스물 = twenty
힘들다 = to be difficult, hard
갈비탕 = galbitang
재학 = being enrolled in school
와 = wow, ooh
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11.05.2019
시월 = October
다 = all, everything, entirely
점점 = gradually, little by little
호수 = lake
수영복 = swimsuit
10.05.2019
영 = zero
식빵 = bread
바뀌다 = to be changed, replaced
부자 = the rich (people)
청바지 = jeans
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09.05.2019
닦다 = to wipe, to brush one’s teeth
말하다 = to speak, to talk
도 = degree
목 = neck
드라마 = drama
08.05.2019
따뜻하다 = to be warm
그저께 = the day before yesterday
외롭다 = to be lonely
무섭다 = to be fearful, to be scared of
무늬 = pattern, prints
07.05.2019
아흔 = ninety
올해 = this year, the current year
알다 = to know, to understand
골프 = golf
부지런하다 = to be diligent
06.05.2019
팔십 = eighty
잔 = cup
오렌지 = orange
여행사 = travel agency, tourist agency
포기하다 = to give up
05.05.2019
성공하다 = to succeed
목소리 = voice
구하다 = to obtain, to get
게 = crab
동창 = alumnus, colleague
~지만
지만 can often be translated as ‘even though’ in English. It is added to the stem of verbs, adjectives and the copula 이다.
- Examples:
나는 음식을 좋아하지만 먹을 수 없다. / Even though I like food, I can’t eat.
나는 그 옷을 좋아하지만 살 수 없다. / Even though I like the dress, I can’t buy it.
- Vocabulary:
나 = me, I
음식 = food
좋아하다 = to like
먹다 = to eat
그 = that, those
옷 = clothes, dress
사다 = to buy
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