day 98around town

around town

Describe a route out of town and say “between”, “across” and “beyond” with 간, 건너 and 너머.

today’s words

• 차선 chaseon · lane
• 차창 chachang · car window
• 출근길 chulgeungil · the way to work, the commute
• 충돌 chungdol · collision, clash
• 키 ki · (car) key
• 터널 teoneol · tunnel
• 통행 tonghaeng · passage, traffic (of vehicles, people)
• 흔들리다 heundeullida · to shake, to sway
• 간 gan · between (A and B)
• 간격 gangyeok · gap, interval
• 건너 geonneo · across, the other side
• 경계 gyeonggye · border, boundary
• 고층 gocheung · high floor, tall (building)
• 군데 gunde · (counter) place, spot
• 그리 geuri · that way; (not) so
• 근교 geungyo · outskirts, suburbs
• 나란히 naranhi · side by side
• 남북 nambuk · north and south
• 내부 naebu · inside, the interior
• 내외 naeoe · about, around (a number)
• 너머 neomeo · beyond, over (a hill, a wall)

sentences

• 터널을 지나자 한강 건너 고층 건물들이 보였어요. · Once we came out of the tunnel, high-rises came into view across the Han River.
• 자동차 키를 어디에 뒀는지 모르겠어요. · I don't know where I put the car key.
• 차창 밖으로 서울 근교의 산이 보여요. · Out of the car window you can see the mountains around Seoul.
• 앞에 가는 차와 간격이 좁아서 충돌할 뻔했어요. · The gap to the car ahead was small, and we almost collided.
• 서울과 인천 간에는 지하철로 한 시간 내외 걸려요. · Between Seoul and Incheon it takes about an hour by subway.