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day 107what’s the weather like?

unit 14 · nature & the planet

    what’s the weather like?

    Talk about plants, soil and the climate, and use N(이)면 again to say “whenever it's …”.

    today’s words

    • 미세먼지 misemeonji · fine dust (air pollution)
    • 농촌 nongchon · farming village, the countryside
    • 벼 byeo · rice (the plant, in the field)
    • 뻗다 ppeotda · to stretch out, to reach
    • 소나무 sonamu · pine tree
    • 시들다 sideulda · to wither, to droop
    • 식물 singmul · plant
    • 씨앗 ssiat · seed
    • 열매 yeolmae · fruit (of a plant), nut
    • 줄기 julgi · stem, stalk, trunk
    • 풀 pul · grass, weed
    • 향기 hyanggi · fragrance, scent
    • 흙 heuk · soil, earth
    • 가뭄 gamum · drought
    • 강수량 gangsuryang · rainfall (amount)
    • 겨울철 gyeoulcheol · winter season, wintertime
    • 기후 gihu · climate
    • 날리다 nallida · to blow about, to fly (snow, dust, leaves)
    • 늦가을 neutgaeul · late autumn
    • 늦겨울 neutgyeoul · late winter

    sentences

    • 소나무는 겨울에도 늘 초록색이에요. · Pine trees are green all year, even in winter.
    • 씨앗을 심으면 줄기가 나오고 열매가 열려요. · If you plant a seed, a stem comes out and fruit grows.
    • 가뭄 때문에 흙이 많이 말랐어요. · Because of the drought the soil has dried out a lot.
    • 식물이 시들면 물을 주세요. · If the plant withers, give it water.
    • 올해는 강수량이 적어서 기후가 건조해요. · This year the rainfall is low, so the climate is dry.