day 113shape and size

shape and size

Describe shapes, sizes and textures: thin, flat, square, pointed, round, straight or crooked, smooth, soft, roomy or cramped, and give width and layers.

today’s words

• 가느다랗다 ganeudarata · thin, slender, fine
• 납작하다 napjakada · flat
• 네모나다 nemonada · square, rectangular
• 뾰족하다 ppyojokada · pointed, sharp
• 원형 wonhyeong · round, circular (원형 탁자)
• 반듯하다 bandeutada · straight, neat, upright
• 비뚤어지다 bittureojida · to be crooked, slant; go wrong
• 고르다 goreuda · even, regular (치아가 고르다)
• 가지런히 gajireonhi · neatly, in a tidy row
• 매끄럽다 maekkeureopda · smooth, slippery
• 푹신하다 puksinhada · soft, cushiony
• 큼직하다 keumjikada · nice and big, large
• 조그마하다 jogeumahada · small, little
• 비좁다 bijopda · cramped, narrow
• 너비 neobi · width, breadth
• 폭 pok · width (of a road, a river, cloth)
• 겹 gyeop · layer, fold (두 겹)
• 가닥 gadak · strand; (가닥을 잡다) get a grip on
• 다발 dabal · bunch, bundle (꽃 한 다발)
• 투명 tumyeong · transparency (투명하다: clear, see-through)
• 불투명 bultumyeong · opacity (불투명하다: opaque; uncertain)
• 떡 tteok · wide (open), broad (떡 벌어진 어깨)
• 퉁퉁 tungtung · (swell) up, puffy (퉁퉁 붓다)
• 늘어지다 neureojida · to stretch, sag; drag out

sentences

• 그 화가는 가느다란 붓으로 선을 그렸다. · The painter drew lines with a thin brush.
• 베개가 납작해졌다. 잠을 못 자는 악순환이 시작됐다. · My pillow has gone flat. A vicious circle of sleepless nights has begun.
• 책상 위에 네모난 상자가 하나 놓여 있다. · There is a square box on the desk.
• 연필 끝이 너무 뾰족해서 종이가 찢어졌다. · The pencil point was so sharp that it tore the paper.
• 에어로빅을 오래 한 그 운동선수는 어깨가 떡 벌어졌다. · That athlete, who did aerobics for years, has broad shoulders.