LESSON NOTES

Culture Class: Korean

Superstitions and Beliefs S1 #1
The Number 4 and Pig Dreams

CONTENTS
2 Korean Hangul
2 Romanization
2 English
2 Vocabulary
2 Sample Sentences
3 Cultural Insight

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 KOREAN HANGUL

1. 숫자 사

2. 돼지꿈

ROMANIZATION

1. sutja sa

2. doejikkum

ENGLISH

1. The number 4

2. Pig dream

VOCABULARY

Hangul R omanization English C lass

숫자 sutjja number noun

떠올리다 tteoollida to call to mind verb

꿈 kkum dream noun

행운 haengun luck, fortune

SAMPLE SENTENCES

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한국 사람들을 숫자 4를 좋아하지 않습니 숫자들이 나란히 붙어 있어.
다. sujjadeuri naryeonhi buteo isseo.
hanguk saramdeureun sutja sareul joahaji
ansseumnida. "Numbers are next to them."

"Korean people do not like the number 4."

좋은 생각이 떠올랐습니다. 어젯밤 무서운 꿈을 꾸었습니다.

joeun saenggagi tteoollatsseumnida. eojetbam museoun kkumeul kkueotsseumnida.

"A good idea crossed my mind." "I had a scary dream last night."

꿈 속에서 요정을 만났어요. 한국에서 돼지는 행운의 상징입니다.

kkum sogeseo yojeong-eul mannasseoyo. hangugeseo doejineun haengunui
sangjingimnida.
"I met a fairy in my dream."
"In Korea, the pig is a symbol of luck."

그 경기에서 이긴 것은 완전히 행운이었어.

geu gyeongieseo igin geoseun wanjeonhi haengunieosseo.

"It was pure luck to win that game."

CULTURAL INSIGHT

숫자 사 (sutja sa) - "The number 4"

In Korea, it's believed that the number 4 is a symbol of bad luck. In many elevators, the fourth
floor is written as "F" and some buildings do not even have the fourth floor. It's because the
Sino-Korean words for "four" and "death" sound the same, so people tend to associate the
number 4 with death or bad luck.

돼지꿈 (doejikkum) - "Pig dream"

In Korea, it's believed that if a pig appears in your dream, it means you are going to have
good luck. That's why some Korean people buy a lottery ticket after they dream of pigs. It's
because the pig symbolizes wealth and luck since, in the past, only rich people could eat
pork. Thus, people believe pig dreams tell them that a lot of money is on the way.

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