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Character Story:

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Vocabulary:

餘裕                     여유                     ease      

surplus x plenty

                             여유                     margin (of time, space, money)  

                             -ㄹ 여유가 있다/없다    to be (un)able to afford to -        

                             여유 있다           to be calm, composed    

*餘裕滿滿          여유만만하다   to be composed, relaxed              

surplus x plenty x completely

*富裕                   부유                     wealthy

rich x plenty

富裕層                 부유층                 wealthy class    

rich x plenty x class

*裕福                   유복                     opulence (affluence)      

plenty x good fortune

*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.

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Korean Grammar -기로 하다/했다 - decide to do..

Notes - 메모

When you want to say that you decided to do something, this is your grammatical pattern. For the meaning of to decide to do something, you have to use the past tense - 했다 since the decision was already made. When you use just the present tense form of 하다 you can make a suggestion or a promise to do something with someone else just like the pattern -(으)ㅂ시다.

This pattern is always used with action verbs. If you want, you can use the verb 결정하다 (to decide) instead of 하다. While doing this, the sentence becomes more direct. 

Grammar - 문법

(very easy and straightforward)

Verb Stem (action verb) + 기로 하다/했다

Sample sentences / 보기

저는 다음 주에 가족을 방문하기로 했어요. I decided to visit my family next week.

운동을 더 하기로 했어요. I decided to work out more.

이제부터 한국어를 더 열심히 공부하기로 했어요. I decided to study korean harder from now on.

우리 내년에 서울에 여행하기로 했어요. We decided to travel to Seoul next year.

운동을 더 하기로 했는데 실패했어요. I decided to work out more, but I failed it.

우리 나중에 쇼핑몰에서 만나기로 했어요. We decided to meet at the shopping mall later.

이제부터 책을 더 읽기로 했어요. I decided to read more books from now on.

원래 우리는 라면을 먹기로 했는데 비빔밥을 먹게 됐어요. We originally decided to eat ramen, but we ended up eating bibimbap.

어제 새로운 문법을 배웠는데 너무 어려워서 오늘 다시 복습하기로 했어요. I learned new grammar yesterday but because it’s difficult i decided to review again today.

resources: Talk To Me In Korean, How to study Korean, different blogs and online resources, youtube, textbooks

Disclaimer: I’m not a native Korean speaker. I learn Korean by myself. If there are any mistakes please let me know so I can correct it. 감사합니다!

[aja-aja-hanja]

Character Story:

If you 炎 warm  氵  water until it boils, you get a bright and cleansing steam.

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Vocabulary:

冷淡      냉담      cold behavior     

cold x clear

淡水      담수      clean water        

clear x water

*淡白      담백      fresh, light          

clear x white

*淡淡      담담      clear hearted, without greed      

clear x clear

**談 + color            담+        light, bright color             

clear --

淡彩畵  담채화  lightly done watercolor  

clear x watercolor

淡味      담미      light flavor          

clear x flavor

*can be used with 하다  to make a verb form

**must be used with chinese (Sino-korean) color names: 

(ie) 담흑, 담녹, 담자, 담홍, 담황 

bright black. bright green, bright purple,. bright red,. bright yellow

[aja-aja-hanja]

Character Story:

Hotly 炎 spoken words 言 , or words 言 that are said with fire/passion 炎. 

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Vocabulary:

*會談      회담      parley, a talk      

meeting x talk

*眞談      진담      serious talk         

true x takl

*雜談      잡담      chit-chat             

 mixed x talk

*淫談悖說            음담패설            obscene jokes    

obscene x talk x perverse x talk

*相談      상담      consultation       

mutual x talk

*弄談      농담      joke       

play x talk

*險談      험담      slander  

rough x talk

*壯膽      장담      assurance, guarantee      

robust x talk

俗談      속담      proverb 

common x talk

*can add 하다 to make a verb form

[aja-aja-hanja]

Character Story:

As seen above, 谷 is actually a pictoral representation of a valley in the middle of three mountains. 

While there are not a lot of vocabulary words with 곡 in them, it is frequently used in place names and is also a 부수 radical.

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Character Story:

to 出 exit a 尸  cave (low roof), you must bend your back. 

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Vocabulary:

屈曲      굴곡      bend, curve        

bend x bend

*屈折    굴절      refraction            

bend x break

*屈服    굴복      submission          

bend x submit

*卑屈    비굴하다            to be servile        

low x bend

*屈        굴하다  to give in             

bend

屈辱      굴욕      humiliation          

bend x insult

*can be used with 하다 to make a verb form.

[aja-aja-hanja]

Character Story:

One story behind the character for 南 남 south is that it historically was used to mean bell. The form of the character is very similar in appearance to the ancient Chinese bell, now referred to as 鐘 [zhong(1)].

Supposedly these bells were typically hung in the south of a building, hence gaining the  meaning of south as time passed.

From the Met Collection (early 5th c BC) 

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Vocabulary:

南쪽      남쪽      southern side

south x side (K)

南部      남부      southern part

south x portion

南大門  남대문  South Gate of Seoul

south x big x gate

南美      남미      South America

south x America (also: beauty)

南北      남북      south and north

south x north

南韓      남한      South Korea

south x Korea

*越南      월남      defection to South

cross over x south

*南侵      남침      invasion of the South

south x invade

南向      남향      southern exposure (home)

south x to face

南方      남방      southern region

south x direction

以南      이남      (from the) south, South Korea

from x south

*하다 can be added to create a verb