✅ Day 16: Describing Your Surroundings – My Room, My City
Day 16: Describing Your Surroundings – My Room, My City
Hello again, Korean explorer! 🏠
Today we’re going to describe the world around you your room, your home, your city all in Korean!
We’ll use the adjectives you learned in Day 15 and add location words to build full, natural sentences.
🏡 Common Places Around You
| Korean | Romanization | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 방 | bang | room |
| 집 | jip | house / home |
| 학교 | hak-gyo | school |
| 도서관 | do-seo-gwan | library |
| 카페 | ka-pe | café |
| 도시 | do-shi | city |
| 공원 | gong-won | park |
🔤 Useful Adjectives to Describe Places
- 작아요 → ja-ga-yo → small
- 커요 → keo-yo → big
- 깨끗해요 → kkae-kkeut-hae-yo → clean
- 시끄러워요 → shi-kkeu-reo-wo-yo → noisy
- 조용해요 → jo-yong-hae-yo → quiet
- 예뻐요 → ye-ppeo-yo → pretty
- 좋아요 → jo-a-yo → good
🗣️ Sentence Structure
[Place]은/는 [Adjective]
= [Place] is [adjective]
💡 Example:
- 제 방은 작아요 → je bang-eun ja-ga-yo → My room is small
- 우리 도시는 조용해요 → u-ri do-shi-neun jo-yong-hae-yo → Our city is quiet
🏙️ Describing Your Room
- 제 방은 깨끗해요 → My room is clean
- 방이 커요 → The room is big
- 조명이 밝아요 → The light is bright
🌆 Describing Your City
- 도시는 커요 → The city is big
- 도시가 예뻐요 → The city is pretty
- 공원이 많아요 → There are many parks
✍️ Practice – Fill in the Blanks
- 제 방은 __________. (clean)
- 도시는 __________. (noisy)
- 카페는 __________. (quiet and good)
✅ Show Answers
- 깨끗해요 → kkae-kkeut-hae-yo
- 시끄러워요 → shi-kkeu-reo-wo-yo
- 조용하고 좋아요 → jo-yong-ha-go jo-a-yo
📖 Conversation Practice
A: 너 방은 어때요?
→ neo bang-eun eo-ttae-yo?
→ How’s your room?
B: 제 방은 작지만 깨끗해요.
→ je bang-eun jak-ji-man kkae-kkeut-hae-yo
→ My room is small but clean.
A: 너희 도시는 어때요?
→ neo-heui do-shi-neun eo-ttae-yo?
→ How is your city?
B: 도시가 커요. 그리고 예뻐요!
→ do-shi-ga keo-yo. geu-ri-go ye-ppeo-yo!
→ The city is big and pretty!
🎯 Mini Quiz
- Translate: My room is small.
- Translate: The park is quiet.
- Translate: This café is noisy.
✅ Quiz Answers
- 제 방은 작아요 → je bang-eun ja-ga-yo
- 공원은 조용해요 → gong-won-eun jo-yong-hae-yo
- 이 카페는 시끄러워요 → i ka-pe-neun shi-kkeu-reo-wo-yo
👀 Coming Up Next
You’ve learned to describe places. Next, we’ll describe things we like and dislike using “좋아해요 / 싫어해요”.
📘 Day 17: Talking About Likes and Dislikes – I Like Coffee!
✅ Conclusion
Today you’ve learned how to describe your surroundings using real, natural Korean. It’s another step closer to fluent expression!
Practice by describing your room, your home, and your favorite place. Just look around and think in Korean 🧠
Great job today — let’s keep going! 💪