Lesson 68 · Clothes, Food & Ways of Doing Things

Introduction

An action becomes more useful when you can say how you do it. Start with adjectives for appearance, cleanliness, comfort, size, and enjoyment. Then connect them to familiar actions such as dressing, speaking, sitting, and spending time.

Today’s Vocabulary

Useful Phrases

Make Your Own Sentences

Read each phrase once with the translation visible. Cover the translation and say it again. Then replace one person, place, or object with a word from this lesson. Keep the particles and the verb form consistent.

Hyeju’s Note

예쁘다 describes an attractive appearance; 깨끗하다 describes cleanliness. For a quiet voice, 작은 소리 means a small or low voice. 보내다 can mean send, but 주말을 보내다 means spend the weekend. Keep the object with the verb when you memorize it.

Mini Practice

1. What does 예쁘다 mean?
2. Write the Korean word for “comfortable.”
3. Match 1. 크다, 2. 작다, 3. 짧다 with A. short, B. big; loud, C. small; quiet in volume.
4. Translate into Korean: “These clothes are pretty.”
5. Put these chunks in order: 깨끗해요. / 방이
6. Write a short sentence using 보내다.

Today’s Key Point

Keep the word with its natural action or object. Review 예쁘다, 깨끗하다, 편하다, then say one phrase without looking.