I study languages at university (대학교 = 'big school' (大學校).)
무슨 언어를 할 수 있어요?
What languages do you speak? (Literally 'what languages can you do?')
영어하고 한국어를 조금 해요
I speak English and a bit of Korean (하고 = 'and' (for nouns); 조금 = 'a little'.)
모국어가 뭐예요?
What's your native language? (모국어 — 'mother-country language'.)
시간 있을 때 뭐 해요?
What do you do in your free time? (Literally 'when you have time, what do you do?')
책 읽고 영화 보는 거 좋아해요
I like reading and watching movies (-는 거 turns a verb into 'the thing of doing'.)
친구들 만나서 농담하는 거 좋아해요
I like meeting friends and joking around
취미 있어요?
Do you have any hobbies? (취미 from 趣味 (taste/interest) — same characters as Japanese 趣味.)
운동 해요?
Do you play any sports? (운동 literally 'movement/exercise'.)
나이가 어떻게 되세요?
How old are you? (Literally 'how does your age become?' — polite way to ask age.)
스물한 살이에요
I'm twenty-one years old (스물 (20) + 한 (1) + 살 (years of age). Native Korean numbers used for age.)
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