Lesson 35 · Rules in Public Places

Introduction

사진을 찍다 means take a photo. 담배를 피우다 means smoke; learn the whole phrase, not just the verb.

Look for the Focus tag on today’s new words — Review words are old friends from earlier lessons. The romanization is there to help you get started.

Today’s Vocabulary

규칙 · Focus

gyuchik · rule

N · 규칙을 지키다 = follow a rule.

교실에 규칙이 있어요.

gyosire gyuchigi isseoyo

There are rules in the classroom.

공공장소 · Focus

gonggongjangso · public place

N · A public place; a useful topic extension.

도서관은 공공장소예요.

doseogwaneun gonggongjangsoyeyo

A library is a public place.

도서관 · Review

doseogwan · library

N · Use 에서 for studying there.

도서관에서 공부해요.

doseogwaneseo gongbuhaeyo

I study at the library.

박물관 · Focus

bangmulgwan · museum

N · A place for exhibits.

박물관에 가요.

bangmulgwane gayo

I go to a museum.

사진 · Review

sajin · photograph; photo

Use 사진을 찍다 for taking a photo. The noun alone is not the action.

이 사진이 좋아요.

i sajini joayo

This photo is good.

찍다 · Review

jjikda · to take a photo

찍다 has several meanings. This lesson uses the photo-taking sense only.

사진을 찍어요.

sajineul jjigeoyo

I take a photo.

뛰다 · Focus

ttwida · run; jump

V · To run (or jump): 공원에서 뛰어요.

공원에서 뛰어요.

gongwoneseo ttwieoyo

I run in the park.

떠들다 · Focus

tteodeulda · make noise; chatter noisily

V · 떠들어요; noisy talk, not all speech.

교실에서 떠들어요.

gyosireseo tteodeureoyo

People chatter noisily in the classroom.

담배 · Focus

dambae · cigarette; tobacco

N · 담배를 피우다 = smoke.

담배를 안 피워요.

dambaereul an piwoyo

I don’t smoke.

피우다 · Focus

piuda · smoke; make something bloom/burn

V · To smoke: 담배를 피우다.

담배를 피워요.

dambaereul piwoyo

I smoke.

만지다 · Focus

manjida · touch

V · The touched thing takes 을/를.

강아지를 만져요.

gangajireul manjyeoyo

I touch the puppy.

조용히 · Focus

joyonghi · quietly

Adverb · Compare 조용하다, be quiet.

조용히 말해요.

joyonghi malhaeyo

I speak quietly.

Useful Phrases / Make Sentences

Here are a few sentences you can use right away. Read them aloud, then try changing one word to make your own sentence!

도서관에서는 조용히 말해요.

doseogwaneseoneun joyonghi malhaeyo

We speak quietly in the library.

박물관에는 규칙이 있어요.

bangmulgwaneneun gyuchigi isseoyo

Museums have rules.

아이들이 공원에서 뛰어요.

aideuri gongwoneseo ttwieoyo

The children are running in the park.

교실에서 친구들이 떠들어요.

gyosireseo chingudeuri tteodeureoyo

My friends are chatting noisily in the classroom.

Mini Practice

1. Choose the meaning of 규칙: A. public place / B. rule.
2. Which word means “library”: 도서관 / 박물관?
3. Match 1. 사진, 2. 찍다, 3. 뛰다 with A. run; jump, B. photograph; photo, C. to take a photo.
4. Write the Korean dictionary word or phrase for “make noise; chatter noisily.”
5. Put these chunks in a natural order: 피워요. / 담배를.
6. Write one short sentence using 조용히.

Today’s Key Point

Today’s new words: 규칙, 공공장소, 박물관, 뛰다, 떠들다, 담배, 피우다, 만지다. Try a few of them in one sentence, like 도서관에서는 조용히 말해요. — then make one about your own day!