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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The June night

Three in the morning in June: wake up and it's started, what time is it, three and the contractions come every seven minutes, is it time to go, it's time to go and call Mr. Kim, seven minutes and he's coming and don't let her walk, now every five minutes, get in and the riverside with no lights, we're there and breathe and Eli isn't going anywhere.

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THE STORY

The flat by the river in Mapo at three in the morning in June, then Mr. Kim's taxi on the empty riverside road to the hospital; Su-a and Eli speak casually to each other, Mr. Kim casually to them both.

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일어나. 시작됐어.i-reo-na. si-jak-ttwae-sseo.Wake up. It's started.
지금 몇 시야?ji-geum myeot si-ya?What time is it?
세 시. 진통이 칠 분마다 와.se si. jin-tong-i chil bun-ma-da wa.Three. The contractions come every seven minutes.
갈 때가 된 거야?gal ttae-ga doen geo-ya?Is it time to go?
갈 때가 됐어. 아버님께 전화해.gal ttae-ga dwae-sseo. a-beo-nim-kke jeon-hwa-hae.It's time to go. Call Mr. Kim.
가방 잊지 말고.ga-bang it-jji mal-go.And don't forget the bag.
칠 분? 지금 간다. 걷게 하지 마.chil bun? ji-geum gan-da. geot-kke ha-ji ma.Seven minutes? I'm coming. Don't let her walk.
이제 오 분마다 와.i-je o bun-ma-da wa.Now it's every five minutes.
타라. 강변으로 간다. 신호등 없어.ta-ra. gang-byeo-neu-ro gan-da. sin-ho-deung eop-sseo.Get in. I'll take the riverside. No lights.
다 왔어. 숨 쉬어. 나 아무 데도 안 가.da wa-sseo. sum swi-eo. na a-mu de-do an ga.We're there. Breathe. I'm not going anywhere.