How to Say "Lesson" in Korean

수업

sueop[sʰuʌ̹p̚]

The English word "lesson" is translated into Korean as 수업 (sueop).

수업 is used to refer to a learning task assigned to a student.

Meaning: learning task assigned to a student (noun)

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While 수업 refers to the formal lesson itself, if you want to talk about the act of 'attending' a lesson, you must use the specific verb 수업을 듣다, which literally means 'to listen to the lesson'.
The character 業 in 수업 refers to 'work' or 'industry'. This implies that in the traditional East Asian view, learning was seen as a form of labor or a professional task.
Korean has a specific term 보충 수업 (bochung sueop), which means 'supplementary lesson'. This refers to the common cultural practice of attending extra classes outside of standard school hours to keep up.

오랫동안 기억할 수업을 해 줄게.
I'll give you a lesson that you'll remember for a long time.
This sentence is useful for seeing how to use the word 수업 in the context of giving a lesson.
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수업에 언제 도착하셨어요?
What time did you arrive for the lesson?
내일 강의 끝나고 같이 식사하자!
Let's grab a meal after the lesson ends tomorrow!
요즘 레슨을 어디서 받고 있어?
Where are you taking lessons these days?
저번 주 교실에서 개인 레슨을 받았어요.
I had a private lesson in the classroom last week.
오늘 수업은 정말 재미있었어요.
oneul sueobeun jeongmal jaemiisseosseoyo.
Today's lesson was really fun.
그 수업은 너무 어려워요.
geu sueobeun neomu eoryeowoyo.
That lesson is too difficult.
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Two students are talking in a hallway.

현우 Hyeon-woo

서연 씨, 지금 무슨 수업이에요?
Seoyeon ssi, jigeum museun sueobieyo?
Seoyeon, what lesson is it now?
서연 Seo-yeon

지금은 한국어 수업이에요.
jigeumeun hangugeo sueobieyo.
It is a Korean lesson now.
현우 Hyeon-woo

와, 저도 그 수업 듣고 싶어요.
wa, jeodo geu sueob deutgo sipeoyo.
Wow, I want to take that lesson too.
서연 Seo-yeon

함께 들으러 가요, 현우 씨.
hamkke deureureo gayo, Hyeon-u ssi.
Let's go listen to it together, Hyeon-u.

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