Hello, foreign friends who want to make your life in Korea easier! This is Vijob. 🌕 As Chuseok approaches, you will often hear holiday-related words in conversations at school, work, or with friends. Looking at vocabulary alone might feel difficult, but learning them together in sentences makes it much easier to remember their meanings and context. Today, we have compiled expressions you will often see or hear during the Chuseok holiday along with example sentences and pronunciations. Read along slowly so you can understand them naturally when talking to your Korean friends or colleagues.
🌾 Words and example sentences that often come up during Chuseok
추석: Harvest Festival
추석에는 온 가족이 모여 맛있는 음식을 먹습니다. (During the Harvest Festival, the whole family gathers to eat delicious food.)
송편: Half-moon rice cake 추석에는 가족들과 함께 송편을 만듭니다. (During the festival, we make half-moon rice cakes together with our family.)
chuseogeneun gajokdeulgoa hamkke songpyeoneul mandeumnida송편: Half-moon rice cake
추석에는 가족들과 함께 송편을 만듭니다. (During the festival, we make half-moon rice cakes together with our family.)
chuseok achimeneun josangnimkke charyereul jinaemnida차례: Ancestral rites
추석 아침에는 조상님께 차례를 지냅니다. (On the morning of the holiday, we perform ancestral rites for our ancestors.)
charyereul jinaen hu gajokdeulgoa seongmyoreul gamnida성묘: Visiting ancestral graves
차례를 지낸 후 가족들과 성묘를 갑니다. (After performing ancestral rites, we go to visit ancestral graves with our family.)
charyereul jinaen hu gajokdeulgoa seongmyoreul gamnida