day 1anyway, of all things

anyway, of all things

Tell people what you saw and found with -더라고요, and colour your story with words like 하필, 하마터면, 툭하면 and 하여간.

today’s words

• 하여간 hayeogan · anyway, at any rate
• 어찌 eojji · how, why (literary)
• 대체 daeche · (what / why) on earth
• 하필 hapil · of all (days, people …)
• 정 jeong · if you really (must)
• 저런 jeoreon · oh dear! (sympathy)
• 쯧쯧 jjeutjjeut · tsk, tsk (disapproval, pity)
• 엄청 eomcheong · really, terribly (casual)
• 의외로 uioero · surprisingly, unexpectedly
• 여러모로 yeoreomoro · in many ways, in every way
• 이루 iru · (cannot) possibly (all)
• 더없이 deoeopsi · supremely, as … as can be
• 하마터면 hamateomyeon · very nearly, almost
• 별것 byeolgeot · anything special
• 뻔하다 ppeonhada · obvious, plain to see
• 툭하면 tukamyeon · at the slightest thing
• 번번이 beonbeoni · every time, time after time
• 무심코 musimko · without thinking
• 남몰래 nammollae · secretly, in private
• 슬슬 seulseul · slowly; it’s about time (to)
• 잠자코 jamjako · quietly, without a word
• 홀로 hollo · alone, on your own (written)
• 하루아침 haruachim · overnight, in a day
• 본격적 bongyeokjeok · full-scale, in earnest

sentences

• 하필 오늘 아침에 지하철이 멈췄어요. · Of all mornings, the subway stopped this morning.
• 하마터면 첫날부터 늦을 뻔했어요. · I very nearly ended up late on my very first day.
• 홀로 서울에 왔는데, 하루아침에 대리가 됐어요. · I came to Seoul on my own, and now, overnight, I’m an assistant manager.
• 사무실에 가 보니까 제 책상에 꽃이 있더라고요. · When I got to the office, I found flowers on my desk.
• 톰은 툭하면 늦어요. 오늘도 늦을 게 뻔해요. · Tom is late at the drop of a hat. He’s obviously going to be late today too.