No. 267 in Korean
아파트
Apartment.
In a sentence
우리는 강남에 새로 지어진 아파트로 이사했어요.
We moved to a newly built apartment in Gangnam.
In this sentence, '아파트' refers to an 'apartment' as a type of residence that is newly constructed.
그 아파트는 학교까지 걸어서 십 분 거리입니다.
That apartment is ten minutes away on foot from the school.
Here, '아파트' is used to locate and describe a particular place - an apartment.
한국에서는 아파트가 대표적인 주택 형태로 매우 흔합니다.
In Korea, apartments are a typical form of housing and are very common.
In this example, '아파트' is used to describe a general concept of housing style, prevalent in Korea.
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