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day 53a close call

unit 7 · getting around

    a close call

    Talk about crowded buses, accidents and safety, going up and coming down, and use -게 for how (안전하게) and for “so that” (다치지 않게).

    today’s words

    • 사고 sago · accident
    • 교통사고 gyotongsago · traffic accident, car crash
    • 안전 anjeon · safety
    • 복잡하다 bokjapada · crowded, complicated
    • 편리 pyeolli · convenience
    • 내려오다 naeryeooda · come down
    • 오르다 oreuda · go up, climb; rise (prices)
    • 올라오다 ollaoda · come up
    • 멀리 meolli · far (away)
    • 편안 pyeonan · comfort, ease
    • 급하다 geupada · urgent; in a hurry
    • 떨어지다 tteoreojida · fall, drop; be far from
    • 넘다 neomda · go over, cross; be over (a number)
    • 느리다 neurida · slow
    • 지나가다 jinagada · pass (by), go past
    • 자리 jari · seat, place
    • 일어서다 ireoseoda · stand up, get up (from a seat)
    • 들리다 deullida · be heard, can hear

    sentences

    • 어제 학교 앞에서 교통사고가 났어요. · There was a car accident in front of the school yesterday.
    • 버스가 복잡해서 앉을 자리가 없었어요. · The bus was packed, so there was nowhere to sit.
    • 넘어지지 않게 천천히 내려오세요. · Come down slowly so you don’t fall.
    • 급하게 뛰어가다가 휴대폰이 떨어졌어요. · I was rushing along when my phone fell.
    • 아이가 놀라서 엄마에게로 갔어요. · The child got a fright and went to its mum.