day 53body language

body language

Describe gestures, posture and movements, and guess what someone feels from what you see with -는 모양이다.

today’s words

• 모양 moyang · it looks like: -는 모양이다
• 꿇다 kkulta · kneel
• 끄덕이다 kkeudeogida · nod
• 끌어안다 kkeureoanda · hug (tight), hold in your arms
• 내밀다 naemilda · hold out, stick out
• 눕히다 nupida · lay (someone) down
• 다물다 damulda · close (your mouth)
• 발걸음 balgeoreum · step, pace
• 발길 balgil · steps, footsteps (going somewhere)
• 벌떡 beoltteok · (get up) with a jump
• 비틀거리다 biteulgeorida · stagger, totter
• 뿌리치다 ppurichida · shake off; turn down
• 손잡다 sonjapda · hold hands; join hands
• 숙이다 sugida · lower, bow (your head)
• 쓰다듬다 sseudadeumda · stroke, pat
• 엎드리다 eopdeurida · lie face down
• 움직임 umjigim · movement
• 일으키다 ireukida · raise, help up; cause
• 자세 jase · posture, position; attitude
• 주저앉다 jujeoanda · sink down, collapse (sitting)
• 쥐다 jwida · grip, hold (in your hand)

sentences

• 하품을 하는 걸 보니 하준이가 졸린 모양이에요. · Hajun is yawning; it looks like he's sleepy.
• 할머니가 하준이를 침대에 눕히고 머리를 쓰다듬었어요. · Grandma laid Hajun down on the bed and stroked his hair.
• 하준이는 입을 꼭 다물고 고개를 숙였어요. · Hajun pressed his lips together and hung his head.
• 고개를 끄덕이는 걸 보니 이해한 모양이에요. · He's nodding, so it looks like he understood.
• 아이와 이야기할 때는 무릎을 꿇고 앉으세요. · When you talk to a child, kneel down to their level.