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day 61mourning and inheritance

unit 9 · family, tradition & history

    mourning and inheritance

    Understand the old hao style -(으)오 (어서 오시오, 걱정 마오) in letters, dramas and signs, and talk about mourning, wills and heritage: 유언, 유서, 조문객, 조의, 추모, 이어받다, 계승, 국보.

    today’s words

    • 유골 yugol · remains, ashes
    • 유서 yuseo · (written) will; farewell note
    • 유언 yueon · last words, last wishes
    • 의례적 uiryejeok · formal, perfunctory
    • 이어받다 ieobatda · inherit, take over, carry on
    • 장인 jangin · craftsman, master
    • 전래 jeollae · handed down (from old times)
    • 전파 jeonpa · spread (of culture, religion)
    • 점 jeom · fortune-telling
    • 조문 jomun · condolence call
    • 조문객 jomungaek · mourner (visiting to condole)
    • 조의 joui · condolences
    • 초가집 chogajip · thatched(-roof) house
    • 추모 chumo · remembrance, commemoration
    • 팔자 palja · destiny, lot in life
    • 행렬 haengnyeol · procession, parade
    • 행진 haengjin · march, parade
    • 흉하다 hyunghada · ill-omened; ugly, unsightly
    • 계승 gyeseung · succession, carrying on
    • 관직 gwanjik · government post (in old times)
    • 광복 gwangbok · liberation (of Korea, 1945)
    • 국보 gukbo · national treasure
    • 국왕 gugwang · king, monarch

    sentences

    • (옛 편지) 내가 세상을 떠나면 유골은 고향의 가족 묘지에 묻어 주오. · (an old letter) When I die, bury my remains in the family grave in my home town.
    • 장례식장에는 하루 종일 조문객의 발길이 이어졌다. · Mourners came to the funeral hall all day long.
    • 많은 시민이 조문을 와서 고인의 가족에게 조의를 전했다. · Many citizens came to pay their respects and offered their condolences to the family.
    • 시민들은 사고로 세상을 떠난 사람들을 추모하며 조용히 행진했다. · Citizens marched in silence in memory of those who died in the accident.
    • (사극에서) 장례 행렬이 지나가는 중이니 모두 길을 비켜 주시오. · (in a period drama) The funeral procession is passing: everyone, make way.