CHAPTER 9

Question 1

to tell
to convey
to deliver

Answer 1

전하다

Common Usages:
전해오다 = to pass down

Notes: This word can be used when handing something from one person to another. When used like this, the translation of “deliver” is usually appropriate.

For example:
그 용돈을 아이에게 전해 주세요 = Please give/hand/deliver this allowance/money to the child

It is also used for “words” that are handed from one person to another. When used like this, the translation of “convey” is usually appropriate. For example:

그가 저에게 무슨 말을 전했는지 기억이 안 나요
= I don’t remember what that person told (conveyed to) me

거실을 깨끗하게 정리하고 엄마한테 진심으로 감사하다는 말을 전했다
= We organized the living room (cleanly), and thanked mom from the bottom of our hearts

마음을 전하다 means “tell somebody one’s feeling”

Question 2

to get a job

Answer 2

취직하다

언제 취직할 거예요?
when are you getting a job?

취직했어?
Have you got a job?

Question 3

soon

Answer 3

곧
금방

곧 vs 금방

you can use 금방 both past, presentand future

but you can use 곧 just future

‘방금’ is more often used for past, and ‘금방’ is more widely used for the future, they both can mean short time preceding, or following the current moment (often interchangeable).

(Interestingly, 今 means ‘now’, and 方 means ‘direction’, hence in the word 방금, the direction is left of now, and in 금방 it is pointing towards the right which is often associated with future.)

‘곧 갈게’ sounds like ‘ i will get there and it will take some time ( not much time )
곧” sounds like you can get there soon but not right away

and if you say ‘금방 갈게’ it sounds ‘ i will get there right now or as soon as possible’
“금방” can be used in the situation that you are able to get there fast
금방 - soon, in a short amount of time, quckly

Question 4

traffic accident

Answer 4

교통사고가 나다

어제 교통 사고가 있었어요
there was a traffic accident yesterday

Question 5

monthly paycheck/salary

Answer 5

월급

월(month)급 monthly pay

Question 6

to have a low salary

Answer 6

월급이 적다

나는 월급이 적다
i have a small monthly salary

작다 : small in size/volume

적다 : small in quantity

Question 7

take a semester off

Answer 7

한 학기를 쉬다

Question 8

to keep doing something

to continue

Answer 8

계속하다

계속하다”, you can use it when you keep doing sth continuously (in this case, it is the synonym of continue) or you can even use it when you re-start doing sth after break.

for 연속하다, you can say it when one/thing keeps doing sth without stop as i mentioned above.
in short, the word “Continue” means both 연속하다, 계속하다 in korean, and they are very similar. but slightly different in nuance.

계속 = you can stop and do it again
연속 = you can't stop and keep on

Question 9

to be on sale

Answer 9

세일하다

Question 10

express bus

Answer 10

고속버스

Question 11

bus driver

Answer 11

버스 기사

Question 12

terminal

Answer 12

터미널

Question 13

ㅌ.

Answer 13

바로 그 때

Question 14

to start talking with someone

to start a conversarion

Answer 14

말을 걸다

It means “to start talking with someone”

For example,
A :Hey, What’s up? (At the moment, we can say “A가 B에게 말을 걸었습니다” meaning A starts talking with B)
B :blah blah

-한테 말을 걸다

저 잘생긴 남자한테 말을 걸어요
talk to that handsome guy

Question 15

to hang up the phone

Answer 15

전화를 끊다

Question 16

ㅗ

Answer 16

한 마디도 못했습니다

Question 17

ㅗ

Answer 17

연기되다

Question 18

to make a phone call

Answer 18

전화를 걸다
전화하다

전화를 걸다
* This refers to the action of dialing or pressing the buttons on the phone.

전화를 하다 means talking on the phone.
also 전화를 하다 can sometimes be used as to make a phone call.
first meaning is more usual.
more used

Question 19

to receive a phone call

to get a phone call

Answer 19

전화를 받다

Question 20

honorific word for 말하다

Answer 20

말씀하다

Question 21

to exchange

Answer 21

교환하다

Question 22

to change (active)
to be changed (passive)

Answer 22

d

Question 23

annual income

Answer 23

연봉

Question 23

wage

Answer 23

임금

means wage, and it’s very formal sounding; it may be used by policy-makers and researchers, for example

Question 23

salary

Answer 23

봉금 vs 급여

봉급 refers to general salaries, but that term feels old and I don’t think it’s in wide use now

급여 is another term the employers use to refer to salaries and you can use that when you’re talking about jobs. e.g. 거기 급여 좋아? Does it pay well there?

Question 24

to hang up (a phone call)

Answer 24

전화를 끊다