우리

uri = we / us

Green Ooze drips onto a giant open book that four friends huddle together to Read, arms around each other: that is Us.

How to remember 우리

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

우
u → Ooze

리
ri → Read

Koreans also say uri for things they share: uri jip is "our house," even for one person's home.

우리예요.

Uri yeyo.

It's us.

우리 엄마는 선생님이에요.

Uri eomma neun seonsaengnim ieyo.

My mom is a teacher.

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