day 80standing together

standing together

Say “if you keep on …, (in time) …” with -노라면 (살다 보노라면 좋은 날도 온다), and talk about solidarity and exclusion: 단결, 동참, 동등, 빈곤, 독거노인, 민간단체, 따돌리다, 배타적.

today’s words

• 깃발 gitbal · flag, banner
• 낙후 nakhu · falling behind, underdevelopment (낙후되다)
• 남녀평등 namnyeopyeongdeung · equality of men and women
• 노령 noryeong · old age
• 단결 dangyeol · unity, solidarity (단결하다)
• 대원 daewon · member (of a team, an expedition)
• 독거노인 dokgeonoin · older person living alone
• 돈독하다 dondokada · close, warm (of a friendship)
• 동등 dongdeung · equality (동등하다)
• 동성 dongseong · same sex (동성 친구)
• 동질성 dongjilseong · homogeneity, sameness
• 동참 dongcham · joining in, taking part (동참하다)
• 등지다 deungjida · turn your back on, fall out with
• 따돌리다 ttadollida · leave out, ostracise
• 무리 muri · group, crowd, herd
• 민간단체 mingandanche · civic group, NGO
• 반목 banmok · feud, hostility (반목하다)
• 배타적 baetajeok · exclusive, closed to others
• 벗 beot · friend (literary)
• 보답 bodap · repaying, reward (보답하다)
• 보육원 boyugwon · children’s home, orphanage
• 복리 bongni · welfare, well-being
• 복종 bokjong · obedience (복종하다)
• 빈곤 bingon · poverty

sentences

• 정부는 경제성만 따지지 않고 낙후 지역의 개발에 힘쓰고 있다. · The government is working to develop the underdeveloped regions without looking only at the economics.
• 남녀평등은 이제 당연한 가치가 되었다. · Gender equality has now become a value we take for granted.
• 노령 인구를 위한 복리 제도를 늘려야 한다. · We need to expand welfare schemes for the elderly population.
• 위기 때일수록 건전한 비판과 국민의 단결이 필요하다. · Times of crisis are exactly when a nation needs healthy criticism and needs to stand together.
• 모든 시민은 법 앞에 동등하다. · All citizens are equal before the law.