day 72out and about

out and about

Describe crowds, noise and quiet streets, talk about people and groups (households, circles, troupes), and say “depending on how you …” with -기에 따라.

today’s words

• 정체 jeongche · (traffic) jam, standstill
• 혼잡 honjap · congestion, crowding
• 왕래 wangnae · coming and going, contact
• 인파 inpa · crowd, throng
• 행인 haengin · passer-by
• 구경꾼 gugyeongkkun · onlooker, spectator
• 떠들썩하다 tteodeulsseokada · noisy, buzzing, in an uproar
• 시끌벅적하다 sikkeulbeokjeokada · bustling, lively and loud
• 소란 soran · commotion, disturbance
• 한산하다 hansanhada · quiet, not busy (of a street or shop)
• 떠돌다 tteodolda · to drift, wander; (of a rumour) go around
• 생활화 saenghwalhwa · making (it) part of daily life
• 대인 daein · interpersonal (대인 관계)
• 대장 daejang · leader, boss (대장 노릇)
• 성 seong · sex, gender
• 인 in · person (counter: 4인 가족)
• 인사 insa · public figure, prominent person
• -계 -gye · -계: world, circles (교육계)
• -끼리 -kkiri · -끼리: among (ourselves), only with
• 가구 gagu · household (가구 소득)
• -단 -dan · -단: group, troupe (무용단)

sentences

• 이 길은 사람과 차의 왕래가 잦아서 늘 붐빈다. · There’s a lot of coming and going on this road, so it’s always busy.
• 출퇴근 시간에는 지하철이 혼잡하니 일찍 나가세요. · The subway is crowded at rush hour, so leave early.
• 그는 젊은 시절 일자리를 찾아 여기저기 떠돌았다. · In his youth he drifted from place to place looking for work.
• 쓰레기 줄이기가 생활화되면 환경이 훨씬 좋아질 것이다. · If cutting waste becomes part of daily life, the environment will be much better off.
• 대인 관계에서는 말하기에 따라 상대방의 기분이 달라진다. · In relationships, how you say something changes how the other person feels.