걷다
geot-da
Korean 'geotda': feet pushing the ground to move the body
The picture Two feet push the ground in turns, and the body moves forward by exactly that much. geotda keeps the feet on the ground while moving forward; ttwida lifts them off it.
Where the picture shows up in 걷다
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Closing a distance on foot
집까지 걸어서 십 분이에요.
jip-kka-ji geo-reo-seo sip bu-ni-e-yo
It's ten minutes on foot to my place.
Feet land in turns and the house comes one step closer each time
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Walking for a walk
저녁마다 공원을 걸어요.
jeo-nyeong-ma-da gong-wo-neul geo-reo-yo
I walk a loop in the park every evening.
Circling the same path slowly, breath evening out
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Counting steps
하루에 만 보를 걸어요.
ha-ru-e man bo-reul geo-reo-yo
I do ten thousand steps a day.
Every step nudges the number on the counter up one
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Walking again
이제 지팡이 없이 걸을 수 있어요.
i-je ji-pang-i eop-si geo-reul su i-sseo-yo
I can get around without a cane now.
The cane is left leaning on the wall and only two feet meet the floor
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Walking one road for years
이 길을 십 년 걸었어요.
i gi-reul sim-nyeon geo-reo-sseo-yo
I've been in this line of work ten years.
Footprints on one road, running in a line far into the distance
All of it in one picture
geotda is the picture of feet pushing the ground so the body travels. Each push bringing the house nearer is going on foot; circling the same path to even out your breath is walking for a walk. Numbers climbing on a step counter is walking ten thousand steps, setting the cane aside and landing on your own feet is walking again, and footprints running far along one road is ten years walked on it.