day 75growing up
unit 10 · family & lifegrowing up
Talk about childhood, growing up and first love, and offer something modest with N(이)나마: “though it’s not much”.
today’s words
- 이나마 inama · even if only, though it’s not much
- 약혼자 yakhonja · fiancé(e)
- 연애 yeonae · dating, being in a relationship
- 영원 yeongwon · eternity
- 이별 ibyeol · parting, saying goodbye
- 이혼 ihon · divorce
- 장가 jangga · (of a man) marriage
- 첫사랑 cheotsarang · first love
- 꾸중 kkujung · a scolding (from an elder)
- 나무라다 namurada · scold, reproach
- 녀석 nyeoseok · guy, kid (casual, often fond)
- 놀리다 nollida · let (a child) play; leave idle
- 달래다 dallaeda · soothe, comfort
- 뛰어놀다 ttwieonolda · run around and play
- 먹이다 meogida · feed
- 사내 sanae · boy, man (old-fashioned)
- 사춘기 sachungi · adolescence, puberty
- 소녀 sonyeo · girl
- 소년 sonyeon · boy
- 숙녀 sungnyeo · lady
sentences
- 조금이나마 도움이 되면 좋겠어요. · I hope it helps, even a little.
- 늦게나마 결혼 축하해요. · Congratulations on your wedding, belatedly.
- 영원한 사랑은 없다고 하지만 저는 믿어요. · They say love doesn’t last for ever, but I believe it does.
- 이별 노래는 언제 들어도 슬퍼요. · Break-up songs are always sad.
- 요즘은 결혼하는 사람도 이혼하는 사람도 줄었다고 해요. · They say fewer people are getting married, and fewer are divorcing, these days.