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day 25a place to live

unit 4 · home & neighbours

    a place to live

    Say what you wish or hope with -(으)면 좋겠다 and read a flat listing: studios and officetels, monthly rent, jeonse and deposits, rooms, views and floors.

    today’s words

    • 계약금 gyeyakgeum · deposit (paid when signing)
    • 부동산 budongsan · estate agent's; real estate
    • 새집 saejip · new home
    • 오피스텔 opiseutel · officetel (studio flat)
    • 원룸 wollum · studio flat, one-room flat
    • 월세 wolse · monthly rent (with a deposit)
    • 전망 jeonmang · view; outlook, prospects
    • 전세 jeonse · jeonse (lease with a large deposit, no rent)
    • 집세 jipse · rent
    • 하숙 hasuk · boarding (a room with meals)
    • 공간 gonggan · space, room
    • 구조 gujo · structure; layout
    • 대문 daemun · front gate
    • 들어서다 deureoseoda · step in, enter
    • 베란다 beranda · balcony, veranda
    • 복도 bokdo · corridor, hallway
    • 실내 sillae · indoors, inside
    • 아래층 araecheung · downstairs, the floor below
    • 안방 anbang · main bedroom
    • 외부 oebu · outside, the exterior; outsiders
    • 욕실 yoksil · bathroom (with a bath or shower)
    • 위층 wicheung · upstairs, the floor above

    sentences

    • 회사 근처에 집이 있으면 좋겠어요. · I wish I had a place near work.
    • 방이 조금 더 넓었으면 좋겠어요. · I wish the room were a bit bigger.
    • 서울은 집세가 비싸서 원룸에 사는 사람이 많아요. · Rent in Seoul is expensive, so lots of people live in studios.
    • 저는 하숙을 해서 밥 걱정이 없어요. · I live in a boarding house, so I never worry about meals.
    • 위층 사람들은 아주 조용해요. · The people upstairs are very quiet.