day 38up and down

up and down

Read statistics and describe rises, falls, averages and shares, and talk about what would happen “if” with -는다면.

today’s words

• 넓어지다 neolbeojida · widen, get wider
• 넓히다 neolpida · widen, broaden, expand
• 달하다 dalhada · reach, amount to
• 변동 byeondong · change, fluctuation
• 분포 bunpo · distribution, spread
• 비율 biyul · ratio, proportion, rate
• 비중 bijung · share, weight, importance
• 상반기 sangbangi · first half (of the year)
• 상승 sangseung · rise, increase
• 연간 yeongan · annual, per year
• 월말 wolmal · end of the month
• 인상 insang · rise, increase (in price)
• 인하 inha · cut, reduction (in price)
• 적어지다 jeogeojida · become fewer, decrease
• 좁히다 jopida · narrow (a gap, a difference)
• 줄어들다 jureodeulda · shrink, decrease, dwindle
• 축소 chukso · reduction, cutback
• 통계 tonggye · statistics
• 평균 pyeonggyun · average
• 확대 hwakdae · expansion, enlargement
• 확장 hwakjang · extension, expansion (of space)
• 개발 gaebal · development

sentences

• 만약 내가 사장이라면 직원 임금부터 올리겠어요. · If I were the boss, I'd raise the staff's wages first.
• 회사가 사업을 확대한다면 직원도 늘 거예요. · If the company expands its business, it will hire more staff.
• 적자가 계속되자 회사가 사업을 축소했어요. · As the losses continued, the company scaled back its business.
• 20대의 비율이 점점 줄어들고 있어요. · The proportion of people in their twenties is gradually falling.
• 나이별 분포를 보면 30대가 가장 많아요. · Looking at the age distribution, people in their thirties are the largest group.