3 · 40 words

Relationships

Getting on, falling out and making up; going out, breaking up and getting married.

Many of these verbs take 하고 or 와/과 for the other person, where English uses no preposition at all: 친구하고 싸웠어요, “I argued with a friend”, 민수하고 결혼했어요, “I married Minsu”. Age matters here too — two people who turn out to be 동갑, the same age, are quick to drop the polite speech. And missing someone is said as wanting to see them: 보고 싶어요.

The words

Verb (16)

의지하다to lean on, rely onVerb3

힘들 때 서로 의지하면서 살았어요.We leaned on each other through the hard times.

놀리다to tease, make fun ofVerb3

친구들이 제 발음을 놀렸어요.My friends made fun of my pronunciation.

무시하다to ignore; to look down onVerb3

다른 사람의 의견을 무시하면 안 돼요.You should not ignore other people's opinions.

싸우다to fight, argueVerb2

어릴 때는 형하고 자주 싸웠어요.When I was little I often fought with my elder brother.

다투다to quarrelVerb3

작은 일로 친구와 다퉜어요.I quarrelled with a friend over something small.

Milder than 싸우다, and only with words.

사과하다to apologiseVerb3

제가 먼저 친구에게 사과했어요.I apologised to my friend first.

용서하다to forgiveVerb3

한 번만 용서해 주세요.Please forgive me just this once.

화해하다to make up, be reconciledVerb3

싸운 지 일주일 만에 화해했어요.We made up a week after the argument.

소개하다to introduceVerb2

친구가 좋은 사람을 소개해 줬어요.A friend introduced me to someone nice.

고백하다to confess (one's love)Verb3

용기를 내서 좋아한다고 고백했어요.I plucked up my courage and told her I liked her.

사귀다to go out with; to make (friends)Verb3

두 사람은 사귄 지 일 년이 됐어요.The two of them have been going out for a year.

Also of friends: 친구를 사귀다, to make friends.

헤어지다to break up; to partVerb3

여자 친구하고 헤어져서 슬퍼요.I am sad because I broke up with my girlfriend.

Also simply to part: 역에서 헤어졌어요, “we said goodbye at the station”.

청혼하다to propose (marriage)Verb3

남자 친구가 바닷가에서 청혼했어요.My boyfriend proposed to me on the beach.

약혼하다to get engagedVerb3

두 사람은 작년에 약혼했어요.The two of them got engaged last year.

결혼하다to marry, get marriedVerb2

언니는 다음 달에 결혼해요.My elder sister is getting married next month.

The partner takes 하고: 민수하고 결혼했어요; being married is also 결혼했어요.

이혼하다to divorce, get divorcedVerb3

그 배우는 결혼한 지 삼 년 만에 이혼했어요.That actor got divorced three years after getting married.

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