day 68all of us

all of us

Talk about the people who make up a society, from multicultural families to the rich and the poor, and add “not to mention …” with N은 말할 것도 없고.

today’s words

• 다문화 damunhwa · multicultural
• 구성원 guseongwon · member (of a group or society)
• 개개인 gaegaein · each individual, every person
• 개인주의 gaeinjuui · individualism
• 이기주의 igijuui · egoism, selfishness
• 집단적 jipdanjeok · collective, as a group
• 공익 gongik · the public good, public interest
• 공중 gongjung · the public (공중 예절, public manners)
• 공공시설 gonggongsiseol · public facilities
• 공감대 gonggamdae · common ground, shared feeling
• 다양성 dayangseong · diversity
• 다양화 dayanghwa · diversification
• 주류 juryu · the mainstream
• 서민 seomin · ordinary people, working people
• 상류층 sangnyucheung · the upper class
• 부유층 buyucheung · the wealthy, the rich
• -층 -cheung · -층: class, group (중산층)
• 계급 gyegeup · (social) class, rank
• 격 gyeok · status, class, standing
• 강자 gangja · the strong, the powerful
• 약자 yakja · the weak, the vulnerable
• 대등 daedeung · equal (대등 관계)
• 공평하다 gongpyeonghada · fair, even-handed
• 인종 injong · race (of people)
• 지구촌 jiguchon · the global village, the world

sentences

• 다문화 가정의 아이들도 우리 사회의 소중한 구성원이다. · Children from multicultural families are valued members of our society too.
• 개인주의는 개개인을 존중하는 것이지 이기주의가 아니다. · Individualism means respecting each person; it is not selfishness.
• 공공시설은 공익을 위해 만들어진 것이므로 모두가 아껴 써야 한다. · Public facilities are built for the common good, so everyone should take care of them.
• 사회가 다양화되면서 주류와 다른 생각도 존중받게 되었다. · As society has diversified, views outside the mainstream have come to be respected too.
• 옛날에는 상류층과 서민 사이의 계급 차이가 컸다. · In the old days the class gap between the upper class and ordinary people was wide.