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day 75old tales & festivals

unit 10 · seasons, customs & nature

    old tales & festivals

    Talk about legends, traditions and festivals, and compare things with N같이 (“like, as”): 꿈같이, 천사같이, 눈같이 하얀.

    today’s words

    • 같이 gachi · like, as (눈같이 하얀)
    • 영웅 yeongung · hero
    • 옛날이야기 yennalliyagi · old tale, folk story
    • 용 yong · dragon
    • 운 un · luck
    • 운명 unmyeong · fate, destiny
    • 음력 eumnyeok · the lunar calendar
    • 일출 ilchul · sunrise (formal)
    • 전설 jeonseol · legend
    • 전통 jeontong · tradition
    • 전통적 jeontongjeok · traditional
    • 절 jeol · Buddhist temple
    • 조상 josang · ancestors
    • 종교 jonggyo · religion
    • 중 jung · Buddhist monk
    • 천사 cheonsa · angel
    • 철 cheol · season
    • 축제 chukje · festival
    • 터뜨리다 teotteurida · burst, pop; set off (fireworks)
    • 풍선 pungseon · balloon
    • 풍습 pungseup · custom, folkway
    • 피서 piseo · getting away from the summer heat

    sentences

    • 우리 하숙집 아주머니는 천사같이 친절하세요. · The lady who runs my boarding house is as kind as an angel.
    • 새해 첫날 일출이 꿈같이 아름다웠어요. · The New Year's Day sunrise was as beautiful as a dream.
    • 설날과 추석은 음력으로 지내요. · Lunar New Year and Chuseok follow the lunar calendar.
    • 이 절에는 용을 만난 중의 전설이 있어요. · This temple has a legend about a monk who met a dragon.
    • 덥다고 다들 바다로 피서를 갔어요. · It was so hot that everyone went to the sea to cool off.