#만지지마세요

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Vocabulary: Coronavirus Prevention (코로나바이러스 방역)

Hi everyone! As you all probably know, the coronavirus pandemic has become a serious problem. I thought it might be useful to provide you with some vocabulary related to it; when learning a language, it’s important to learn vocab related to relevant issues in my opinion. Let’s start!  

Phrases

Many of the following phrases are commands and end in -(으)세요. Check out my lesson about it here to learn more!

Wash your hands often = 손을 자주 씻으세요 

Wash your hands for 20 seconds = 20초 동안 손을 씻으세요

Don’t touch your face = 얼굴을 만지지마세요 

Wear a face mask = 마스크 쓰세요

Stand 6 feet apart from others = 6 피트 간격으로 서 계세요

Carry hand sanitizer = 손 세정제를 갖고 다니세요 

Disinfect surfaces = 표면들을 소독하세요

Don’t take public transportation = 대중교통 타지마세요 

Stay home if you feel sick = 아프면 집에 계세요 

Go to the doctor = 병원에 가세요

Schools are closed = 학교가 문을 닫는다

Be careful! = 조심하세요!

Don’t worry = 걱정하지마세요

Other Words

to quarantine = 격리하다

to recover = 회복되다

to work from home = 재택근무를 하다

pandemic = 범유행

state of emergency = 비상 사태

diagnosis = 진단

safety precaution = 안전 예방책

That’s about all for this list! I usually like to keep my lessons pretty light but I think that making lessons about serious issues is important sometimes. I hope this helps!

As always, your health should come first! Please take every precaution possible and stay safe!!

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Korean Word of the Day

만지

Manji

Touch

만지지마세요

Manji-jimaseyo

Don't touch

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Level 2 / Lesson 5: Negative Commands

안녕! Hi everyone! Welcome to a lesson I can’t believe I haven’t made earlier lol. We’re going to learn how to give negative commands! This is a pretty basic lesson that I should’ve taught long ago but somehow overlooked it, hence why I’ll be putting it in Level 2 rather than Level 6, which is what I’m currently up to. But no worries! Let’s learn how to give negative commands!

-지마세요 (Please do not...)

If you want to tell someone to not do something (politely), use this formula:

[verb / adjective stem] + 지마세요 = Please do not [verb / adjective]

This comes from the verb 말다, which I don’t really think has a direct translation, but is basically the imperative form of “to not do something”

Let’s see some examples:

이거 만지지마세요. = Please don’t touch this.

만지다 = to touch

만지 + 지마세요 = 만지지마세요 = Please do not touch

핸드폰을 사용하지마세요. = Please do not use your cellphone.

사용하다 = to use

사용하 + 지마세요 = 사용하지마세요 = Please do not use it

지금은 가지마세요. = Please don’t go right now.

가다 = to go 

가 + 지마세요 = 가지마세요 = Please do not go

슬퍼하지말고 울지마세요. = Please don’t be sad and don’t cry.

슬퍼하다 = to be sad (usually used when saying someone else is sad -- ex. he is sad = 그는 슬퍼해요)

슬퍼하 + 지마세요 = 슬퍼하지마세요 = Please do not be sad

울다 = to cry

울 + 지마세요 = 울지마세요 = Please do not cry

All of the above sentences are formal. If you would like to make them informal, however, you can simply drop the -세요, as shown in the sentences below:

나를 보지마. = Do not look at me.

보다 = to look

그 바지를 입지마. = Don’t wear those pants.

입다 = to wear

하지마! = Don’t do that! / Don’t do it! / Stop it!

하다 = to do

These sentences could also possibly be translated to “stop [verb / adjective]”

That’s about it for this lesson! Hope you all understand everything! If you have any questions, please ask them! See you in the next lesson! 다음에 봐요!