Lesson 3
다음 주말에 시간 비워 놔요.
= Leave your schedule open next weekend.
When is this phrase usually used?
Since this sentence implies that the speaker and the listener meet each other quite often on weekends, you will often hear this being said between couples. This is an imperative sentence, but it is said in a polite way, so it’s like an informal request between close friends. Sometimes, however, in Korean dramas, you will see male characters just telling someone to empty their weekend schedule for them.
Vocabulary & Grammar Points
* 다음 [da-eum] = next
Ex) 다음 손님!
[da-eum son-nim!]
= Next customer, please.
* 주말 [ju-mal] = weekend
Ex) 주말에 주로 뭐 해요?
[ju-ma-re ju-ro mwo hae-yo?]
= What do you usually do on the weekend?
* -에 [-e] = at; in; from; to
Ex) 여기에 놓을게요.
[yeo-gi-e no-eul-ge-yo.]
= I will put it here.
* 시간 [si-gan] = time; hour
Ex) 요즘 시간이 없어요.
[yo-jeum si-ga-ni eop-seo-yo.]
= I don’t have time these days.
* 비우다 [bi-u-da] = to vacate; to empty
Ex) 자리 좀 비워 주세요.
[ja-ri jom bi-wo ju-se-yo.]
= Please make these seats empty.
* -아/어/여 놓다 [-a/eo/yeo no-ta] = to do something to an object and keep it in the certain state
Ex) 얼음 준비해 놓으세요.
[eo-reum jun-bi-hae no-eu-se-yo.]
= Please prepare some ice and keep it ready.