day 1barely, gladly, at last

barely, gladly, at last

Pass on news, claims and plans with -는다는 N (the news that …), and use the stance adverbs that make Korean sound grown-up: 가까스로, 가뜩이나, 기필코, 구태여.

today’s words

• 가까스로 gakkaseuro · barely, only just (with effort)
• 가뜩이나 gatteugina · as it is, already (and now this)
• 가령 garyeong · for example, say, suppose
• 가히 gahi · truly, well (may be called)
• 각기 gakgi · each, respectively
• 각별히 gakbyeolhi · specially, with particular care
• 감쪽같이 gamjjokgachi · without a trace, perfectly (unnoticed)
• 갓 gat · just, freshly (done)
• 거듭 geodeup · again and again, repeatedly
• 거침없이 geochimeopsi · without hesitation, smoothly
• 걸핏하면 geolpitamyeon · at the drop of a hat, all too often
• 고루 goru · evenly, equally
• 고스란히 goseuranhi · intact, untouched, all of it
• 고요히 goyohi · quietly, calmly, still
• 공연히 gongyeonhi · for nothing, needlessly
• 과감히 gwagamhi · boldly, decisively
• 구태여 gutaeyeo · go out of your way to, bother to
• 그나저나 geunajeona · anyway, by the way
• 급기야 geupgiya · in the end, eventually (it came to that)
• 기꺼이 gikkeoi · gladly, willingly
• 기껏 gikkeot · at most; after all that (effort)
• 기어이 gieoi · at all costs, insisting (in the end)
• 기어코 gieoko · no matter what, at last
• 기필코 gipilko · without fail, by all means

sentences

• 버스가 늦게 와서 가까스로 아홉 시에 맞췄어요. · The bus came late, so I only just made it by nine.
• 가뜩이나 바쁜데 부장님이 같은 질문을 거듭 하셨어요. · I was busy enough already, and the department head kept asking the same question.
• 안나 씨가 과장이 됐다는 소식을 들었어요. · I heard the news that Anna has become a manager.
• 가령 고객이 갑자기 일정을 바꾼다면 어떻게 하시겠어요? · Say a customer suddenly changes the schedule: what would you do?
• 사람마다 생각이 각기 다르다는 사실을 잊지 마세요. · Don’t forget that everyone thinks differently.