Korean listening practice #16 Laziness, Motivation
Welcome to Part 16 of our Korean listening practice series!
Today, we’ll focus on expressions related to Laziness! haha.
I often find myself feeling discouraged or unmotivated from time to time, especially during the weekend!
How about you guys? How do you overcome this laziness? Personally, I try to get up and clean the room when I feel low on energy.
In this post, we will learn expressions and words related to this topic. Let’s dive in!
<How to study>
1. Get to know important vocab and become acquainted with grammar concepts.
2. Watch the video without subtitles initially, then review with subtitles.
3. Listen repeatedly and mimic the speaker. Aim to listen at least once daily until you’re comfortable with the sentence structures and expressions.
Vocabulary list
| 아무것도 | nothing |
| 평일 | weekday |
| 그냥 | just |
| 피곤하다 | to be tired |
| 무기력하다 | to feel lethargic, helpless |
| 의욕 | will, drive, motivation |
| 누워있다 | to be lying down |
| 침대 | bed |
| 기분 | mood, feeling |
| 끝내다 | to end |
| 건강하다 | to be healthy |
| 누구나 | anybody |
| 게으르다 | to be lazy |
| 당연하다 | to be nature, obvious |
| 매번 | every time |
| 정리하다 | to organize |
| 극복하다 | to overcome |
Grammar points
| -아/어/해서 | because, and |
| -고 싶어요 | want to |
| -기 시작하다 | start to do something |
| -고 나니(까) | after doing something, (I) realize |
| -기 싫다 | don’t want to |
| -아/어/해 지다 | change of state |
| -아/어/해도 괜찮다 | It’s okay to do something |
| -ㄹ/을 때 | when |
| -(으)려고 하다 | try to, plan to |
Put your best effort into understanding the video as you listen.
And remember to mimic it too!
This practice will aid in cultivating a natural Korean accent and tone.
(The script is down below!)
<Script>
오늘은 주말이라서 아무것도 안하고 싶었어요.
평일 동안 열심히 일하면, 주말에는 그냥 잠만 자고 싶어요.
피곤하고, 무기력해요. 의욕이 없어요.
어제는 오후 3시까지 침대에 누워있었어요.
침대에서 과자만 먹었어요.
그런데 기분이 안 좋았어요, 하루를 이렇게 끝내고 싶지 않았어요.
일어나서 청소를 하기 시작했어요. 설거지를 하고, 빨래도 했어요.
샤워도 하고 나니, 다시 침대에 눕기가 싫었어요.
대신 책상에 앉아서, 책을 읽기 시작했어요.
그러니 저녁 요리도 하고 싶어졌고, 건강한 음식도 해 먹었어요.
사람은 누구나 의욕이 없고 게을러 질 때가 있어요.
그것은 당연한 것이고, 가끔씩은 그렇게 시간을 보내도 괜찮아요.
하지만 매번 주말마다 무기력하게 보내고 싶지 않았어요.
그래서 나는 무기력할 때 마다 일어나서 정리를 하려고 해요.
여러분들은 무기력함을 어떻게 극복하나요?
Today is the weekend, so I didn’t want to do anything.
If I work hard during weekdays, I just want to sleep on weekends.
I’m tired, out of energy. I’m not motivated.
Yesterday, I was lying down in bed until 3 pm.
I only ate snacks in bed.
But I didn’t feel good, I didn’t want to end the day like this.
I woke up and started cleaning. I did the dishes, and I did the laundry.
After taking a shower, (I realized) I didn’t want to go back to bed.
Instead, I sat at my desk and started reading.
After doing that, I also wanted to cook dinner, and I (made and) ate healthy food.
Everyone has times when they lack motivation and become lazy.
That’s natural, and it’s okay to spend time like that sometimes.
But I didn’t want to spend every weekend feeling low on energy.
So whenever I feel low on energy, I try to get up and clean up.
How do you guys overcome lack of motivation?
You can also find this on Spotify/Google Podcasts.
Listen to it frequently whenever you have some spare time.
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