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한복

Hanbok · Level 3 Korean story

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한복은 한국의 전통 옷이에요.Hanbok is traditional Korean clothing.

여자 한복은 짧은 저고리와 길고 넓은 치마로 되어 있어요.Women's hanbok consists of a short jacket and a long, wide skirt.

한복은 색깔이 밝고 선이 아름다워서 외국인에게도 인기가 많아요.Hanbok has bright colors and beautiful lines, so it is also popular with foreigners.

요즘 한국 사람들은 주로 명절이나 결혼식 같은 특별한 날에 한복을 입어요.These days, Koreans mostly wear hanbok on special days such as holidays and weddings.

서울의 궁궐에서는 한복을 입으면 입장료를 내지 않아도 돼요.At palaces in Seoul, you don't have to pay the entrance fee if you wear hanbok.

그래서 경복궁 앞에는 한복을 빌려주는 가게가 아주 많아요.That is why there are many shops renting out hanbok in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Words in this story

한복
hanbok, traditional Korean clothing
전통
tradition; traditional
옷
clothes
여자
woman
짧다
to be short
저고리
jeogori, the hanbok jacket
길다
to be long
넓다
to be wide
치마
skirt
되다
to become; -어도 되다 = may
있다
to be (somewhere); to have
색깔
color
밝다
to be bright
선
line
아름답다
to be beautiful
외국인
foreigner
인기
popularity
많다
to be many; to be a lot
요즘
these days
사람
person
주로
mainly
명절
traditional holiday
결혼식
wedding
같다
to be like; such as
특별하다
to be special
날
day
입다
to wear
궁궐
palace
입장료
entrance fee
내다
to pay; to put out
않다
not (-지 않다)
그래서
so; therefore
앞
front
빌려주다
to lend; to rent out
가게
shop
아주
very

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