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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The sloping floor

Mr. Kim's day off, his tools in the taxi and the studio's floor to flatten: hold the level and keep holding, it slopes towards the window, every floor in Seoul slopes and pass me the hammer, the big one or the small one, the small one and hold this board a moment, is it flat now, flat and put the tiles there and leave them, how much do I owe you, money what money and have Su-a buy me dinner.

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THE STORY

The empty studio in the side street behind Mangwon market on a Sunday in December, Mr. Kim's toolbox on the floor; Mr. Kim speaks casually to Eli, Eli is respectful to him.

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수평기 잡아. 계속 잡고 있어.su-pyeong-gi ja-ba. gye-sok jap-kko i-sseo.Hold the level. Keep holding it.
창문 쪽으로 기울어요.chang-mun jjo-geu-ro gi-u-reo-yo.It slopes towards the window.
서울 바닥은 다 기울어. 망치 줘.seo-ul ba-da-geun da gi-u-reo. mang-chi jwo.Every floor in Seoul slopes. Pass me the hammer.
큰 거요, 작은 거요?keun geo-yo, ja-geun geo-yo?The big one or the small one?
작은 거. 이 판자 잠깐 잡아 줘.ja-geun geo. i pan-ja jam-kkan ja-ba jwo.The small one. Hold this board a moment.
이제 평평해요?i-je pyeong-pyeong-hae-yo?Is it flat now?
선반은 여기 달아 놓자.seon-ba-neun yeo-gi da-ra no-ja.Let's hang the shelf up here.
거기 놓아 둬.geo-gi no-a dwoput them there and leave them: there, then put, then the helper verb for leaving it so
평평해. 타일은 거기 놓아 둬.pyeong-pyeong-hae. ta-i-reun geo-gi no-a dwo.Flat. Put the tiles there and leave them.
아버님, 얼마 드리면 돼요?a-beo-nim, eol-ma deu-ri-myeon dwae-yo?Father, how much do I owe you?

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