House in Korean 🏠 The Ultimate Guide to Rooms, Furniture and Useful Phrases

All the House, Room and Furniture Vocabulary You Need to Level Up Your Korean

Welcome, make yourself at home!

In this article we’ll be discussing all things house-related.

Learning to describe rooms, furniture and household items will make your life a lot easier when visiting friends, hosting guests or even experiencing a Korean homestay.

Don’t forget to take the free quiz at the end of this lesson to test your knowledge!

So with no further ado, let’s dive into Korean household language.

House in Korean || Useful Words and Phrases

House in Korean || Rooms

House in Korean || Items

House in Korean || Quiz

House in Korean || FAQs

House in Korean || Useful Words and Phrases

Unlike English, in Korean there’s no major distinction between ‘house’ and ‘home’. In fact, you can use one word for both: Play 집 Jip .

So for example, when you’re all done with work or school for the day, you could say:

Play 집에 가다

Jibe gada

I’m going home

Or, you could ask a friend:

Play 집이야?

ji-bi-ya?

Are you home?

Word of caution: when describing your own home, avoid using 제 (je) or 내 (nae) which are usually used to say ‘my’. For houses, it’s much more common to use 우리 (uri). 우리 usually means ‘our’, but in this context is can be used to express ‘my’ home.

Play 우리집

Uri jip

My house

Another word use to describe houses in Korean is Play 댁 (daek). However, this is the honorific form, which means it is a more formal, respectful version of the word used to describe the home of someone senior to you, such as the head of a company or a family elder.

In other words, don’t use 댁 (daek) to describe your own home!

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But, you could use it like this:

Play 여기는 저희 할머니댁이에요.

Yeo-gi-neun jeo-hui hal-meo-ni-daeg-i-e-yo

This is my grandmother’s house.

Let’s take a look at some different types of houses in Korean:

If you’re chatting about houses with your friends in Korea, the conversation may very likely turn to talking about hometowns. The word for this in Korean is Play 고향 gohyang. For example:

Play 제 고향은 뉴욕시입니다.

Je gohyangeun nyuyoksi imnida.

My hometown is New York City.

That being said, we know a lot of you avid language learners like to travel and resettle in other places all over the world. So it’ll definitely help to learn the following two verbs:

Buy a house Play 집을 사다 jipeul sada

Rent a house Play 집을 빌리다 jipeul bilrida

Last but not least, we can’t forget about the people who live in your hometown! The word for family is Play 가족 gajog.

Play 나는 내일 가족을 방문할 것이다.

Naneun naeil gajogeul bangmunhal geosida.

I will visit my family tomorrow.

House in Korean || Rooms

So now that you’ve mastered the basics, let’s get into naming separate rooms of the house. You might hear these words pop up a lot in K-dramas, or they might just come in useful when you’ve lost your keys and need to search the house! 

Either way, knowing these words is an important step to improving your overall Korean level.

Let’s get started!

Let’s take a look at some example senteces to put this language into context.

Play 언니는 부엌에 있어요.

eonnineun bueok-e iss-eoyo.

My sister is in the kitchen.

Play 내 침실은 위층에 있습니다.

nae chimsil-eun wicheung-e itseumnida

My bedroom is upstairs.

House in Korean || Items

So now you get can get around the house and name the different places, it’s time to learn the names of items you’ll find in a house – from the window, to the wall!

Let’s take a look at some example sentences using these new words:

Play 책상은 침대 옆에 있습니다

chaek sang-eun chimdae yeop-e  itseumnida

The desk is next to the bed

Play 나는 텔레비전을 보고 싶다

naneun terevisoen-eul bogo sipda

I want to watch TV

Play 문을 닫았어?

mun-eul dad-ass-eo?

Did you close the door?

House in Korean || Quiz

Ok so now that you’ve gotten familiar with rooms, household objects and common phrases in Korean, let’s put your knowledge to the test!

See if you can answer the following questions:

Time is Up!

Time's up

And if you’re up for one last challenge, try using Korean to answer the following question in our comments section:

Play 당신의 고향은 어디입니까?

dangsin-ui gohyang-eun eodiibnikka?

Where is your hometown?

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House in Korean || FAQs

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