Level 8 · Unit 3
How rules are written
The new kitchen rules on the community-centre board
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What you’ll learn
- V-(으)ㄹ 것 · V-지 말 것Do … / Do not … — the command at the end of a notice
- V-(으)ㅁ을 원칙으로 한다 · N을/를 원칙으로 한다As a rule, … — stating the principle before the exception
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Rules that end in -기로 한다
- Fixing a notice: too many passives
- One rule, two registers
- Rule words with -칙 (則), and two expressions
The scene opens
- 조
조영란
할머니, 오셨어요? 공유 부엌 이용 규정이 개정돼서 공고문을 새로 붙이는 중이에요. 수정 사항이 몇 가지 있어요.
Oh, hello. The rules for the shared kitchen have been amended, so I'm putting up the new notice. There are a few changes.
- S
Soonja
개정? 뭐가 바뀌었어요?
Amended? What's changed?
- B
Bori
할머니, 제가 읽어 볼게요. ‘빌린 식기는 세척한 뒤 제자리에 돌려놓을 것.’ ‘조리 도구는 부엌 안에서만 사용함을 원칙으로 한다.’ 말이 좀 딱딱하네요.
Grandma, I'll read it. 'Borrowed tableware is to be washed and returned to its place.' 'As a rule, cooking utensils are used only inside the kitchen.' It sounds a bit stiff.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar2 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
- 5Words42 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