day 38democracy and dictatorship
unit 6 · power & politicsdemocracy and dictatorship
Say what someone meant to do with -는다고 (돕는다고 한 일), and talk about democracy, dictatorship and parties: 민주화, 독재, 선출, 사퇴, 분열.
today’s words
- 권한 gwonhan · authority, power (to do)
- 규제 gyuje · regulation, restriction
- 기권 gigwon · abstention; withdrawal
- 당 dang · (political) party
- 당락 dangnak · winning or losing (an election)
- 대북 daebuk · towards North Korea
- 대항 daehang · standing up to, opposing
- 도립 dorip · provincial, run by the province
- 독재 dokjae · dictatorship
- 독재자 dokjaeja · dictator
- 민간 mingan · private, civilian (not the state)
- 민족주의 minjokjuui · nationalism
- 민주 minju · democracy, democratic
- 민주적 minjujeok · democratic
- 민주화 minjuhwa · democratisation
- 방침 bangchim · policy, line, plan
- 분열 bunyeol · split, division
- 사퇴 satoe · resignation (from a post)
- 사회주의 sahoejuui · socialism
- 산하 sanha · under, affiliated to
- 선동적 seondongjeok · inflammatory, rabble-rousing
- 선출 seonchul · election, being chosen (by vote)
sentences
- 돕는다고 한 일이 오히려 방해가 되었다. · What I did to help actually got in the way.
- 그는 살을 뺀다고 저녁을 굶다가 병이 났다. · He skipped dinner to lose weight and ended up ill.
- 이번 선거는 젊은 층의 투표가 당락을 좌우할 것이다. · In this election, the young vote will decide who wins.
- 기권도 하나의 의사 표현이라고 주장하는 사람도 있다. · Some people argue that abstaining is also a way of expressing your view.
- 민주 사회에서는 국민이 민주적인 절차를 통해 대표를 선출한다. · In a democratic society, the people choose their representatives through democratic procedures.