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day 63bank, post & repairs

unit 8 · shopping, money & services

    bank, post & repairs

    Say what has to happen for something to work with -어야지, and run errands: the post office, lost property, the tailor's, the dry cleaner's, the photo studio, the hair salon and the bank counter.

    today’s words

    • 이자 ija · interest (on money)
    • 저축 jeochuk · saving(s)
    • 창구 changgu · (service) window, counter
    • 화폐 hwapye · currency, money
    • 환율 hwanyul · exchange rate
    • 공중전화 gongjungjeonhwa · payphone
    • 달다 dalda · sew on, attach, put up
    • 되돌아오다 doedoraoda · come back, return
    • 맡기다 matgida · leave (with someone), entrust
    • 미장원 mijangwon · hair salon (old-style)
    • 바늘 baneul · needle
    • 번지 beonji · house number (in an address)
    • 분실 bunsil · loss (losing something)
    • 분실물 bunsilmul · lost property
    • 사진관 sajingwan · photo studio
    • 세탁물 setangmul · laundry (to be cleaned)
    • 수선 suseon · mending, alterations
    • 실 sil · thread
    • 없어지다 eopseojida · disappear, go missing
    • 우체통 uchetong · postbox
    • 우편 upyeon · post, mail
    • 우편물 upyeonmul · mail, post (items)

    sentences

    • 분실 신고를 해야지 찾을 수 있어요. · You have to report it lost if you want to get it back.
    • 주소에 번지를 써야지 우편물이 잘 와요. · You have to put the house number in the address for your post to arrive.
    • 주소가 틀렸다고 소포가 되돌아왔어요. · My parcel came back because the address was wrong.
    • 직원이 말한 대로 주소를 다시 썼어요. · I rewrote the address the way the assistant told me.
    • 세탁소에 정장을 맡겼어요. · I took my suit to the dry cleaner's.