day 11putting it in writing
unit 2 · ideas & argumentsputting it in writing
Say “rather than …, I’d sooner …” with -을 바에(는), and talk about how a text is built: 서두, 요점, 짜임새, 논리가 정연하다, 명료하다, 모호하다, 상세하다.
today’s words
- 트다 teuda · open (a way); (말을 트다) go casual
- 티격태격하다 tigyeoktaegyeokada · squabble, bicker
- 표명 pyomyeong · expressing (an intention, a position)
- 푸념 punyeom · grumbling, moaning
- 피력 piryeok · stating, expressing (a view)
- 하소연 hasoyeon · pouring out your troubles
- 헐뜯다 heoltteutda · run down, speak ill of
- 화두 hwadu · topic (everyone talks about)
- 간략하다 gallyakada · brief, concise
- 개괄적 gaegwaljeok · general, broad (overview)
- 기술 gisul · description, account (in writing)
- 논설문 nonseolmun · argumentative essay, editorial
- 명료하다 myeongnyohada · clear, lucid
- 모호하다 mohohada · vague, ambiguous
- 상세하다 sangsehada · detailed
- 서두 seodu · opening (of a text, a speech)
- 서신 seosin · letter, correspondence (formal)
- 세밀하다 semilhada · detailed, minute, close
- 열거 yeolgeo · listing, enumerating
- 요점 yojeom · main point, gist
- 일례 illye · an example, one instance
- 전문 jeonmun · full text
- 정연하다 jeongyeonhada · orderly, well-reasoned
- 짜임새 jjaimsae · structure, organisation
sentences
- 대충 쓸 바에는 아예 안 쓰는 게 낫다. · Rather than write it sloppily, you’re better off not writing it at all.
- 포기할 바에는 끝까지 해 보겠다. · Rather than give up, I’ll see it through to the end.
- 논설문은 서두에서 주장을 명료하게 밝혀야 한다. · An argumentative essay must state its claim clearly in the opening.
- 전문가들은 보고서에 요점만 간략하게 정리하라고 권고한다. · Experts advise putting just the main points in a report, briefly.
- 그의 글은 논리가 정연하고 짜임새가 있어서 단연 돋보인다. · His writing is logically ordered and well structured, so it stands out by far.