Although my electronics and games are all still in Korean, and it’s a natural pick for recipes and audio stories, it’s been about a year since I did some actual studying. I took this challenge and the new GI update as a nice opprtunity to get back into it. I kept a little log of words and characters I was unsure about and picked one to memorise daily! since i also need to practice english here’s a little
mildly random vocab list ~ + a few characters
1 | 鎖 쇠(金)인데 작은(小) 조개(貝) 같은 것은?
쇠사슬 쇄 ; was bound to come up, in a story about a locked up mine.
Here’s a few examples of it that come up relatively often.
- 봉쇄 封鎖 | a blockade, sealed up, on lockdown
- 폐쇄 閉鎖 | closure, shutdown, close off
- 쇄국 / 쇄항 | national isolation / closed off ports like in Inazuma; 이나즈마 쇄국령 폐지
- 연쇄 連鎖 | chain(reaction), link, serial
- 철쇄 鐵鎖 | 쇠사슬, iron lock / chain
2 | 재촉하다 어떤 일을 빨리하도록 조르다
to urge, to prod, force or hurry someone into doing sth
seemed like a useful word irl
3 | 징조 재앙의 징조 , 어떤 일 이 생길 조짐
I was surprised I didn’t know this one ! there’s no way it hasn’t come up before. That’s 徵 부를 징 + 兆 조 조
4 | 表 옷()에서 흙(土)이 묻는 쪽은?
겉 표. another one that just seemed good to know. a few common ones:
- 표면 表面 | 겉면 surface.
- 표피 表皮 | ( outer layer of ) skin , epidermis, like cuticles mostly
- 표지 表示 | ( book - ) cover, binding. used in the photography event a lot as well !!
- 표현 表現 | express, articulate
5 | 거칠다 (표면이 / 언행이) | rough, uneven, coarse, tough, harsh
mainly added this one in bc it was used twice within one dialogue, once concerning stone / surface, once concerning someone’s manner of speech/
6 | 추궁하다 | 잘못한 일에 대하여 엄하게 따져서 밝히다
interrogate, question throrougly. can also be used 책임을- hold accountable, which would make sense in this context.
7 | 휘두르다 | swing / wield a sword, weapon or fist or a pen !
also 폭력을- exert violence. Context was the photography challenge, have a Liyue character swing their sword violently i guess lol
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Now that seven days are over I might as well keep going. As I didn’t end up getting my level 6 , I might as well make it a goal for next year !
On this new post you can listen to 5 different people talking about their first impressions of a new place they are visiting.
You have the key to the exercises as well as the recording script at the end of the document.
http://www.ivoox.com/player_ej_9138302_2_1.html?data=mpagmpiUdo6ZmKiakpmJd6KmlJKSmaiRdo6ZmKiakpKJe6ShkZKSmaiRhpOfjpCzy9vJb67jz9TZ0czZqdShhpywj6%2FFusqfosySpZiJhqTZ08…
On this post you can find the listening comprehension exercise from unit 1 on our books. As usual, you can find the transcript at the end of the document.
