day 110on the road

on the road

Talk about vehicles, drivers and journeys: big and small cars, vans, the first train or bus, braking, economy seats, sending things by post or by plane, and lost property.

today’s words

• 대형차 daehyeongcha · large vehicle (bus, lorry)
• 소형차 sohyeongcha · small car, compact car
• 승합차 seunghapcha · van, minibus
• 운전자 unjeonja · driver
• 브레이크 beureikeu · brake (브레이크를 밟다)
• 첫차 cheotcha · the first train or bus (of the day)
• 호프 hopeu · pub, beer hall (호프집)
• 포장마차 pojangmacha · covered street stall (food at night)
• 습득 seupdeuk · finding (lost property) (분실물 습득)
• 편 pyeon · by (a means of transport) (택배 편으로)
• 내용물 naeyongmul · contents (of a box, a bag)
• 낙서 nakseo · doodle, graffiti, scribble
• 금 geum · crack (금이 가다)
• 똑똑 ttokttok · knock knock; drip drip
• 헛걸음 heotgeoreum · a wasted trip (헛걸음하다)
• 구르다 gureuda · to stamp (your feet) (발을 구르다)
• 일반석 ilbanseok · economy (seat, class)

sentences

• 좁은 골목에는 대형차가 들어갈 수 없다. · Large vehicles can’t get into narrow alleys.
• 버스를 놓칠까 봐 팔짱을 낀 채 발을 동동 굴렀다. · Arms folded, I was stamping my feet, afraid I’d miss the bus.
• 우리는 아홉 명이라서 승합차를 한 대 빌렸다. · There were nine of us, so we hired a van.
• 운전자는 출발하기 전에 브레이크부터 체계적으로 확인해야 한다. · Before they set off, drivers must check everything systematically, starting with the brakes.
• 인문계 고등학생인 동생은 첫차를 타려고 일찍 일어난다. · My brother, at an academic high school, gets up early to catch the first bus.