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day 41home sweet home

unit 6 · home & kitchen

    home sweet home

    Describe a home inside and out, from taps and switches to walls and back doors, and say how something is done with (으)로써.

    today’s words

    • 으로써 eurosseo · by (means of): (으)로써
    • 관리비 gwallibi · maintenance fee (flat, officetel)
    • 구석 guseok · corner (inside a room), nook
    • 기둥 gidung · pillar, post
    • 담 dam · wall, fence (around a house)
    • 뒷문 dwinmun · back door
    • 뜰 tteul · yard, garden (of a house)
    • 마루 maru · wooden floor; open wooden hall
    • 밑바닥 mitbadak · bottom, very bottom
    • 방바닥 bangbadak · the floor (of a room)
    • 손잡이 sonjabi · handle, knob
    • 수도꼭지 sudokkokji · tap, faucet
    • 수돗물 sudonmul · tap water
    • 스위치 seuwichi · switch
    • 유리창 yurichang · window pane, glass window
    • 주택 jutaek · house (detached), housing
    • 지하실 jihasil · basement, cellar
    • 간편하다 ganpyeonhada · simple, handy, easy
    • 귀가 gwiga · coming home, getting home
    • 꾸리다 kkurida · pack (luggage); run (a home, a life)
    • 들이다 deurida · spend (time, money) on; let in

    sentences

    • 이웃과 대화로써 주차 문제를 해결했어요. · We sorted out the parking problem by talking with the neighbours.
    • 작은 가구를 놓음으로써 방을 넓게 쓸 수 있어요. · By using small furniture, you can make the most of the room's space.
    • 수도꼭지에서 나오는 수돗물을 그냥 마셔도 돼요. · You can drink the tap water straight from the tap.
    • 방 구석에 싼값에 사 온 작은 책상을 놓았어요. · I put a small desk I got cheaply in the corner of the room.
    • 스위치를 눌러도 불이 안 들어와요. · The light won't come on even when I press the switch.