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Jaehwi: Hi everyone. I am Jaehwi. Welcome back to Korean Weekly Words. Let’s see what we have for this week. The theme is at the office.
Okay now we have 급여 (geubyeo) meaning “salary.” I can say 변호사는 급여가 높습니다. (Byeonhosaneun geubyeoga nopseumnida.) meaning ”Lawyers have high salaries.”
Okay now we have 사무실 (samusil) meaning “office.” I can say 우리 사무실은 서울에 있습니다. (Uri samusireun seoure itsseumnida.) meaning “My office is in Seoul.” This word 사무실 (samusil) can be used only for the company’s office, not teacher’s office or other types of office.
사장 (sajang) “boss.” Actually it literally means the leader of the company. So they can be like CEO or someone who is overseeing the company. 우리 사장님은 좋습니다. (Uri sajangnimeun josseumnida.) meaning “My boss is very good.” Hi Peter and so when you say – when you use this word in Korean, when you address your boss, make sure you put the word 님 (nim). Call your boss like 사장님 (sajangnim) not 사장 (sajang) because if you just call 사장 (sajang) to your boss, then you might have no boss from the next day.
Okay next we have 상사 (sangsa) meaning “superior.” The first word of this word is 상 (sang) meaning “up” like above. So 상사 (sangsa) is someone who is working above you. 제 상사는 성격이 안 좋습니다. (Je sangsaneun seonggyeogi an josseumnida.) meaning “My superior is mean.” which is not true, just to let you know.
Okay now we have 초과근무 (chogwageunmu) “overtime.” 하루에 *한 주에* 네 번 정도 초과근무를 합니다. (Harue *han jue* ne beon jeongdo chogwageunmureul hamnida.) meaning “Korean people usually do overtime four times a week.” and yeah that is actually true. So when I just call my friends who are working for Korean companies and they just say, I am still at the company even though it’s like until 10 pm, 11 pm.
Okay that’s all we have for this week. I hope you enjoyed all of the words. Thank you for watching. 감사합니다. (Gamsahamnida.) 안녕히 계세요. (Annyeonghi gyeseyo.)

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