day 58family ties
unit 9 · family, tradition & historyfamily ties
Understand an older speaker’s hage-style statements (-네: 나도 그렇게 생각하네), and talk about family ties: 가훈, 맏형, 뒷바라지, 부양, 불화, 상봉, 수발.
today’s words
- 가훈 gahun · family motto
- 고인 goin · the deceased, the late (person)
- 과부 gwabu · widow
- 기리다 girida · honour, pay tribute to
- 노부부 nobubu · elderly couple
- 누이 nui · (older) sister (a man’s word)
- 단란하다 dallanhada · happy and close (of a family)
- 뒷바라지 dwitbaraji · looking after, support (from behind)
- 마누라 manura · (my) wife, missus (old-fashioned)
- 맏형 mathyeong · the eldest brother
- 모유 moyu · breast milk
- 미혼모 mihonmo · single (unmarried) mother
- 보호자 bohoja · guardian; next of kin
- 부양 buyang · supporting (a family)
- 분유 bunyu · formula (milk powder for babies)
- 불화 bulhwa · discord, quarrel (in a family)
- 불효자 bulhyoja · undutiful child
- 산모 sanmo · new mother; woman giving birth
- 상봉 sangbong · reunion
- 생사 saengsa · life and death; whether someone is alive
- 성장기 seongjanggi · childhood, the growing years
- 수발 subal · looking after (someone ill or old)
- 시중 sijung · waiting on, looking after
- 아비 abi · father (old or plain word)
sentences
- 할아버지 때부터 내려온 가훈이 지금도 거실에 걸려 있다. · The family motto handed down from my grandfather’s day still hangs in the living room.
- 가족들은 해마다 고인의 생일에 모여 그분의 뜻을 기린다. · Every year the family gathers on his birthday to honour the late man’s wishes.
- 예전에는 젊은 나이에 과부가 되어 홀로 자식을 키운 여성이 많았다. · In the past, many women were widowed young and raised their children alone.
- (할머니가 손녀 사위에게) 공원에서 노부부 한 쌍이 손을 꼭 잡고 앉아 있는 걸 봤네. · (a grandmother to her granddaughter’s husband) In the park I saw an elderly couple sitting holding hands tightly.
- (할아버지가 손자에게) 아무리 단란한 가정이라도 작은 불화는 생기기 마련이네. · (a grandfather to his grandson) Even in the happiest home, small quarrels are bound to happen.