day 49family ties

family ties

Talk about families, generations and duty to parents, and say “of course!” warmly with -고말고(요).

today’s words

• 가문 gamun · family, clan, lineage
• 가부장적 gabujangjeok · patriarchal
• 대가족 daegajok · extended family
• 핵가족 haekgajok · nuclear family
• 맏이 maji · the eldest child
• 모친 mochin · mother (formal)
• 오누이 onui · brother and sister
• 외동딸 oedongttal · only daughter
• 외동아들 oedongadeul · only son
• 형부 hyeongbu · older sister’s husband (said by a woman)
• 친족 chinjok · relatives (by blood or marriage)
• 친지 chinji · relatives and friends
• 양가 yangga · both families (of a couple)
• 자손 jason · descendants, offspring
• 후손 huson · descendants (later generations)
• 대대로 daedaero · for generations
• 대 dae · generation, family line
• 물려받다 mullyeobatda · inherit, have handed down
• 물려주다 mullyeojuda · hand down, pass on
• 섬기다 seomgida · serve (one’s elders)
• 효 hyo · filial duty, devotion to parents
• 효녀 hyonyeo · devoted daughter
• 공경 gonggyeong · respect (for elders)

sentences

• 요즘은 대가족보다 핵가족이 훨씬 많다. · Today there are far more nuclear families than extended ones.
• 저는 맏이라서 어릴 때부터 동생들을 챙겼어요. · I’m the eldest, so I’ve looked after my younger siblings since I was little.
• 외동딸이라서 형제가 있는 친구들이 늘 부러웠어요. · I’m an only daughter, so I always envied friends with brothers and sisters.
• 이 반지는 어머니께 물려받은 거예요. · I inherited this ring from my mother.
• 그 집안은 대대로 이 집을 자손에게 물려주었다. · That family has handed this house down to its descendants for generations.