day 83history & society

history & society

Talk about history and heritage at a museum, and describe things as historic, typical or personal with -적인 and -적으로.

today’s words

• 진행자 jinhaengja · presenter, host (of a programme)
• 촬영 chwaryeong · filming, shooting
• 화면 hwamyeon · screen (TV, computer, phone)
• 대표적 daepyojeok · typical, representative, best-known
• 도자기 dojagi · pottery, ceramics
• 동양 dongyang · the East, Asia
• 무용 muyong · dance (as an art)
• 문화재 munhwajae · cultural treasure, heritage
• 시대 sidae · era, period, times
• 역사가 yeoksaga · historian
• 역사적 yeoksajeok · historic, historical
• 유물 yumul · relic, (ancient) object
• 유적 yujeok · ruins, historic remains
• 유적지 yujeokji · historic site
• 현대 hyeondae · the present day, modern times
• 가난 ganan · poverty
• 개인 gaein · individual, personal
• 개인적 gaeinjeok · personal
• 공공 gonggong · public
• 공동 gongdong · joint, shared, common
• 교포 gyopo · overseas Korean, ethnic Korean abroad
• 국가 gukga · state, nation

sentences

• 역사가들이 이 유적을 연구하고 있어요. · Historians are studying these ruins.
• 60년 전 한국은 아주 가난한 나라였어요. · Sixty years ago, Korea was a very poor country.
• 할머니는 젊었을 때 전통 무용을 하셨어요. · My grandmother was a traditional dancer when she was young.
• 중요한 문화재는 국가가 관리해요. · Important cultural treasures are looked after by the state.
• 하숙집 방은 개인 방이지만 부엌은 공동이에요. · In the boarding house, everyone has their own room, but the kitchen is shared.