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day 43feeling ill

unit 6 · body, health & sport

    feeling ill

    Say what happened after you did something with -었더니, and describe symptoms: being sick, dizzy, sleepy, hoarse or swollen.

    today’s words

    • 붓다 butda · swell (up)
    • 설사 seolsa · diarrhoea
    • 소변 sobyeon · urine (formal)
    • 쉬다 swida · go hoarse
    • 식중독 sikjungdok · food poisoning
    • 아픔 apeum · pain
    • 안색 ansaek · complexion, colour (in your face)
    • 알레르기 allereugi · allergy
    • 암 am · cancer
    • 어지럽다 eojireopda · dizzy; messy, chaotic
    • 졸리다 jollida · sleepy
    • 증상 jeungsang · symptom
    • 증세 jeungse · symptoms; the course of an illness
    • 코피 kopi · nosebleed
    • 콜록콜록 kollokkollok · cough cough (the sound of coughing)
    • 토하다 tohada · vomit, be sick
    • 하품 hapum · yawn
    • 간호 ganho · nursing, care
    • 권하다 gwonhada · recommend, urge; offer
    • 문병 munbyeong · visiting the sick
    • 병실 byeongsil · hospital room, ward
    • 소아과 soagwa · paediatrics, children's doctor

    sentences

    • 어제 많이 울었더니 눈이 부었어요. · I cried a lot yesterday, and now my eyes are swollen.
    • 이 약을 먹었더니 졸려요. · I took this medicine, and now I'm sleepy.
    • 아기가 콜록콜록 기침을 해서 소아과에 갔어요. · The baby kept coughing, so we took him to the children's doctor.
    • 저는 새우 알레르기가 있어요. · I'm allergic to prawns.
    • 너무 피곤해서 코피가 났어요. · I was so tired I got a nosebleed.