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day 108the seasons

unit 14 · nature & the planet

    the seasons

    Describe the seasons, the heat and the cold, and use -던데 again to say “I saw that …, so …”.

    today’s words

    • 늦봄 neutbom · late spring
    • 늦여름 neunnyeoreum · late summer
    • 더위 deowi · the heat (hot weather)
    • 멎다 meotda · to stop (rain, wind)
    • 무덥다 mudeopda · sultry, muggy
    • 불어오다 bureooda · to blow in (wind)
    • 비바람 bibaram · wind and rain, storm
    • 빗물 binmul · rainwater
    • 빗방울 bitbangul · raindrop
    • 상쾌하다 sangkwaehada · refreshing, fresh
    • 서늘하다 seoneulhada · cool, chilly
    • 섭씨 seopssi · degrees Celsius
    • 썰렁하다 sseolleonghada · chilly, deserted-feeling
    • 쐬다 ssoeda · to get (fresh air), to be exposed to
    • 일교차 ilgyocha · daily temperature range
    • 초- cho- · early (prefix)
    • 초가을 chogaeul · early autumn
    • 초겨울 chogyeoul · early winter
    • 초봄 chobom · early spring
    • 초여름 choyeoreum · early summer
    • 추위 chuwi · the cold (cold weather)

    sentences

    • 초봄에는 일교차가 커서 감기에 걸리기 쉬워요. · In early spring the day-to-night difference is big, so it's easy to catch a cold.
    • 늦봄에는 낮이 길고 따뜻해요. · In late spring the days are long and warm.
    • 초여름부터 더위가 시작돼서 늦여름까지 무더워요. · The heat starts in early summer and it's muggy until late summer.
    • 초가을 아침에는 서늘한 바람이 불어와요. · On early autumn mornings a cool wind blows in.
    • 초겨울에는 추위가 갑자기 찾아와요. · In early winter the cold arrives suddenly.