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day 119beliefs & traditions

unit 15 · society, law & history

    beliefs & traditions

    Talk about the religions and traditions of Korea as neutral facts of culture, and say what something is called with N(이)라고 부르다/하다.

    today’s words

    • 흔적 heunjeok · trace, mark (left behind)
    • 가톨릭 gatollik · Catholicism, Catholic
    • 기독교 gidokgyo · Christianity
    • 기적 gijeok · miracle
    • 목사 moksa · pastor, minister (Protestant)
    • 바치다 bachida · to offer, to dedicate
    • 부처 bucheo · the Buddha
    • 불교 bulgyo · Buddhism
    • 스님 seunim · Buddhist monk, nun
    • 신앙 sinang · faith, belief
    • 엄숙하다 eomsukada · solemn, serious
    • 영혼 yeonghon · soul, spirit
    • 유교 yugyo · Confucianism
    • 의식 uisik · ceremony, ritual
    • -제 -je · festival, ceremony (suffix)
    • 종교적 jonggyojeok · religious
    • 지옥 jiok · hell
    • 천국 cheonguk · heaven, paradise
    • 천주교 cheonjugyo · Catholicism (Korean word)
    • 하느님 haneunim · God (in Korean Christianity)
    • 향 hyang · incense

    sentences

    • 한국에는 불교, 기독교, 천주교 같은 여러 종교가 있어요. · Korea has many religions, such as Buddhism, Protestantism and Catholicism.
    • 절에서 일하는 분을 스님이라고 불러요. · The person who works in a temple is called a monk or nun.
    • 부처님 앞에서 향을 피우고 조용히 인사해요. · In front of the Buddha you light incense and greet him quietly.
    • 의식이 시작되면 분위기가 엄숙해요. · When the ceremony starts, the atmosphere is solemn.
    • 오래된 절에는 옛날 사람들의 흔적이 남아 있어요. · Old temples keep traces of people of the past.