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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The admin office

At the high school's admin office with Ms. Jang, the clerk goes through Eli's terms: the pay is set according to the salary scale, which step, step four and the three years count, eighteen hours a week by the timetable, the vacations and the four insurances, duty days according to the school rules, deducted by law, severance pay after a year, and every line read on Monday.

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THE STORY

The admin office of the high school in Mapo on a July afternoon, Eli across the counter from the clerk and Ms. Jang beside him; the clerk speaks formally as offices do, Ms. Jang politely, Eli formally and respectfully.

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호봉표에 따라ho-bong-pyo-e tta-raaccording to the salary scale: the scale with the particle for to, then the word for following
월급은 호봉표에 따라 정해집니다.wol-geu-beun ho-bong-pyo-e tta-ra jeong-hae-jim-ni-da.The pay is set according to the salary scale.
저는 몇 호봉입니까?jeo-neun myeot ho-bong-im-ni-kka?Which step am I?
사 호봉입니다. 삼 년이 인정됩니다.sa ho-bong-im-ni-da. sam nyeo-ni in-jeong-doem-ni-da.Step four. Your three years count.
주 열여덟 시간이에요.ju yeol-yeo-deol si-ga-ni-e-yo.Eighteen hours a week.
일 년 후에 퇴직금이 나와요.il lyeon hu-e toe-jik-kkeu-mi na-wa-yo.After a year, there's severance pay.
방학하고 사대 보험은요?bang-ha-ka-go sa-dae bo-heo-meun-yo?And the vacations and the four insurances?
교칙에 따라 당직 날에 출근합니다.gyo-chi-ge tta-ra dang-jik na-re chul-geun-ham-ni-da.According to the school rules, you come in on duty days.
보험은 법에 의해 공제돼요.bo-heo-meun beo-be ui-hae gong-je-dwae-yo.The insurances are deducted by law.
월요일에 다 읽겠습니다.wo-ryo-i-re da il-kket-sseum-ni-da.I'll read it all on Monday.