day 67trains & cars

trains & cars

Travel by train, bus and car: tickets and seats, getting on and off, “bound for”, transfer stations, traffic jams and renting a car.

today’s words

• 승차 seungcha · getting on (a bus, a train)
• 승차권 seungchagwon · ticket (bus, train)
• 시내버스 sinaebeoseu · city bus
• 시외버스 sioebeoseu · intercity bus
• 우선 useon · priority
• 이동 idong · moving, getting from place to place
• 전용 jeonyong · for … only, exclusive use
• 좌석 jwaseok · seat
• 중단 jungdan · stop, suspension
• 철도 cheoldo · railway
• 칸 kan · carriage, compartment; box (on a form)
• 하차 hacha · getting off (a bus, a train)
• -행 -haeng · bound for (서울행)
• 환승역 hwanseungnyeok · transfer station
• 고속 gosok · high speed
• 드라이브 deuraibeu · drive (for fun)
• 렌터카 renteoka · rental car
• 면허증 myeonheojeung · licence (driving)
• 밀리다 millida · be backed up (traffic); pile up (work)
• 바퀴 bakwi · wheel; lap, a turn round
• 밟다 bapda · step on, tread on
• 세차 secha · car wash, washing the car

sentences

• 이 칸에는 노약자 우선 좌석이 있어요. · This carriage has priority seats for older and frail passengers.
• 이번 역은 환승역입니다. · This station is a transfer station.
• 시내버스는 앞으로 승차하고 뒤로 하차해요. · On city buses, you get on at the front and off at the back.
• 시외버스를 타려면 터미널로 가야 해요. · To take an intercity bus, you have to go to the terminal.
• 태풍 때문에 배편이 중단됐어요. · The ferries have stopped because of the typhoon.