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day 95sea and water

unit 15 · nature & the land

    sea and water

    Talk about the sea, tides, springs and streams, and tell N따라 (of all days) from N을 따라 (along).

    today’s words

    • 무인도 muindo · uninhabited island
    • 해양 haeyang · ocean, marine
    • 해상 haesang · at sea, maritime
    • 해저 haejeo · seabed, undersea
    • 항구 hanggu · port, harbour
    • 항로 hangno · sea route, shipping lane
    • 썰물 sseolmul · ebb tide, low tide
    • 시냇물 sinaenmul · stream water, a brook
    • 샘 saem · spring (of water)
    • 샘물 saemmul · spring water
    • 물방울 mulbangul · drop of water
    • 고이다 goida · collect, pool (water); well up (tears)
    • 잔잔하다 janjanhada · calm, still (water); gentle
    • 일다 ilda · rise, arise (waves, wind, a dispute)
    • 밀려오다 millyeooda · surge in, wash up, flood in
    • 솟구치다 sotguchida · shoot up, leap up, surge
    • 솟아오르다 sosaoreuda · rise up, soar, well up
    • 수면 sumyeon · surface (of water)
    • 진흙 jinheuk · mud, clay
    • 메마르다 memareuda · dry, parched; heartless
    • 조개 jogae · clam, shellfish
    • 그물 geumul · net (fishing net)
    • 낚다 nakda · catch (a fish), hook

    sentences

    • 오늘따라 바다가 거울처럼 잔잔하다. · Today, of all days, the sea is as calm as a mirror.
    • 그날따라 바람이 세서 배가 항구를 떠나지 못했다. · That day, of all days, the wind was strong and the boat couldn’t leave the port.
    • 바람이 불자 물결이 일기 시작했다. · As the wind blew, waves began to rise.
    • 썰물 때는 진흙 속에서 조개를 잡을 수 있어요. · At low tide you can catch clams in the mud.
    • 아버지와 바닷가에서 물고기를 낚았어요. · I caught fish with my father at the seaside.