seonsaengnim = teacher

A yellow Submarine fires a Nail that pins a stalk of Celery to a blackboard; a little ping-pong ball bounces off with a bright Ping onto a Knee, then onto a Mushroom held by the Teacher.

A yellow submarine pins a celery stalk to a blackboard with a nail; a little ping-pong ball bounces off a knee onto a mushroom a teacher holds.

How to remember 선생님

Each sound in seonsaengnim has a picture. Put them together and you get the scene above.

선
seo → Submarine

n → Nail

생
sae → Celery

ng → Ping

님
ni → Knee

m → Mushroom

Nim is a respectful title. Use it whenever you talk to or about a teacher.

In a sentence

선생님이에요.

Seonsaengnim ieyo.

It's the teacher.

우리 엄마는 선생님이에요.

Uri eomma neun seonsaengnim ieyo.

My mom is a teacher.

Also in lesson 17

동생 dongsaeng · younger sibling

새 sae · bird

학생 haksaeng · student

가족 gajok · family

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