Preventing the Virus

Learning with Tiktok (Group: OnlyOneOf Fandom lyOn)

1) Wear a mask

예방하다 to prevent

마스크 face mask

-> this is the kind of mask you use for health purposes while 가면 is more like a halloween or other kind of mask

착용하다 to wear (a formal word used for anything you wear. In casual situations you would say 마스크 하다 / 마스크 쓰다)

2) Wash hands for at least 30 seconds

초 seconds (use sino numbers. 30초-> 삼십초)

이상 more than

손 hand

씻다 to wash

Adding 기 to 씻다 is a way of turning verbs into nouns and is like saying “verbing”. For example “self teaching Korean is hard” 독학으로 한국어 배우기 어려워요 (배우다 to learn 배우기 learning)

for a helpful site on using verbs as nouns click here

so “for more than 30 seconds” but “at least 30 seconds” sounds better in English

3) Avoid crowded places

사람 people/person

많다 to be many

곳 a formal word for “place”

(informal/more casual is 데)

피하다 to avoid/dodge

많은 is a noun modifier 

사람이 많아요 there’s a lot of people

-> 사람이 많은 곳 (a place with a lot of people / a crowded place)