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day 109light & shade

unit 14 · nature & the planet

    light & shade

    Describe light and shade, rain and snow, and say “it becomes …” with -아/어지다.

    today’s words

    • 치다 chida · to strike, to break (waves, lightning)
    • 폭설 pokseol · heavy snowfall
    • 폭우 pogu · heavy rain, downpour
    • 한겨울 hangyeoul · midwinter, the depth of winter
    • 한낮 hannat · midday, broad daylight
    • 한여름 hannyeoreum · midsummer, the height of summer
    • 홍수 hongsu · flood
    • 화창하다 hwachanghada · bright and clear (weather)
    • 고요 goyo · stillness, silence
    • 그늘 geuneul · shade
    • 그림자 geurimja · shadow
    • 깜깜하다 kkamkkamhada · pitch dark
    • 깜박하다 kkambakada · to forget for a moment, to blink
    • 달빛 dalbit · moonlight
    • 대낮 daenat · broad daylight
    • 무지개 mujigae · rainbow
    • 물들다 muldeulda · to be dyed, to take on a colour
    • 반짝거리다 banjjakgeorida · to sparkle, to twinkle
    • 반짝반짝 banjjakbanjjak · sparkling, twinkling
    • 반짝이다 banjjagida · to sparkle, to glitter

    sentences

    • 한낮에는 그늘에서 쉬는 게 좋아요. · At midday it's good to rest in the shade.
    • 한여름 대낮에는 그림자가 짧아요. · In the middle of a summer day the shadows are short.
    • 비가 그치고 하늘에 무지개가 떴어요. · The rain stopped and a rainbow appeared in the sky.
    • 해가 지면 하늘이 붉게 물들어요. · When the sun sets, the sky turns red.
    • 밤이 되자 바다가 깜깜해졌어요. · When night came, the sea became pitch dark.