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day 8intuition and common sense

unit 2 · ideas & arguments

    intuition and common sense

    Introduce your own view in a formal way with -건대 (as I see it, as I hope), and talk about intuition, common beliefs and good sense: 직관, 통념, 사리 분별, 타당성, 실마리.

    today’s words

    • 발상 balsang · idea, way of thinking
    • 범주 beomju · category
    • 분간 bungan · telling apart, distinguishing
    • 분별 bunbyeol · discretion, good sense
    • 불분명하다 bulbunmyeonghada · unclear, vague
    • 사고력 sagoryeok · thinking ability, reasoning
    • 사리 sari · reason, good sense
    • 속성 sokseong · attribute, property, nature
    • 수긍 sugeung · agreement, accepting (a point)
    • -시 -si · -시: regarding as (suffix)
    • 실마리 silmari · clue, the first thread
    • 알아채다 arachaeda · notice, realise, catch on
    • 염두 yeomdu · (염두에 두다) keep in mind
    • 영문 yeongmun · (영문을 모르다) have no idea why
    • 예견 yegyeon · foresight, prediction
    • 의식적 uisikjeok · conscious, deliberate
    • 의향 uihyang · intention, willingness
    • 자각 jagak · awareness, realising
    • 직관 jikgwan · intuition
    • 채다 chaeda · notice, sense (a hint)
    • 추상적 chusangjeok · abstract
    • 추정 chujeong · estimate, presumption
    • 타당성 tadangseong · validity, feasibility
    • 타당하다 tadanghada · valid, reasonable, justified
    • 통념 tongnyeom · common belief, received wisdom

    sentences

    • 내가 보건대 이 계획은 타당성이 부족하다. · As I see it, this plan isn’t feasible enough.
    • 생각하건대 그의 판단은 직관에 가까웠다. · To my mind, his judgement was closer to intuition.
    • 바라건대 모두 건강하기를 빈다. · I only hope that everyone stays well.
    • 새로운 발상이 문제 해결의 실마리가 되었다. · A fresh idea gave us the first clue to solving the problem.
    • 이 단어들은 같은 범주에 속한다. · These words belong to the same category.