day 50bringing up children
unit 8 · family & generationsbringing up children
Talk about bringing up children, childcare and growing up, and recognise the old-fashioned command -거라.
today’s words
- 출생 chulsaeng · birth
- 유아 yua · infant, small child (under school age)
- 육아 yuga · childcare, bringing up a baby
- 양육 yangyuk · upbringing, raising (a child)
- 보육 boyuk · childcare (service)
- 어린이집 eorinijip · nursery, daycare centre
- 과보호 gwaboho · overprotection
- 야단치다 yadanchida · tell off, scold
- 꾸짖다 kkujitda · scold, rebuke (formal)
- 꼬마 kkoma · little one, kid
- 미아 mia · lost child
- 남아 nama · baby boy (formal)
- 어미 eomi · mother (of an animal)
- 또래 ttorae · (people of) the same age
- 반항 banhang · rebellion, defiance
- 불량 bullyang · delinquent; defective
- 따돌림 ttadollim · being left out, ostracism
- 왕따 wangtta · an outcast, bullied child (slang)
- 고아 goa · orphan
- 고아원 goawon · orphanage
- 소인 soin · child (on price boards)
- 성년 seongnyeon · adulthood, coming of age
- 청춘 cheongchun · youth, the springtime of life
- 년생 nyeonsaeng · born in (a year)
- 방황 banghwang · wandering, being lost (in life)
sentences
- 맞벌이 부부가 많아서 유아를 맡길 어린이집이 필요하다. · So many couples both work these days that nurseries to look after small children are a must.
- 요즘은 아빠의 양육 참여가 각광을 받는다. · These days fathers who take part in bringing up their children are in the spotlight.
- 출생이 줄어드는 가운데 어린이집도 줄고 있다. · Amid falling births, the number of nurseries is falling too.
- 보육 시설이 늘었는데도 불구하고 걱정은 줄지 않았다. · In spite of more childcare facilities, the worries have not gone away.
- 아이에게 다 해 주다가는 과보호가 되기 쉬워요. · If you keep doing everything for a child, it easily turns into overprotection.