Level 6 · Unit 11
The new-words debate
The new-words debate
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What you’ll learn
- V/A-거늘 · -았/었거늘 · N(이)거늘 (copy the model sentence)Given that … (and yet / let alone) — a literary premise
- V/A-건만 · -았/었건만 · N(이)건만Although … (it did not turn out as expected) — written contrast
- V-느니만 못하다 · 안 V-느니만 못하다 · V-지 않느니만 못하다Worse than (not) doing it at all
- V-(으)ㄹ세라 · 행여 V-(으)ㄹ세라For fear that, lest — acting carefully to avoid something
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Four ways to say 'but' in writing: -지만, -(으)나, -건만, -(으)련마는
- Literary adverbs that travel with -거늘 and -건만
- Kinds of words with -어 (語), and 갑론을박
The scene opens
- S
Sujin
동네 방송 토론 시간이에요. 빨래방 기계 소리 때문에 오늘은 옥상에서 녹음해요. 오늘 주제는 신조어, 그러니까 새로 생긴 말이에요.
It's time for the debate on the neighbourhood broadcast. Because of the noise of the machines in the laundromat, we're recording on the roof today. Today's topic is new words, words that have only just appeared.
- S
Sujin
한쪽에서는 말이 살아 있다는 증거라고 하고, 다른 쪽에서는 세대 간 소통을 끊는다고 해요. 먼저 신조어를 자주 쓰는 쪽 이야기부터 들어 볼게요.
One side says they show the language is alive; the other says they cut off communication between generations. Let's hear first from the side that uses new words a lot.
- J
Junho
네. 저는 신조어가 우리말을 훼손한다고 생각하지 않아요. 사람들이 필요해서 만든 말이니까요. 예를 들면 저는 아침마다 아아를 마셔요.
Right. I don't think new words damage Korean. People made them because they needed them. For example, every morning I drink an ah-ah.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
- 3Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
- 4Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
- 5Words40 words, which go into your spaced review
- 6PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
- 7Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
- 8Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
- 9Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card