Korean Lessons ᚛ Level 3 - Korean for Beginners #2 (Lessons 61 to 90) ᚛ Lesson 68 - Approximation, around in Korean [쯤] [정도] [약]

Approximation, around in Korean [쯤] [정도] [약]

Dans ce cours : 쯤 / 정도 / 약

In Korean, approximation, for which we use structures like "about", "around", or "roughly" in English, can be expressed in different ways.

Approximation with 쯤

The particle 쯤 is used to indicate an approximation. It is used just after the noun to which it refers, in the following manner:
[Noun]쯤

언제쯤 도착해요?
→ When are you arriving, roughly?

6월 중순쯤부터 더워.
→ After about the middle of June, It's hot.

작년 말쯤에 이사했습니다.
→ I moved around the end of last year.

다음주쯤에 다시 병원 오세요.
→ Please come back to the hospital around next week.

Approximation with 정도

In order to express approximation in Korean, it is also possible to use the word 정도.

Note that, unlike the particle 쯤, 정도 is in itself an entire word, used in the following way:
[Noun] 정도

1시간 정도 걸려요.
→ That takes around an hour.

이 돈으로는 책 두 권 정도밖에 살 수 없어.
→ With this money, you can't buy anything but around two books.

일주일에 한 두 번 정도 친구들을 만나요.
→ I meet my friends around once or twice per week.

Approximation with 약

Differences between 쯤, 정도, and 약

Exercises

Apprends le coréen avec la K-pop est un ensemble de 4 numéros qui permettent d'apprendre de nombreux points de la langue coréenne en se basant sur des chansons coréennes récentes. Pourquoi apprendre le coréen avec des chansons ?

- Pour apprendre du vocabulaire et des expressions dans l'air du temps, utiles dans la vie quotidienne
- Pour pouvoir travailler la prononciation du coréen à l'aide de la chanson étudiée
- Pour voir ou revoir de nombreux points de grammaire disséminés dans les couplets
- Pour s'amuser tout en apprenant des choses, car quoi de plus ludique que nos chansons préférées ?

 

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