day 105step by step

step by step

Describe how people and animals walk, run and move: strolling, toddling, tiptoeing, rushing out in a crowd, and stepping out for the first time.

today’s words

• 거닐다 geonilda · to stroll, wander
• 걸음걸이 georeumgeori · gait, the way you walk
• 도보 dobo · walking, on foot (도보로)
• 내딛다 naeditda · to step out, take a step (첫발을 내딛다)
• 디디다 didida · to step on, set foot (발을 디디다)
• 헛디디다 heotdidida · to miss your footing, misstep
• 발짝 baljjak · step (counter: 한 발짝)
• 뒷걸음 dwitgeoreum · stepping back (뒷걸음을 치다)
• 깡충깡충 kkangchungkkangchung · hopping, bounding (rabbit-like)
• 아장아장 ajangajang · toddling (a small child’s steps)
• 살금살금 salgeumsalgeum · stealthily, on tiptoe
• 서성이다 seoseongida · to pace about, hang around
• 줄짓다 juljitda · to stand in a line (줄지어)
• 우르르 ureureu · in a rush, in a crowd (우르르 몰려오다)
• 뛰어오다 ttwieooda · to come running
• 뛰쳐나가다 ttwicheonagada · to dash out, rush out (away)
• 뛰쳐나오다 ttwicheonaoda · to dash out, burst out (towards you)
• 들락거리다 deullakgeorida · to keep going in and out
• 들어앉다 deureoanda · to sit (yourself) down inside, settle in
• 다다르다 dadareuda · to reach, arrive at (a place, a stage)
• 뜨다 tteuda · to leave (a place, your seat) (자리를 뜨다)
• 동동 dongdong · bobbing (on water); stamping (발을 동동)

sentences

• 정월 대보름 밤에는 고궁 근처 골목을 천천히 거닐고 싶다. · On the night of the first full moon of the lunar year, I’d like to stroll slowly through the alleys near the old palace.
• 할아버지는 걸음걸이만 봐도 누군지 알 수 있다. · You can tell it’s Grandad just from the way he walks.
• 이 동네는 도보로 한 시간이면 다 둘러볼 수 있어요. · You can see the whole neighbourhood in an hour on foot.
• 무슨 일이든 첫발을 내딛기가 가장 어렵다. · Whatever you do, the first step is the hardest.
• 어두운 계단에서 발을 헛디뎌서 넘어질 뻔했어요. · I missed my footing on the dark stairs and nearly fell.