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day 118war & peace

unit 15 · society, law & history

    war & peace

    Talk about history, peace and the past in a respectful way, and use N(이)란 again to define words.

    today’s words

    • 근대 geundae · modern times (the modern era)
    • 기원 giwon · origin, beginning
    • 난리 nalli · turmoil, uproar, fuss
    • 독립 dongnip · independence
    • 명령 myeongnyeong · order, command
    • 무기 mugi · weapon
    • 문명 munmyeong · civilisation
    • 민족 minjok · people, nation
    • 부대 budae · military unit, troop
    • 부족 bujok · tribe
    • 사상 sasang · in history (as in “ever”)
    • 쏘다 ssoda · to shoot, to fire
    • 역사상 yeoksasang · in history, historically
    • 예 ye · old times, the past
    • 위대하다 widaehada · great, grand
    • 육군 yukgun · army (land force)
    • 인류 illyu · humankind, humanity
    • 입대 ipdae · enlistment, joining the army
    • 적 jeok · enemy
    • 평화 pyeonghwa · peace
    • 평화롭다 pyeonghwaropda · peaceful
    • 해방 haebang · liberation, freedom from (oppression)

    sentences

    • 고대에는 여러 부족이 한 지역에 살았어요. · In ancient times, several tribes lived in one region.
    • 예로부터 한국 사람들은 평화를 사랑했어요. · Since ancient times Koreans have loved peace.
    • 이번 전시는 박물관 사상 최대 규모예요. · This exhibition is the biggest in the museum's history.
    • 삼촌은 스무 살에 육군에 입대했어요. · My uncle joined the army at twenty.
    • 근대에는 많은 나라가 독립을 위해 노력했어요. · In the modern era, many countries worked for independence.