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day 40a new government takes office

unit 6 · power & politics

    a new government takes office

    Check what someone said with -는다던가? / -으라던가?, and talk about governments taking office, polls and rallies: 출범, 취임, 지지율, 집회, 중립, 정권.

    today’s words

    • 정권 jeonggwon · government in power, regime
    • 정상화 jeongsanghwa · getting back to normal
    • 정책적 jeongchaekjeok · of policy, policy-based
    • 제도적 jedojeok · institutional, of the system
    • 조치 jochi · measure, step (taken)
    • 좌파 jwapa · the left (in politics)
    • 주권 jugwon · sovereignty
    • 중립 jungnip · neutrality
    • 지배 jibae · rule, domination
    • 지지율 jijiyul · approval rating, support (in polls)
    • 진보 jinbo · progress; the progressives
    • 진보적 jinbojeok · progressive
    • 진흥 jinheung · promotion (of an industry, culture)
    • 집회 jiphoe · rally, (public) gathering
    • 차관 chagwan · vice-minister
    • 첨예하다 cheomyehada · sharp, acute (conflict)
    • 체제 cheje · system, regime
    • 출마 chulma · running (for office)
    • 출범 chulbeom · launch, start (of a government, a body)
    • 취임 chwiim · taking office, inauguration
    • 탄압 tanap · oppression, crackdown
    • 통치 tongchi · rule, government (of a country)

    sentences

    • 선생님이 숙제를 언제까지 내라던가? · Did the teacher say when to hand the homework in?
    • 민준 씨가 오늘 좀 늦는다던가요? · Did Minjun say he’d be a bit late today?
    • 선거 결과에 따라 정권이 바뀔 수도 있다. · Depending on the election result, the government could change.
    • 국회가 다시 열리면서 국정이 정상화되었다. · With the National Assembly sitting again, the business of government returned to normal.
    • 정부는 관광 진흥을 위해 정책적 지원을 늘렸다. · The government increased policy support to promote tourism.