day 74love & weddings

love & weddings

Talk about dating, engagement, weddings and married life, and use the respectful family words with -님.

today’s words

• 친정 chinjeong · a married woman’s parents’ home
• 큰딸 keunttal · eldest daughter
• 큰아들 keunadeul · eldest son
• 큰집 keunjip · the eldest uncle’s home (family seat)
• 형님 hyeongnim · older brother (respectful)
• 효도 hyodo · being good to your parents
• 효자 hyoja · a devoted son
• 가정주부 gajeongjubu · homemaker, housewife
• 결혼식장 gyeolhonsikjang · wedding hall
• 국제결혼 gukjegyeolhon · international marriage
• 그대 geudae · you (poetic: songs, letters)
• 기념일 ginyeomil · anniversary
• 기혼 gihon · married (on forms)
• 맞벌이 matbeori · both partners working, dual income
• 미혼 mihon · unmarried, single (on forms)
• 배우자 baeuja · spouse
• 승낙 seungnak · consent, approval (to marry)
• 시집가다 sijipgada · (of a woman) get married
• 애정 aejeong · affection, love
• 약혼 yakhon · engagement
• 약혼녀 yakhonnyeo · fiancée

sentences

• 설날에는 온 가족이 큰집에 모여요. · At Lunar New Year the whole family gathers at my eldest uncle’s.
• 큰아들은 회사원이고 큰딸은 대학생이에요. · The eldest son works for a company and the eldest daughter is at university.
• 부모님께 효도하려고 주말마다 고향에 가요. · I go home every weekend to look after my parents.
• 어머니는 오랫동안 가정주부로 사셨어요. · My mother was a homemaker for many years.
• 오늘은 우리 부부의 결혼 기념일이에요. · Today is our wedding anniversary.