English Vocabulary: Humid

Hi, everybody. I'm Esther. 

And in this video, I'm going to teach  you a very important English word. 

Now, everybody in Korea should know this word  because it gets this way every summer in Korea,  

right? Well not just in the summer,  but also in some other seasons. 

And that word that we're going  to learn today is ‘humid’. 

Again, ‘humid’. So this word, you need to know it,  

and you especially need to mention this word when  you describe Korea's weather to any foreigners, 

Okay. So if they ask “What's the weather  

like in Korea?”, you have to say “humid”. Well what does ‘humid’ mean? 

Well again, ‘humid’ is used to describe weather. It means that it's very wet and hot, right? 

You know what I mean. So even my best friend, she comes to  

Korea every year from Southern California, which is where I'm from, 

and she complains about this all the time. “It's so humid, right?” 

“It's so hot and wet.” And she complains about this  

because where we're from, it's not like that. 

It's hot, but it doesn't get very humid. So let's look at the board for some examples  

on how to use the word. Okay. 

So here it is. “Today is very humid.” 

“Today is very humid.” So that's the word I want to teach you today. 

‘humid’ But there are some other ways  

to say the same thing instead of ‘humid’. We can say a couple of other words. 

For example, we can say, “Today is very muggy.” “Today is very muggy.” 

Okay, ‘muggy’ means humid. Again, hot and wet. 

We can also say, “Today is very sticky.” “Today is very sticky.” 

So ‘humid’, ‘muggy’, and ‘sticky’ all have the  same meaning when you're describing the weather. 

Now, I told you that where I'm from it's  not humid, it's hot, but it's not humid, 

so what's the opposite of humid? That word is ‘dry’. 

So if it's not humid, I can  say, “Today is very dry.” 

“Today is very dry.” Okay, well, let's look  

at some more example sentences together. Okay, let's look at some example sentences. 

“It's too humid. Turn on the air conditioner.” “It's too humid. Turn on the air-conditioner.” 

“I hate humid weather. It's too sticky.” “I hate humid weather. It's too sticky.” 

“The rain makes it muggy.” “The rain makes it muggy.” 

“California is dry, but Florida is humid.” “California is dry, but Florida is humid.” 

Okay, so in this video we  learned the word ‘humid’. 

Make sure you guys remember it. It's a very important word in Korea  

because it describes Korea's  weather and summer perfectly. 

Now, as for me, I've been here for a couple of  years, and I'm still trying to get used to it, 

but I have to say I like dry weather better. Okay well thanks for joining and see you guys  

next time. Bye.