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day 45medicine & accidents

unit 6 · body, health & sport

    medicine & accidents

    Give instructions for a situation with -거든 (“if/when this happens, do this”), and talk about medicines, accidents and fire safety.

    today’s words

    • 안약 anyak · eye drops
    • 약품 yakpum · medicines, medical supplies
    • 연고 yeongo · ointment, cream
    • 영양제 yeongyangje · (nutritional) supplement
    • 진통제 jintongje · painkiller
    • 효과 hyogwa · effect, result
    • 감다 gamda · wind, wrap (a bandage, thread)
    • 긴급 gingeup · emergency, urgency
    • 데다 deda · burn (yourself), scald
    • 뛰어내리다 ttwieonaerida · jump down, jump off
    • 맞다 matda · be hit; get (an injection, the rain)
    • 물러나다 mulleonada · step back; step down (from a job)
    • 물러서다 mulleoseoda · step back, back off
    • 부러지다 bureojida · break (a bone, a stick)
    • 비상구 bisanggu · emergency exit
    • 삐다 ppida · sprain, twist (an ankle, a wrist)
    • 살아나다 saranada · come back to life, revive
    • 소방서 sobangseo · fire station
    • 주의 juui · care, caution; attention
    • 찌르다 jjireuda · prick, stab, poke
    • 피하다 pihada · avoid, keep away from
    • 화재 hwajae · fire (accident)

    sentences

    • 아프거든 이 진통제를 드세요. · If it hurts, take this painkiller.
    • 눈이 가렵거든 이 안약을 넣으세요. · If your eyes are itchy, put these drops in.
    • 뜨거운 냄비에 손을 데었어요. · I burned my hand on a hot pot.
    • 비를 맞아서 감기에 걸렸어요. · I got caught in the rain and caught a cold.
    • 물을 줬더니 꽃이 다시 살아났어요. · I watered the flowers, and they came back to life.