day 113a fair society

a fair society

Talk about society, rights, duties and helping others, and use -거니와 again for “not only … but also …” in a formal text.

today’s words

• 자원봉사 jawonbongsa · volunteer work
• 강제 gangje · compulsion, force
• 개방 gaebang · opening up, opening to the public
• 거지 geoji · beggar
• 계층 gyecheung · (social) class, stratum
• 공동체 gongdongche · community
• 구속 gusok · detention, binding, restriction
• -권 -gwon · right (to), ticket (suffix)
• 권리 gwolli · right (legal, moral)
• 보장 bojang · guarantee, security
• 보조 bojo · subsidy, aid, support
• 불평등 bulpyeongdeung · inequality, unfairness
• 의무 uimu · duty, obligation
• 의무적 uimujeok · obligatory, compulsory
• 일반인 ilbanin · ordinary person, the general public
• 자살 jasal · suicide
• 장애인 jangaein · person with a disability
• 제도 jedo · system, institution
• 지원 jiwon · support, aid
• 질서 jilseo · order (public), discipline
• 집단 jipdan · group, collective

sentences

• 자원봉사는 이웃을 돕는 일이에요. · Volunteer work means helping your neighbours.
• 불평등한 제도는 고쳐야 해요. · An unequal system has to be fixed.
• 장애인도 일반인처럼 편하게 살 수 있어야 해요. · People with disabilities should be able to live comfortably, like everyone else.
• 법은 질서를 지키고 권리를 보장하기 위해 있어요. · The law exists to keep order and guarantee rights.
• 다양한 계층의 사람들이 한 공동체에서 살아요. · People of many social classes live in one community.