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숲속에서의 조용한 오후

Beginner (A1)
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숲 속은 아주 조용했어요. 나는 혼자서 길을 걸었어요.

나무 사이로 햇빛이 조금 들어왔어요. 새들이 가끔 노래했지만 아주 작았어요.

나는 작은 꽃을 발견했어요. 꽃은 노란색이었고 아주 예뻤어요. 손으로 꽃을 만져보았어요.

그때 갑자기 바람이 불었어요. 꽃잎이 조금씩 떨어졌어요. 나는 꽃잎이 떨어지는 것을 보며 생각에 잠겼어요.

숲은 변해 가고 있었어요. 해가 서서히 지고 있었어요. 나는 조용히 집에 돌아갔어요. 오늘 하루는 평화로웠어요.

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Important words and phrases

  • 숲 속은

    noun phrase

    Romanization: sup sok-eun

    in the forest

    숲 속은 아주 조용했어요.

    The forest was very quiet.

  • 조용했어요

    adjective

    Romanization: joyonghaesseoyo

    was quiet

    방 안은 조용했어요.

    The room was quiet.

  • 혼자서

    adverb

    Romanization: honjaseo

    alone

    나는 혼자서 걸었어요.

    I walked alone.

  • 길을 걸었어요

    verb phrase

    Romanization: gireul georeosseoyo

    walked along a path

    나는 길을 걸었어요.

    I walked along the path.

  • 햇빛

    noun

    Romanization: haetbit

    sunlight

    햇빛이 조금 들어왔어요.

    A little sunlight came in.

  • 발견했어요

    verb

    Romanization: balgyeonhaesseoyo

    found; discovered

    나는 예쁜 꽃을 발견했어요.

    I found a pretty flower.

  • 작은 꽃

    noun phrase

    Romanization: jageun kkot

    small flower

    저기 작은 꽃이 있어요.

    There is a small flower over there.

  • 노란색

    noun

    Romanization: noransaek

    yellow

    이 꽃은 노란색이에요.

    This flower is yellow.

  • 만져보았어요

    verb phrase

    Romanization: manjyeoboasseoyo

    touched; tried touching

    나는 꽃잎을 만져보았어요.

    I touched the petals.

  • 바람이 불었어요

    verb phrase

    Romanization: barami bureosseoyo

    the wind blew

    밖에서 바람이 불었어요.

    The wind blew outside.

  • 꽃잎

    noun

    Romanization: kkotnip

    petal

    꽃잎이 바닥에 있어요.

    The petals are on the ground.

  • 집에 돌아갔어요

    verb phrase

    Romanization: jibe doragasseoyo

    went home

    저녁에 집에 돌아갔어요.

    I went home in the evening.

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Question 1 of 3

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누가 숲 속을 걸었어요?Who walked in the forest?

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Language notes

grammar

과거형: -았어요 / -었어요

This ending shows a polite past action or state. It is very common in Korean and works for many simple beginner sentences. In the story you see forms like '걸었어요' and '불었어요'. You can reuse it in sentences like '나는 집에 갔어요.'.

  • 나는 집에 갔어요.

    I went home.

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