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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The marriage registration

The Mapo district office, a form on the counter: the marriage report, one copy, and both identity cards; my foreigner card and my passport; for a foreign groom, one certificate and one translation; from the embassy, one copy of each; and two witnesses sign here; our two friends signed last night; about a week, then print the marriage certificate; we'll print three, for the visa and the school.

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THE STORY

The Mapo district office on a weekday morning, a clerk behind the counter, Eli and Su-a with a folder of papers. Everyone speaks politely, as an office and its visitors do.

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혼인신고서 한 통, 두 분 신분증이요.ho-nin-sin-go-seo han tong, du bun sin-bun-jjeung-i-yo.The marriage report, one copy, and both identity cards.
외국인등록증하고 여권이요.oe-gu-gin-deung-nok-jjeung-ha-go yeo-gwo-ni-yo.My foreigner card and my passport.
외국인 신랑은 증명서 한 부, 번역본 한 부요.oe-gu-gin sil-lang-eun jeung-myeong-seo han bu, beo-nyeok-ppon han bu-yo.For a foreign groom, one certificate and one translation.
각 한 부씩이요gak han bu-ssi-gi-yoone copy of each: each, one copy, apiece
대사관에서 받았어요. 각 한 부씩이요.dae-sa-gwa-ne-seo ba-da-sseo-yo. gak han bu-ssi-gi-yo.From the embassy. One copy of each.
며칠 정도 걸려요?myeo-chil jeong-do geol-lyeo-yo?About how many days does it take?
그리고 증인 두 명이 여기 서명해요.geu-ri-go jeung-in du myeong-i yeo-gi seo-myeong-hae-yo.And two witnesses sign here.
친구 둘이 어젯밤에 서명했어요.chin-gu du-ri eo-jet-ppa-me seo-myeong-hae-sseo-yo.Our two friends signed last night.
일주일 정도요. 그 다음에 결혼증명서를 뽑으세요.il-ju-il jeong-do-yo. geu da-eu-me gyeol-hon-jeung-myeong-seo-reul ppo-beu-se-yo.About a week. Then print the marriage certificate.
세 부 뽑을게요. 비자하고 학교요.se bu ppo-beul-kke-yo. bi-ja-ha-go hak-kkyo-yo.We'll print three. For the visa and the school.