Bi-weekly post #4

[Mary Lee]

This week we learned vocabulary relating to family(가족). We learned family members such as great uncle(큰 아빠), uncle(삼촌), and aunt(고모). You would use these same terms for the mother’s side of the family but would also insert 외 to indicate it is the mother’s side. Some family members that are called differently on the mother’s side is aunt(이모). We then learned the irregular forms of verbs when using honorific speech with elders. When talking with someone older than you, you would first add -께서 to their title and then add the irregular or regular form of the verb you are using. Some irregular verbs in the honorific speech are 주무시다 versus informal 자다(to sleep) or 드시다 versus informal 먹다(to eat). Other than a few of these formal forms of verbs, the rest are used in the standard structure of using the verb and adding -으시다/시다. The next week we learned descriptive words such as 더럽니다(to be dirty), 춥다(to be cold), and 복잡하다(to be busy). 시원하다(to be cool) can be used to describe a person as well. A person who is called 시원해요 is considered a relaxed or “cool” person. We then used these descriptive words with the ending particle -고 which means “and” and links two words together. For example, 우체국이 좁고 복잡합니다(The post office is small and busy).