day 29the neighbours

the neighbours

Guess from what you see or hear with -는 모양이다, and talk about neighbours and the building: doorbells, mailboxes, bills, building works, the security office, playgrounds and residents.

today’s words

• 가스 gaseu · gas (for cooking, heating)
• 경비실 gyeongbisil · security office (in a block of flats)
• 공과금 gonggwageum · utility bills
• 공사 gongsa · construction (work), building works
• 놀이터 noriteo · playground
• 단지 danji · (housing) complex, estate
• 따르릉 ttareureung · brrring! (a ringing bell, phone)
• 맞다 matda · welcome, receive (guests)
• 배웅 baeung · seeing someone off
• 벨 bel · (door)bell
• 수도 sudo · water supply, tap, plumbing
• 시설 siseol · facilities
• 아랫집 araetjip · the flat or house below
• 안부 anbu · regards, how someone is doing
• 앞집 apjip · the house or flat opposite
• 외박 oebak · staying out overnight
• 우편함 upyeonham · mailbox, letterbox
• 울리다 ullida · ring, sound, echo
• 이웃집 iutjip · the neighbours, next door
• -장 -jang · -장: place, ground, site
• 주민 jumin · resident(s)
• 공공장소 gonggongjangso · public place

sentences

• 아랫집에 아무도 없는 모양이에요. 불이 꺼져 있어요. · Looks like there's no one downstairs. The lights are off.
• 민준 씨가 요즘 바쁜 모양이에요. 연락이 없어요. · Minjun must be busy these days. I haven't heard from him.
• 따르릉! 이웃집 전화가 계속 울려요. · Brrring! The phone next door keeps ringing.
• 친구를 버스 정류장까지 배웅했어요. · I saw my friend off at the bus stop.
• 이 아파트에는 운동 시설이 많아요. · This apartment block has lots of sports facilities.