Story 2 Flashcards
동현이는 겨울 휴가가 기다려져요.
Donghyun is looking forward to winter vacation.
겨울 휴가 - Winter vacation/holiday
겨울 - winter
휴가가 - Holiday/vacation
기다리다 - To wait/to look forward
기다려지다 IS the passive torm. -어지다 IS
added to the verb stem to indicate that the action happens passively often without conscious effort
그는 겨울에 휴가가 있어요.
He has a vacation in the winter.
이 주 동안 일을 하지 않아도 되어요.
He (you or smth else) doesn’t have to work for two weeks.
이 주 - 이 - 2 in sino-korean numbering system
주 - week
이 주 동안 - For the duration of/for (two weeks)
일을 하다 - To work (일 is work)
되어요 from 되다 - It is okay, it is allowed from to become or to be okay
하지만 그는 어디로 가야 할지 몰라요.
But he doesn’t know where to go.
어디로 - 어디 - where and it is an interrogative pronoun asking for the location or destination
-로 is a directional particle meaning “to” or “toward”
가야 from 가다 - To go with -야, which indicated necessity or obligation (must go, should go)
-지 마르다 - Construction which expresses uncertainty or lack of knowledge
마르다 - To not know, to be unaware
동현이는 프랑스에 가고싶어해요.
Donghyun wants to go to France.
가고싶어해요 - Wants to go
Consists of:
1. 가다
2. 싶다 - to want
하지만 프랑스는 비싸요.
But France is expensive.
비싸요 from 비싸다 - To be expensive
비행기 표가 정말 비싸요.
Plane tickets are really expensive.
비행기 - Airplane from (비행 - flight, 기 -machine)
표 - Ticket
그리고 동현이는 프랑스어를 할 줄 몰라요.
And Donghyun doesn’t know how to speak French.
프랑스어 -어 - language or -ese. In this case french
할 줄 - How to do, indicates the ability or skill in doing something - here, speaking french (줄 literally means way or method)
몰라요 from 모른다 - Describes a lack of knowledge or ability
그는 돈을 아끼기 위해 휴가 기간 동안 집에서 프랑스어를 공부하기로 결심해요.
He decides to study French at home during his vacation to save money.
돈을 아끼기 위해
Explains the purpose - to save money
돈 - money
아끼다 - to save +-기 - a noun-forming suffix
위해 - for the sake of/in order to
일
One in Sino-korean
동현이는 겨울에 휴가가 있어요?
Does Donghyun have a vacation in winter?
이
Two in Sino-Korean
동현이는 어디로 가야 할지 몰라요.
Donghyun doesn’t know where to go.
동현이는 어디로 가야 할지 알아요?
Does Donghyun know where to go?
알다 - to know
삼
3 in Sino-Korean
동현이는 프랑스에 가고싶어해요?
Does Donghyun want to go to France?
프랑스는 싸요?
Is France cheap?
싸다 - to be cheap
아니요, 프랑스는 싸지 않아요.
No, France is not cheap.
사
4 in Sino-korean
오
5 in Sino-korean
동현이는 프랑스어를 할 줄 알아요?
Can Donghyun speak French?
육
6 in Sino-korean
휴가 기간 동안 집에서
At home during the holiday period
기간 - period, duration
동안 - during, for the duration
집 - home, 에서 - a location marker indicating where an action takes place
프랑스어를 공부하기로 결심해요.
He decides to study French.
공부하기로
공부하다 - to study
- 기 - a noun making suffix
-로 - a particle that expresses intention or decision when used with specific? verbs
결심하다
To decide or to make up one’s mind
동현이는 프랑스어를 공부하기로 결심해요?
Does Donghyun decides to study French?
2주 동안 일을 하지 않아도 돼요.
I don’t have to work for two weeks.
하지 않아도 돼요 (ha-ji an-a-do dwae-yo):
하지 않다 (ha-ji an-ta): Negative form of 하다 (“to do”), meaning “to not do.”
-아도 돼요 (-a-do dwae-yo): A grammar pattern meaning “it’s okay to…” or “you don’t have to…”
하지 않아도 돼요: “It’s okay to not do (work)” → “I don’t have to work.”
하지만 저는 어디로 가야 할지 모르겠어요.
But I don’t know where to go.
모르겠어요 (mo-reu-ge-sseo-yo):
모르다 (mo-reu-da): To not know.
-겠어요 (-ge-sseo-yo): Polite ending, expressing uncertainty or lack of knowledge.
Translation: “I don’t know.”
동현이는 휴가로 프랑스에 가고싶어해요.
Dong-hyun wants to go to France for vacation.
휴가 (hyu-ga): Vacation or holiday.
-로 (-ro):
A particle indicating the purpose or means of an action.
Here, it means “for vacation.”
