day 51love and marriage

love and marriage

Talk about dating, engagement and wedding customs, and report what you saw yourself with -데(요).

today’s words

• 교제 gyoje · going out, dating; relationship
• 커플 keopeul · couple
• 이상형 isanghyeong · your ideal type (of partner)
• 선 seon · blind date (with marriage in mind)
• 중매 jungmae · matchmaking
• 상견례 sanggyeonnye · families’ meeting before a wedding
• 함 ham · wedding box (sent to the bride’s family)
• 예물 yemul · wedding gifts (rings, jewellery)
• 혼인 honin · marriage (formal, legal)
• 주례 jurye · officiant (at a wedding); officiating
• 하객 hagaek · wedding guest
• 피로연 piroyeon · wedding reception
• 새댁 saedaek · new bride, young wife
• 노처녀 nocheonyeo · “old maid” (dated, can be rude)
• 노총각 nochonggak · “old bachelor” (dated)
• 총각 chonggak · bachelor, unmarried young man
• 독신 doksin · single life, being unmarried
• 동거 donggeo · living together
• 결별 gyeolbyeol · break-up, parting
• 재혼 jaehon · remarriage
• 적령기 jeongnyeonggi · the right age (for)
• 함께하다 hamkkehada · be together, share (a life)
• 포옹 poong · hug, embrace

sentences

• 두 사람은 3년 교제 끝에 결혼했다. · After three years together, the two got married.
• 옛날에는 선이나 중매로 결혼하는 사람이 많았다. · In the old days many people married after a blind date or through a matchmaker.
• 결혼 날짜는 상견례에서 양가 부모님이 정하셨어요. · The wedding date was set by both sets of parents at the families’ meeting.
• 신랑 집에서 신부 집으로 함을 보내는 풍습이 있다. · There is a custom of the groom’s family sending a wedding box to the bride’s family.
• 요즘은 예물을 간단하게 하는 커플이 많아요. · These days many couples keep the wedding gifts simple.