Week 7

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Day 1

성격

조용한 성격 quiet personality 조용하다 = to be quiet

조용한 is the adjective form of 조용하다.

이상한 성격 weird personality 이상하다 = to be weird

이상한 is the adjective form of 이상하다.

성격이 좋다 to have a good personality 좋다 = to be good

성격이 나쁘다 to have a bad personality 나쁘다 = to be bad

제 성격 잘 아시죠? You know what my personality is like,

don’t you?

제 = my (polite)

잘 = well

아시다 = to know (honorific)

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저는 차분한 성격이에요. I have a calm personality. 저 = I (polite)

차분하다 = to be calm

차분한 is the adjective form of 차분하다.

그 사람은 성격만 좋아요. He/She only has a good personality (and

no other good traits).

그 = that, the

사람 = person, people

-만 = only, just

좋다 = to be good

저는 엄마 성격을 닮았어요. I take after my mother’s personality. 저 = I (polite)

엄마 = mom, mother

닮다 = to look like, to have a resemblence

저는 차분한 성격이 못 돼요.

I am not a calm person by nature. 저 = I (polite)

차분하다 = to be calm

차분한 is the adjective form of 차분하다.

못 = can’t

되다 = to become

Adjective + 성격이 못 되다 = to be not + adjective + at all

그 사람은 성격이 참 좋아요.

He/She has a very good personality. 그 = that, the

사람 = person, people

참 = very

좋다 = to be good

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외모보다는 성격이 더 중요해요.

Personality is more important than looks. 외모 = looks, appearance

-보다(는) = than + N

더 = more

중요하다 = to be important

성격을 바꾸려고 많이 노력했어요.

I’ve made a lot of effort to change my

personality.

바꾸다 = to change

-(으)려고 하다 = to try + V-ing

많다 = to be a lot

많이 is the adverb form of 많다.

노력하다 = to try, to put a lot of effort into something

사람 성격은 잘 안 바뀌는 것 같아요.

I think a person’s personality rarely

changes.

사람 = person, people

잘 = well

안 = not

바뀌다 = to change, to be changed

N + 같다 = to be like + N

사람들은 성격이 모두 조금씩 달라요.

Everyone’s personality is a little different

from each other’s.

사람 = person, people

-들 = suffix for plural

모두 = all, every

조금씩 = a little

다르다 = to be different

제 성격 탓인지 친구가 별로 없어요.

Perhaps because of personality, I don’t

have many friends.

저 = I (polite)

-탓 = because of, fault of

-인지 = maybe, perhaps

친구 = friend

별로 = not much, not very

없다 = to not have, to not be there

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그 사람과는 성격이 너무 안 맞는 것 같아요.

I think my personality and his personality

don’t go well with each other.

그 = that, the

사람 = person, people

너무 = too much, excessively

안 = not

맞다 = to go well with, to go along with

N + 같다 = to be like + N

저는 항상 솔직하게 이야기하는 성격이에요.

I always tend to speak honestly. 저 = I (polite)

항상 = always

솔직하다 = to be honest

솔직하게 is the adverb form of 솔직하다.

이야기하다 = to talk, to speak, to say, to tell

저는 남한테는 빚 지고는 못 사는 성격이에요.

I can’t stand owing someone. 저 = I (polite)

남 = others, other people

-한테 = to, from

빚 = debt

빚 지다 = to owe

못 = can’t

살다 = to live

-고는 못 살다 = can’t stand V-ing continuously, can’t live

while V-ing

혈액형에 따라 성격이 다르다는 이야기 믿으세요?

Do you believe the story that says your

personality depends on your blood type?

혈액형 = blood type

-에 따라 = depending on

다르다 = to be different

이야기 = story, things people say

믿다 = to believe, to trust

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그 사람은 성격이 안 좋아서 사람들이 안 좋아해요.

He has a bad personality, so people don’t

like him.

그 = that, the

사람 = person, people

안 = not

좋다 = to be good

-아/어/여서 = because, since

-들 = suffix for plural

안 = not

좋아하다 = to like

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