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day 7as you like

unit 1 · a third year

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    Say what you’ll have to do or what someone should do with -어야지(요), and talk about what matters and what doesn’t: no use, needless, regardless, impossible.

    today’s words

    • 불가능 bulganeung · impossible, impossibility
    • 사소하다 sasohada · be trivial, minor
    • 사정 sajeong · circumstances, situation
    • 상관 sanggwan · connection; to mind, care
    • 상관없이 sanggwaneopsi · regardless of
    • 소용 soyong · use (소용이 있다 / 없다)
    • 소용없다 soyongeopda · be no use, pointless
    • 슬쩍 seuljjeok · quietly, sneakily; lightly
    • 쓸데없다 sseuldeeopda · be useless, needless
    • 쓸데없이 sseuldeeopsi · needlessly, for nothing
    • 어찌하다 eojjihada · do (how), what to do (formal)
    • 억지로 eokjiro · by force, against your will
    • 완전 wanjeon · complete; totally (casual)
    • 이대로 idaero · like this, as it is
    • 일석이조 ilseogijo · two birds with one stone
    • 자연히 jayeonhi · naturally, as a matter of course
    • 저절로 jeojeollo · by itself, automatically
    • 중요성 jungyoseong · importance
    • 철저히 cheoljeohi · thoroughly
    • 함부로 hamburo · carelessly, recklessly
    • 힘껏 himkkeot · with all your strength

    sentences

    • 내일은 일찍 일어나야지. · I’d better get up early tomorrow.
    • 감기에 걸렸으면 푹 쉬어야지요. · If you’ve got a cold, you should get plenty of rest.
    • 혼자서 다 하는 건 불가능해요. · It’s impossible to do it all on your own.
    • 집안 사정으로 모임에 못 가요. · I can’t come to the get-together for family reasons.
    • 날씨와 상관없이 매일 운동해요. · I exercise every day, whatever the weather.