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TOPIK 3noun

돗자리

dotjari [돋짜리]

돗자리가 · 돗자리를

picnic mat

Example

공원 잔디에 돗자리를 깔고 앉았어요.

We spread a mat on the grass in the park and sat down.

Word parts

Native word; originally a mat woven from rush stems. 자리 means 'mat, seat'.

Good to know

Pronounced [돋짜리]: ㅅ sounds like ㄷ and makes the next ㅈ tense. Spreading one is 돗자리를 깔다; Han River parks fill with them on warm evenings.