day 40nations and the world
unit 6 · the newsnations and the world
Ask the big question of an essay or a lecture with -는가, and talk about nations, national interest, history, defence and the world.
today’s words
- 강국 gangguk · strong country, power
- 강대국 gangdaeguk · great power
- 개국 gaeguk · counter for countries
- -국 -guk · -국: country, state (가입국)
- 회원국 hoewonguk · member state
- 외무 oemu · foreign affairs
- 국익 gugik · national interest
- 국토 gukto · national territory, the land
- 자국 jaguk · your own country
- 조국 joguk · homeland, motherland
- 애국 aeguk · patriotism, love of country
- 자주 jaju · independence, self-reliance
- 남한 namhan · South Korea (the South)
- 북한 bukhan · North Korea (the North)
- 다스리다 daseurida · rule, govern
- 강화 ganghwa · strengthening
- 약화 yakhwa · weakening
- 신장 sinjang · growth, expansion
- 침략 chimnyak · invasion
- 전쟁터 jeonjaengteo · battlefield
- 물리치다 mullichida · drive back, defeat
- 공군 gonggun · air force
- 해군 haegun · navy
- 자원 jawon · volunteering (to serve)
- 제대 jedae · discharge (from military service)
sentences
- 이번 회의에는 30여 개국의 대표가 참가했으며, 숙식은 한국 정부가 전액 부담했다. · Representatives of over thirty countries took part in this conference, and the Korean government paid the full cost of their room and board.
- 한국은 1991년에 국제 연합의 회원국이 되었다. · Korea became a member state of the United Nations in 1991.
- 각 나라는 자국의 이익을 먼저 생각하기 마련이다. · Every country naturally thinks of its own interests first.
- 남한과 북한은 같은 말을 쓴다. · South and North Korea speak the same language.
- 옛날에는 왕이 나라를 다스렸다. · In the old days, kings ruled the country.