day 109little everyday things

little everyday things

Talk about small everyday moments: steamed-up glasses, laundry caught in the rain, splashing water, snuggling under the duvet, tossing and turning, counting the days, and calling someone out or in.

today’s words

• 불러내다 bulleonaeda · to call (someone) out
• 불러들이다 bulleodeurida · to call in, summon
• 놓아주다 noajuda · to let go, release
• 띄우다 ttuiuda · to float, set afloat
• 적시다 jeoksida · to wet, soak
• 서리다 seorida · to steam up, mist up (김이 서리다)
• 부풀다 bupulda · to swell, rise; be full (of hope)
• 파고들다 pagodeulda · to snuggle into; dig into
• 파묻다 pamutda · to bury (your face in)
• 튀기다 twigida · to splash, flick (물을 튀기다)
• 흐리다 heurida · to muddy, spoil (분위기를 흐리다)
• 묵다 mukda · to get old, stale (묵은 때)
• 맞히다 machida · to let (something) get rained on (비를 맞히다)
• 쏙 ssok · (go in) neatly, snugly; deeply
• 살며시 salmyeosi · softly, gently, quietly
• 껍데기 kkeopdegi · shell, husk, outer casing
• 판 pan · board, plate (to carve or write on)
• 손꼽다 sonkkopda · to count on your fingers (손꼽아 기다리다)
• 뒤척이다 dwicheogida · to toss and turn

sentences

• 친구가 밤늦게 전화해서 나를 밖으로 불러냈다. · A friend phoned late at night and called me out.
• 비가 오자 할머니가 아이들을 집 안으로 불러들이셨다. · When it started raining, Grandma called the children indoors.
• 낚시로 잡은 작은 물고기는 다시 강에 놓아주었다. · We let the little fish we’d caught go back into the river.
• 빗방울이 툭툭 떨어져 내 옷을 다 적셨다. · Raindrops pattered down and soaked my clothes.
• 따뜻한 방에 들어오자 안경에 김이 서렸다. · As soon as I came into the warm room, my glasses steamed up.