the end of the posts too. Some of the Korean words are repeated, which is tip 1- do as many versions of each one as you can.
chongmaek – if you CHOMp on someone’s arm you will MAKE this bleed =
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vein
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mok – where the Spanish sound starts when they MOCK someone (ja ja)
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= throat
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wi – where the liquid starts its journey around your body that ends in WEE, or the main muscles honed by WII Fit
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= stomach
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okkae – if they don’t ACHE, your mental health is also probably OKAY
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= shoulders
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kalbippyo – it’s the part of the body that the Korean BBQ dish KALBI is named after
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= rib
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kasum – actresses often have a CUStOM one made =
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chest
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byo – at a dogs’ party Bring Your Own this =
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bone
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kwi – it’s the sound of a dog whistle, something yours can’t pick up =
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ears
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nun – some animals in caves have NONE, or the only part of the body you can appreciate in a conservatively dressed young NUN
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= eyes
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panggwang – you get a PANG, you get out your WANG and you relieve this
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= bladder
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sonkkarak – the CARRACK (ship) wasn’t SUNK because he stuck this in the hole
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= finger
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son – you can hold your baby SON in one of these
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= hand
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tari – if there is TAR In the street, these will be slowed down
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= leg(s)
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p’ibu – if YOU see your pet PEAVE, this gets goose bumps
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= skin
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murup – a knobbly one looks like a PRUNE (something like murup backwards)
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= knee
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palmok – your friends MOCK you if these get fat
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= ankles
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p’al – what you hug your friends with
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= arm
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hori – a HOARY old… means this is bent
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= back
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kasum – you’ll CURSE ‘EM for never looking you in the eye
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= chest
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kwi = you’ll never see a KIWI, so the only way of knowing if you’ve been near one is using your…
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= ears
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nun – the only thing you can touch a Catholic sister with
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= eye(s)
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son – keep your …S ON your lap where I can see them
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= hands
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mori – the MORE you say I I I, the bigger your … becomes
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= head
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shimjang – it’s the sound of blood being drawn in (SHIIIM) and pumped out (JANG!) of it
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= heart
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t’ok – it’s the sound of a bone popping when you open it
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= jaw
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kan – you can buy it as pate in a CAN
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= liver
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tari – you TARRY if these are not moving
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= legs
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ip – a yelp that sounds like that comes out of here
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= mouth
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murup – a MULE gets UP a hill easier because these turn the opposie way
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= knee
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p’ye – it’s the sound of air escaping from these as a sigh
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= lungs
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kunyuk – it’s the sound you make when exerting these during weightlifting
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= muscle(s)
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k’o – it’s the sound of a half tut/half sarcastic laugh when most of the air comes out your…
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= nose
Tips on using this vocabulary memory trick
Tip 2 (see intro for Tip 1): If there are no sounds that are similar to English (or whatever your first language is), try making similarities to any other languages you know. For example, for me kunyuk is easiest to remember by making the link to konnyaku, the strange Japanese savoury jelly.
