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day 28it’s broken!

unit 4 · home & neighbours

    it’s broken!

    Say how things change with -어지다 (get warmer, become easier, get done) and report what's broken: lights out, doors locked, things torn, cut off, blocked or smashed.

    today’s words

    • 환하다 hwanhada · be bright, well lit
    • 기능 gineung · function, feature
    • 갈다 galda · change, replace (a part); grind
    • 구멍 gumeong · hole
    • 기계 gigye · machine
    • 깨지다 kkaejida · break, smash (glass, a plate)
    • 꺼지다 kkeojida · go out, go off (a light, a machine)
    • 끊기다 kkeunkida · be cut off (a call, the water)
    • 끊어지다 kkeuneojida · snap, break (a string, a cable)
    • 낡다 nakda · be old, worn out
    • 닫히다 dachida · be closed, shut (by itself)
    • 뚫다 ttulta · make a hole in; unblock
    • 막다 makda · block, stop up
    • 배터리 baeteori · battery
    • 버튼 beoteun · button (on a machine)
    • 수리 suri · repair
    • 잇다 itda · connect, join
    • 자동 jadong · automatic
    • 잠그다 jamgeuda · lock
    • 잠기다 jamgida · be locked
    • 전원 jeonwon · power (supply), on/off switch
    • 찢어지다 jjijeojida · tear, rip

    sentences

    • 봄이 되니까 날씨가 따뜻해졌어요. · Now that it's spring, it's got warmer.
    • 창문을 여니까 방이 환해졌어요. · When I opened the window, the room got brighter.
    • 배터리가 다 돼서 전화가 끊겼어요. · My battery died, so the call got cut off.
    • 이 기계는 버튼 하나로 자동으로 꺼져요. · This machine switches itself off with one button.
    • 컵이 깨졌어요. 조심하세요. · The cup's broken. Be careful.