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day 63the talent contest

unit 8 · seasons, nature & holidays

    the talent contest

    Talk about a contest: entering, doing your best, winning a prize, queuing and paying, and say how things turned out with -게 됐어요.

    today’s words

    • 대회 daehoe · contest, competition, tournament
    • 상 sang · prize, award
    • 줄 jul · line, queue; rope
    • 차다 chada · be full
    • 회 hoe · (counter: times, rounds, episodes)
    • 내다 naeda · pay; hand in; put out
    • 돈가스 dongaseu · pork cutlet (tonkatsu)
    • 뽑다 ppopda · pick, choose; pull out
    • 맞추다 matchuda · fit, match; set; get right
    • 짓다 jitda · make, build; write (a poem, a name)
    • 다하다 dahada · do your all, finish
    • 붙다 butda · stick; pass (an exam)
    • 낫다 natda · better (than)

    sentences

    • 다음 주에 학교에서 노래 대회가 열려요. · There's a singing contest at school next week.
    • 극장이 사람들로 가득 찼어요. · The theatre was packed with people.
    • 식당 앞에 줄이 길어서 기다릴 수밖에 없었어요. · The queue outside the restaurant was long, so we had no choice but to wait.
    • 톰 씨가 대회에서 상을 받게 됐어요. · Tom ended up winning a prize at the contest.
    • 상으로 받은 돈으로 저녁을 냈어요. · He paid for dinner with his prize money.