8 Korean Words and Example Sentences to Learn Before the Chuseok Holiday
Hello, foreign friends who want to make your life in Korea easier! This is Vijob. 🌕 As Chuseok approaches, you will often hear holiday-related words in conversations at school, work, or with friends. Looking at vocabulary alone might feel difficult, but learning them together in sentences makes it much easier to remember their meanings and context. Today, we have compiled expressions you will often see or hear during the Chuseok holiday along with example sentences and pronunciations. Read along slowly so you can understand them naturally when talking to your Korean friends or colleagues.
🌾 Words and example sentences that often come up during Chuseok
추석: Harvest Festival
추석에는 온 가족이 모여 맛있는 음식을 먹습니다. (During the Harvest Festival, the whole family gathers to eat delicious food.)
송편: Half-moon rice cake 추석에는 가족들과 함께 송편을 만듭니다. (During the festival, we make half-moon rice cakes together with our family.)
chuseogeneun gajokdeulgoa hamkke songpyeoneul mandeumnida송편: Half-moon rice cake
추석에는 가족들과 함께 송편을 만듭니다. (During the festival, we make half-moon rice cakes together with our family.)
chuseok achimeneun josangnimkke charyereul jinaemnida차례: Ancestral rites
추석 아침에는 조상님께 차례를 지냅니다. (On the morning of the holiday, we perform ancestral rites for our ancestors.)
charyereul jinaen hu gajokdeulgoa seongmyoreul gamnida성묘: Visiting ancestral graves
차례를 지낸 후 가족들과 성묘를 갑니다. (After performing ancestral rites, we go to visit ancestral graves with our family.)
charyereul jinaen hu gajokdeulgoa seongmyoreul gamnida
🌕 Chuseok words that express the atmosphere
보름달: Full moon
밤에 보름달을 보며 소원을 빌었습니다. (At night, I made a wish while looking at the full moon.)
bame boreumdareul bomyeo sowoneul bireosseumnida귀성길: Way back to hometown
추석에는 귀성길 도로가 많이 막힙니다. (During the holiday, the roads heading back to hometowns are very congested.)
강강술래: Traditional circle dance
보름달 아래에서 강강술래를 췄습니다. (We danced the traditional circle dance under the full moon.)
덕담: Words of blessing
가족들과 따뜻한 덕담을 나누었습니다. (I shared warm words of blessing with my family.)
gajokdeulgoa ttatteut-han deokddameul nanueosseumnida
When studying, read the word first, then say the entire example sentence out loud. For example, since 차례 and 성묘 often appear together, remembering them in sentence order will help reduce confusion. It’s okay if you don’t memorize all expressions perfectly from the start. The moment you recognize even one word in a Chuseok conversation, Korean holiday culture will feel a little closer to you. If you want to practice more words yourself, start learning Korean right now on Vello! Let’s level up our Korean skills little by little every day with Vijob. We’ll be back tomorrow with more useful words for your life in Korea!