day 24bonanzas and bankruptcies

bonanzas and bankruptcies

Say “even if …, what difference would it make?” with -은들 and N인들, and talk about booms and bankruptcies: 부도, 부진, 대박, 대목, 담보, 보조금, 독점.

today’s words

• 인들 indeul · N인들: even (if it is) N
• 단가 danga · unit price
• 단돈 dandon · just, a mere (sum)
• 담보 dambo · security, collateral
• 대금 daegeum · payment, charge (for goods, work)
• 대목 daemok · peak season; passage (of a text)
• 대박 daebak · a big hit, the jackpot
• 덤 deom · extra, freebie
• 독점 dokjeom · monopoly; exclusive
• 물리다 mullida · return, take back (goods)
• 물자 mulja · supplies, goods
• 번성 beonseong · flourishing, thriving
• 번영 beonyeong · prosperity
• 번창 beonchang · prospering (of a business)
• 벤처 bencheo · venture, start-up (company)
• 보유 boyu · holding, owning
• 보조금 bojogeum · subsidy, grant
• 보태다 botaeda · add to, chip in
• 본전 bonjeon · (본전도 못 찾다) not even get your money back
• 부도 budo · (부도가 나다) go bankrupt, bounce
• 부도나다 budonada · go bankrupt, bounce
• 부진 bujin · slump, poor results
• 분기 bungi · quarter (of a year)

sentences

• 1분기 실적이 기대보다 부진했다. · First-quarter results were weaker than expected.
• 설날 대목을 맞아 시장이 손님들로 붐볐다. · With the New Year rush on, the market was packed with shoppers.
• 그 가게는 단돈 천 원에 김밥을 판다. · That shop sells gimbap for a mere thousand won.
• 집을 담보로 은행에서 돈을 빌렸다. · We borrowed money from the bank against the house.
• 공사 대금을 아직 받지 못했다. · We still haven’t been paid for the building work.