day 37campaign promises

campaign promises

Say “but” in the older, literary way with -지마는 / -다마는, and talk about candidates, pledges and fair elections: 공약, 공방, 공정성, 개표, 개입.

today’s words

• 마는 maneun · (-지마는, -다마는) but (literary)
• 강압 gangap · coercion, force
• 강행 ganghaeng · pushing through, going ahead regardless
• 개입 gaeip · intervention, interference
• 개표 gaepyo · vote counting, the count
• 견제 gyeonje · check, keeping in check
• 결의 gyeorui · resolution (of a meeting)
• 고위 gowi · high-ranking
• 공권력 gonggwonnyeok · state power, the authority of the state
• 공방 gongbang · wrangling, exchange of attacks
• 공산주의 gongsanjuui · communism
• 공약 gongyak · (election) pledge, promise
• 공정 gongjeong · fairness, fair
• 공정성 gongjeongseong · fairness, impartiality
• 공직 gongjik · public office
• 관료 gwallyo · bureaucrat, (senior) official
• 관리 gwalli · (government) official (historical)
• 관여 gwanyeo · involvement, having a hand in
• 구호 guho · slogan
• 국가적 gukgajeok · national, of the nation
• 국무총리 gungmuchongni · prime minister
• 국민적 gungminjeok · national, of the whole people
• 국정 gukjeong · state affairs, government

sentences

• 공약은 좋지마는 지킬 수 있을지는 의문이다. · The pledges are fine, but whether they can be kept is another matter.
• 고맙다마는 이번에는 내 힘으로 해 보겠다. · Thank you, but this time I’ll do it on my own.
• 후보들은 새 공약을 내놓았건만 국민적 반응은 차가웠다. · The candidates put forward new pledges, and yet the public response was cool.
• 공약을 많이 한들 지키지 않으면 무슨 소용이 있겠는가. · What use are lots of pledges if they aren’t kept?
• 정부는 반대 여론에도 불구하고 개혁을 강행했다. · The government pushed the reform through despite public opposition.