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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The invitation

Mrs. Park's kitchen, the invitation drafted with Ji-yeong: an invitation opens with a greeting; we ask that you bless our first step; does everyone write it like that; everyone, then the day, the place and the parents' names; my parents' names in Korean letters too; yes, the groom's parents on the left; we would be grateful if you came, and the map; two hundred copies, printed by Friday.

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THE STORY

Mrs. Park's kitchen in Mangwon-dong on a weekday evening, a draft invitation on the table, Ji-yeong with a pen. Ji-yeong and Eli speak politely to each other, as colleagues; Su-a reads the invitation's lines in their printed politeness.

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청첩장은 인사로 시작해요.cheong-cheop-jjang-eun in-sa-ro si-ja-kae-yo.An invitation opens with a greeting.
축복해 주시기 바랍니다chuk-ppo-kae ju-si-gi ba-ram-ni-dawe ask that you please bless: bless, give for us, then the printed we ask that you please
저희 첫걸음을 축복해 주시기 바랍니다.jeo-hui cheot-kkeo-reu-meul chuk-ppo-kae ju-si-gi ba-ram-ni-da.We ask that you bless our first step.
다들 그렇게 써요?da-deul geu-reo-ke sseo-yo?Does everyone write it like that?
다들요. 그 다음에 날짜, 장소, 부모님 성함이요.da-deu-ryo. geu da-eu-me nal-jja, jang-so, bu-mo-nim seong-ha-mi-yo.Everyone. Then the day, the place and the parents' names.
제 부모님 성함도 한글로요?je bu-mo-nim seong-ham-do han-geul-lo-yo?My parents' names in Korean letters too?
축의금 계좌번호는요?chu-gui-geum gye-jwa-beon-ho-neun-yo?And the account number for the gift money?
네. 신랑 부모님은 왼쪽이에요.ne. sil-lang bu-mo-ni-meun oen-jjo-gi-e-yo.Yes. The groom's parents go on the left.
와 주시면 감사하겠습니다. 그리고 지도요.wa ju-si-myeon gam-sa-ha-get-sseum-ni-da. geu-ri-go ji-do-yo.We would be grateful if you came. And the map.
이백 부, 금요일까지 인쇄요.i-baek bu, geu-myo-il-kka-ji in-swae-yo.Two hundred copies, printed by Friday.