English Vocabulary: Pedestrian

Hi, everybody. My name is Esther. 

And in this video, I'm going to  talk about the word ‘pedestrian’. 

Now, I think this is a really important  word for all Koreans to know because there  

are many pedestrians in Korea. Well, what is a pedestrian? 

A pedestrian is somebody who is walking. They might be walking on the street. 

Or on the sidewalk where all  the stores and restaurants are. 

The sidewalk or pedestrians might be  crossing the street on a crosswalk. 

That's the section with the white lines where you  have to go if you want to go to the other side. 

So let's look at these example sentences. “Don't hit the pedestrian.” 

Okay. So in Korea there are  

very many cars and drivers and they have to be  careful not to hit the people that are walking. 

The pedestrians. So don't hit the pedestrian. 

The pedestrian crosses the crosswalk. Again, the crosswalk is where the white lines are. 

You have to walk there if you  want to go to the other side. 

The pedestrian crosses the crosswalk. The last example is there are  

many pedestrians on the sidewalk. Remember, ‘sidewalk’ is the area next to the  

street where pedestrians should walk. It's safer, right? 

So there are many pedestrians on the sidewalk. Okay. 

And so that's how we use ‘pedestrian’. Remember, it means somebody who's walking. 

Okay. That's all. 

Thank you. Bye.