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day 24clothes and cloth

unit 4 · home & table

    clothes and cloth

    Talk about clothes, fabrics and fit, mend and fold, and say what stayed as it was with -은 채(로).

    today’s words

    • 채 chae · -은 채(로): with … still, as it is
    • 차림 charim · outfit, dress, clothes
    • 사복 sabok · plain clothes, your own clothes
    • 내복 naebok · long underwear, thermals
    • 털옷 teorot · woollen or furry clothes
    • 착용 chagyong · wearing (formal: belts, helmets)
    • 헐렁하다 heolleonghada · loose, baggy
    • 통 tong · width (of trousers, sleeves)
    • 면 myeon · cotton
    • 실크 silkeu · silk
    • 옷감 otgam · (clothing) material, fabric
    • 천 cheon · cloth
    • 솜 som · cotton wool, padding
    • 꿰매다 kkwemaeda · sew up, mend (a tear)
    • 구겨지다 gugyeojida · get creased, crumpled
    • 뒤집히다 dwijipida · be turned over, inside out
    • 찢기다 jjitgida · get torn
    • 탈의실 taruisil · fitting room, changing room
    • -화 -hwa · -화: shoes (운동화, 등산화)
    • 뒤집어쓰다 dwijibeosseuda · pull over your head (a blanket)
    • 안전벨트 anjeonbelteu · seat belt
    • 감기다 gamgida · get wound round, caught (in)
    • 휘감다 hwigamda · wind round, wrap round
    • 얽히다 eolkida · be tangled; be mixed up (in)
    • 엮이다 yeokkida · be put together; be tied up (in)

    sentences

    • 너무 피곤해서 코트를 입은 채로 잠이 들었어요. · I was so tired I fell asleep with my coat on.
    • 신발을 신은 채로 방에 들어오면 안 돼요. · You mustn’t come into the room with your shoes on.
    • 버스가 출발하기에 앞서 안전벨트를 착용해 주십시오. · Please fasten your seat belt before the bus sets off.
    • 바람이 세게 불어서 우산이 뒤집혔어요. · The wind was so strong my umbrella blew inside out.
    • 실이 얽혀서 풀기가 힘들어요. · The thread’s tangled and hard to undo.