2022-03-15

Let’s learn about the various meanings of "살다” verb”

1. Definitions


* 살다 : (1) [=생존하다] live; [=생존해 있다] be [stay] alive; subsist; [=존재하다] exist (2) [=지내다•생활하다] get along [by]; make a living; lead a life (3) [=거주하다] live; dwell; inhabit; reside (4) [=생기가 넘치다] be enlivened; have life given to (it) (5) [피하다] be freed from check; [= 도망치다•잡히지 않다] escape from being captured; be in play; [=안전하다] be safe; [=살아남다] survive


2. Explanations


1) [=생존하다] live; [=생존해 있다] be [stay] alive; subsist; [=존재하다] exist


- 살아 있는 동안에 : while one lives[is alive]

- 공룡이 살아 있다면, 인간과 공존할 수 있겠어? : If dinosaurs were alive, would they be able to coexist with humans?


2) [=지내다•생활하다] get along [by]; make a living; lead a life


- 혼자 산다 : I live alone

- 난 요즘 그럭저럭 산다 = 난 요즈음 그럭저럭 지낸다 : I've been doing well these days


* 그럭저럭 : somehow (or other)


3) [=거주하다] live (in/at/near), (formal) reside, (literary) dwell; inhabit; reside


- 월세를 살다 = 월세로 산다 : live at a rental (place)

- 난 서울에 산다 : I live in Seoul


4) [=생기가 넘치다] be enlivened; have life given to (it)


- 그 색을 칠하니까 좀 색이 사는군요 : The color is a little vivid now that I've colored it

- 오늘은 니 표정이 좀 살아있는 거 같다. 뭔 좋은 일 있냐? : I think your expression is alive today. Did something good happen?


5) [=피하다] be freed from check; [= 도망치다•잡히지 않다] escape from being captured; be in play; [=안전하다] be safe; [=살아남다] survive


- 우선 살아 있어야지 원수를 갚던지 하지 죽고 나면 무슨 소용이 있겠어 : You have to be alive to avenge yourself. What can you do after you die?


* 소용이 없다 : be of no use

* 아무리 말해도 소용이 없다 : It's no good talking


- 우선 살고 보자 : Let’s survive first

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