day 1a third year in Seoul

a third year in Seoul

Check news you’ve heard with -는다면서요?, add a question with -고요, and link your ideas with words like 게다가, 솔직히 and 비록.

today’s words

• 힘내다 himnaeda · cheer up, keep going
• 게다가 gedaga · what’s more, on top of that
• 괜히 gwaenhi · for no reason, needlessly
• 굳이 guji · go out of your way to; really (need)
• 그나마 geunama · at least (that much), even so
• 그러게 geureoge · I know, right?; exactly
• 그렇지 geureochi · that’s right!; of course (casual)
• 다만 daman · only, but (the one thing is)
• 단순히 dansunhi · simply, merely
• 단지 danji · only, just (adverb)
• 더구나 deoguna · moreover, besides (and worse)
• 더욱이 deougi · what is more (formal)
• 도대체 dodaeche · on earth (in questions)
• 도리어 dorieo · instead, on the contrary
• 막상 maksang · when it actually comes to it
• 뭘 mwol · not at all, don’t mention it
• 불구하다 bulguhada · (-에도 불구하고) despite
• 비록 birok · although, even though
• 솔직히 soljiki · honestly, to be honest
• 실은 sireun · actually, in fact
• 심지어 simjieo · even (to the point that)
• 아무런 amureon · any, no … at all

sentences

• 캐나다에 다녀왔다면서요? · I heard you went to Canada, is that right?
• 서연 씨가 결혼했다면서요? · I hear Seoyeon got married, is that right?
• 가족들은 다 잘 지내고요? · And is everyone in your family well?
• 솔직히 막상 돌아오니까 좀 떨려요. · Honestly, now that I’m actually back, I’m a bit nervous.
• 눈이 왔는데도 불구하고 친구들이 공항에 나왔어요. · Even though it snowed, my friends came to meet me at the airport.