Taking Out the Trash — Day 84

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Taking Out the Trash

TOPIK 1 · Beginner · Chores

오늘은 쓰레기를 버리는 날이에요.
Today is trash day.

저는 쓰레기봉투를 묶었어요.
I tied the trash bag.

재활용도 따로 모았어요.
I also collected recycling separately.

밖에 나가서 버렸어요.
I went outside and threw it away.

이웃을 만나서 인사했어요.
I met a neighbor and greeted them.

집에 다시 들어왔어요.
I came back into the house.

Key words

  • 쓰레기봉투 — trash bag
  • 재활용 — recycling
  • 따로 — separately
  • 이웃 — neighbor
  • 인사 — greeting

Grammar

~는 날

the day to do (modifier)

쉬는 날이에요.

It is a rest day.

~아서/어서

and then (sequence)

나가서 사요.

I go out and buy.

A verb + ~는 날 means 'the day when you do something'.