원래
Romanisation: wollae
originally; it turns out
Example sentence
저는 원래 부산에 살았어요.
Jeoneun wollae Busane sarasseoyo.
I originally lived in Busan.
What 원래 means
원래 (wollae) is an Korean word meaning “originally; it turns out”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 3
겨우
gyeou
only then; barely
게다가
gedaga
moreover
에 따르면
e ttareumyeon
according to
에 대해
e daehae
about; regarding
허락하다
heorakhada
to let; to allow
만약
manyak
if
위해서
wihaeseo
in order to; for
영원히
yeongwonhi
forever
어쩔 수 없이
eojjeol su eopsi
to have no choice but
기만 하면
-giman hamyeon
as long as
서서히
seoseohi
gradually
평소에
pyeongsoe
usually; ordinarily