• KIIP 1: Unit 16–Essential Words and Phrases about Health and Hospital

  • Feb 22 2025
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KIIP 1: Unit 16–Essential Words and Phrases about Health and Hospital

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  • 🎙️ Welcome to the Self-Study Korean Podcast, your guide to mastering the Korean language and culture. In today’s episode, we’ll explore Unit 16, where we focus on health and hospital-related vocabulary and phrases. These expressions will help you describe symptoms, seek medical help, and give advice when someone is sick.________________________________________Visit our website for more details:KIIP Level 1: Unit 16–Essential Words and Phrases about Health and Hospital ________________________________________Essential Vocabulary🎙️ First, let’s go over some important body parts, hospital departments, and health-related verbs.Body Parts (몸) 🏥• 눈 – Eye• 귀 – Ear• 이 – Tooth• 코 – Nose• 목 – Neck/Throat• 팔 – Arm• 손 – Hand• 허리 – Waist• 배 – Stomach• 다리 – Leg• 무릎 – Knee• 발 – Foot________________________________________Hospital (병원) 🏥• 병원 – Hospital• 내과 – Internal medicine• 이비인후과 – ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat)• 정형외과 – Orthopedics• 안과 – Ophthalmology (Eye clinic)• 치과 – Dental clinic________________________________________Health-Related Verbs and Expressions 💊• 아프다 – To be sick/hurt• 감기에 걸리다 – To catch a cold• 눈이 아프다 – Eyes hurt• 다리가 부러지다 – To break a leg• 생강차 – Ginger tea• 푹 쉬다 – To rest well• 병원에 가다 – To go to the hospital• 약을 먹다 – To take medicine• 비타민 C – Vitamin C________________________________________Key Phrases to Practice🎙️ Now, let’s practice some useful phrases that will help you describe symptoms, seek help, and give advice.Describing Symptoms and Seeking Help이가 아파요.My tooth hurts.– 그럼, 빨리 치과에 가세요.(Then, go to the dentist quickly.)🎙️ You can replace 이가 아파요 (My tooth hurts) with:배가 아파요. (My stomach hurts.)or눈이 아파요. (My eyes hurt.)________________________________________어제 왜 병원에 갔어요?Why did you go to the hospital yesterday?– 배가 아파서 병원에 갔어요.(I went to the hospital because my stomach hurt.)🎙️ This phrase is useful for talking about past health issues.________________________________________어느 병원에 가요?Which hospital are you going to?– 눈이 아파서 안과에 가요.(I’m going to the eye clinic because my eyes hurt.)🎙️ You can also say:이가 아파서 치과에 가요. (I’m going to the dentist because my tooth hurts.)or감기에 걸려서 내과에 가요. (I’m going to internal medicine because I caught a cold.)________________________________________Giving Advice목이 너무 아파서 잠을 못 잤어요.My throat hurt so much I couldn’t sleep.– 그러면 생강차를 마시는 것이 좋아요.(Then, drinking ginger tea is good.)________________________________________선생님, 오늘 배가 아파서 학교에 못 가요.Teacher, my stomach hurts, so I can’t go to school today.– 그래요? 그러면 빨리 병원에 가는 것이 좋아요.(Really? Then, it’s good to go to the hospital quickly.)🎙️ This phrase can be adapted to other situations, like work or appointments.________________________________________Explaining Situations어제는 피곤해서 집에서 쉬었어요.I was tired yesterday, so I rested at home.저는 감기에 걸려서 약을 먹었어요.I caught a cold, so I took medicine.🎙️ These phrases help you explain why you did something because of health reasons.________________________________________Quiz Time!Question 1:How do you say “I couldn’t sleep because my throat hurt.” in Korean?🎙️ The answer is: 목이 아파서 잠을 못 잤어요.Question 2:How do you say “It’s good to rest well when you’re sick.” in Korean?🎙️ The answer is: 아플 때 푹 쉬는 것이 좋아요.Question 3:How do you say “I caught a cold, so I took medicine.” in Korean?🎙️ The answer is: 감기에 걸려서 약을 먹었어요.🎙️ How did you do? Keep practicing, and soon you’ll feel confident talking about health in Korean!________________________________________🎙️ That’s all for today’s episode on Unit 16 – Health and Hospital! 🎙️ Be sure to review this lesson and practice using these words and phrases in everyday situations. Visit KoreanTopik.com for more learning resources, and stay tuned for our next episode!🎙️ Thank you for listening, and as always, happy studying! 😊🎧
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