day 94the lie of the land

the lie of the land

Describe the land: mountains, passes, plains, cliffs and caves, and give examples with N(이)라든가.

today’s words

• 지리 jiri · geography; the lie of the land
• 지형 jihyeong · terrain, landform
• 지명 jimyeong · place name
• 대륙 daeryuk · continent
• 한반도 hanbando · the Korean Peninsula
• 고원 gowon · plateau, highland
• 평지 pyeongji · flat ground, level land
• 초원 chowon · grassland, meadow
• 들 deul · field, open country
• 들판 deulpan · (wide) fields, plain
• 산골 sangol · mountain village, the remote hills
• 고개 gogae · (mountain) pass, hill road
• 절벽 jeolbyeok · cliff
• 암벽 ambyeok · rock face
• 동굴 donggul · cave
• 정상 jeongsang · summit, top (of a mountain)
• 강산 gangsan · rivers and mountains; the land
• 한적하다 hanjeokada · quiet, peaceful, secluded
• 탐험 tamheom · exploration
• 뒤덮다 dwideopda · cover (all over)
• 휘날리다 hwinallida · flutter, wave (strongly)
• 흩날리다 heunnallida · scatter, flutter about

sentences

• 지리 시간에 한반도의 지형을 배웠다. · In geography class we learned about the landforms of the Korean peninsula.
• 한국은 산이 많아서 평지가 적은 편이다. · Korea has a lot of mountains, so there is fairly little flat land.
• 높은 고원은 한여름에도 시원하다. · High plateaus are cool even in midsummer.
• 몽골에는 끝없는 초원이 펼쳐져 있다. · Endless grasslands stretch out in Mongolia.
• 봄이 되면 농부들이 들에 나간다. · When spring comes, the farmers go out into the fields.