day 79a changing world

a changing world

Talk about change in the world around you, weather, nature and the night sky, and say something is “getting more and more …” or “nearly done” with -어 가다.

today’s words

• 플라스틱 peullaseutik · plastic
• 피해 pihae · damage, harm
• 나빠지다 nappajida · get worse
• 넘어가다 neomeogada · go over, cross; (sun) go down; move on
• 녹다 nokda · melt
• 높아지다 nopajida · get higher, rise
• 높이다 nopida · raise, increase
• 늘어나다 neureonada · increase, grow (in number)
• 달라지다 dallajida · change, become different
• 둥글다 dunggeulda · round
• 땅속 ttangsok · underground, in the earth
• 떠오르다 tteooreuda · rise (up), come up; come to mind
• 뜨다 tteuda · rise (sun, moon); float
• 많아지다 manajida · increase, become more
• 반달 bandal · half moon
• 변화 byeonhwa · change
• 빛 bit · light
• 사라지다 sarajida · disappear, vanish
• 우주 uju · space, the universe
• 증가 jeungga · increase, rise
• 지다 jida · (sun) set; (flowers) fade, fall
• 커지다 keojida · get bigger, grow

sentences

• 날씨가 점점 더워져 가요. · The weather is getting hotter and hotter.
• 산에 쌓인 눈이 조금씩 녹아 가요. · The snow on the mountain is slowly melting away.
• 도시는 커지는 반면에 숲은 사라져 가요. · Cities are growing bigger, while forests are disappearing.
• 여름에는 에어컨 때문에 전기 사용이 증가해요. · Electricity use goes up in summer because of air conditioning.
• 해가 산 뒤로 넘어가고 둥근 달이 떠올랐어요. · The sun went down behind the mountain, and a round moon rose.