day 23housework and odds and ends

housework and odds and ends

Talk about housework, bathroom things and lighting, read house rules, and count cabbages, pizzas and rooms.

today’s words

• 가사 gasa · housework
• 진공청소기 jingongcheongsogi · vacuum cleaner
• 어지르다 eojireuda · make a mess (of), clutter
• 변기 byeongi · toilet (bowl)
• 세면도구 semyeondogu · toiletries, washing things
• 면도기 myeondogi · razor, shaver
• 선반 seonban · shelf
• 스탠드 seutaendeu · desk lamp, (floor) lamp
• 형광등 hyeonggwangdeung · fluorescent light, strip light
• 전구 jeongu · light bulb
• 전등 jeondeung · electric light, lamp
• 플러그 peulleogeu · plug
• 양초 yangcho · candle (paraffin)
• 초 cho · candle (초를 켜다)
• 성냥 seongnyang · match(es)
• 때다 ttaeda · make a fire (in a stove)
• 용기 yonggi · container
• 보자기 bojagi · bojagi, wrapping cloth
• -지 -ji · -지: paper (포장지)
• 장바구니 jangbaguni · shopping bag (reusable), basket
• 취사 chwisa · cooking (in notices)
• 판 pan · counter for pizzas, games, trays of eggs
• 포기 pogi · counter for cabbages, plants
• 잠자리 jamjari · bed, place to sleep
• 실 sil · room (counter: 객실 1실)

sentences

• 요즘은 부부가 가사를 함께 나누는 집이 많아요. · These days lots of couples share the housework.
• 여행 가방에 세면도구하고 면도기를 챙겼어요. · I packed my toiletries and razor in my suitcase.
• 책상 위 스탠드 전구가 나갔어요. · The bulb in my desk lamp has gone.
• 방 안 취사는 냄새가 날뿐더러 불이 나기 쉽습니다. · Cooking in your room not only makes a smell, it can easily start a fire.
• 손님이 오셔서 거실에 잠자리를 폈어요. · We had guests, so I made up beds in the living room.