day 85how we act

how we act

Talk about how people act (absent-minded, busy, regretful, determined), take advice to heart, and soften a request or comfort someone with -을 테지만.

today’s words

• 눈치채다 nunchichaeda · notice, catch on (to)
• 알아차리다 aracharida · notice, realise
• 헷갈리다 hetgallida · get confused, mix up
• 멍하니 meonghani · blankly, absent-mindedly
• 멍하다 meonghada · dazed, blank, foggy-headed
• 한눈팔다 hannunpalda · let your mind wander, look away
• 한가롭다 hangaropda · leisurely, peaceful, quiet
• 분주하다 bunjuhada · busy, bustling
• 습관적 seupgwanjeok · habitual
• 뉘우치다 nwiuchida · regret, repent
• 돌이키다 dorikida · turn back; undo; look back on
• 본받다 bonbatda · follow someone’s example
• 명심 myeongsim · keeping in mind (명심하다)
• 맹세 maengse · vow, oath (맹세하다)
• 좌우명 jwaumyeong · motto
• 성취 seongchwi · achievement (성취하다: achieve)
• 기 gi · spirit, energy (기가 죽다)
• 기세 gise · momentum, force, spirit
• 떳떳하다 tteottteotada · clear-conscienced, proud, upright
• 엄하다 eomhada · strict
• 궁금증 gunggeumjeung · curiosity, a question in your mind
• 표시 pyosi · a show, a token (of feeling)
• 전환 jeonhwan · change, switch
• 선하다 seonhada · vivid (in your mind) (눈에 선하다)

sentences

• 바쁘실 테지만 언어 습득 강연에 꼭 참석해 주시기 바랍니다. · We know you must be busy, but please do come to the talk on language acquisition.
• 처음에는 힘들 테지만 곧 익숙해질 거예요. · It’ll probably be hard at first, but you’ll soon get used to it.
• 일요일 오후의 공원은 한가로웠지만 내 마음은 분주했다. · The park was peaceful on Sunday afternoon, but my mind was busy.
• 그는 습관적으로 휴대폰을 확인한다. · He checks his phone out of habit.
• 그는 자신이 저지른 악을 진심으로 뉘우쳤다. · He sincerely repented of the evil he had done.