day 71town and city

town and city

Talk about how a city grows and changes: new towns, redevelopment, housing, roads and new subway lines, and build place words with -화, -가, -지 and -로.

today’s words

• 도시화 dosihwa · urbanisation
• 신도시 sindosi · new town
• 재개발 jaegaebal · redevelopment
• 주거 jugeo · housing, living (conditions)
• 주거지 jugeoji · residential area, place to live
• 주택가 jutaekga · residential area (of houses)
• -가 -ga · -가: street, district (대학가)
• 거주 geoju · residence, living (somewhere)
• 거주자 geojuja · resident
• 인근 ingeun · nearby, the vicinity
• 집집 jipjip · every house (집집마다)
• 시립 sirip · municipal, city (시립 도서관)
• 소재 sojae · located in (서울 소재)
• 각지 gakji · all parts (of a country), everywhere
• 본국 bonguk · one’s own country, home country
• 터 teo · site, plot (터를 잡다)
• 광장 gwangjang · square, plaza
• 개통 gaetong · opening (of a road or line)
• 포장 pojang · paving (of a road)
• 국도 gukdo · national road, highway
• -로 -ro · -로: road, way (활주로)
• 구간 gugan · section, stretch (of road or line)
• 승강장 seunggangjang · platform (station or stop)
• 횡단 hoengdan · crossing (of a road or continent)
• 체증 chejeung · (traffic) congestion

sentences

• 도시화로 많은 사람들이 농촌을 떠나 도시로 왔다. · With urbanisation, many people left the countryside for the cities.
• 옛날에는 계급이나 신분에 따라 사는 동네가 달랐다. · In the old days, the neighbourhood you lived in depended on your class or social rank.
• 주민들이 반대했는데도 불구하고 재개발이 결정되었다. · Although the residents opposed it, the redevelopment was approved.
• 재개발이 끝나면 주거 환경이 개선되는 동시에 집값도 오른다. · When redevelopment is finished, living conditions improve, and house prices rise at the same time.
• 대학가는 늘 붐비지만 한 골목만 들어가면 조용한 주택가다. · The university district is always busy, but one street back, it’s a quiet residential area.