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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The side street

The side streets behind Mangwon market with Min-jun, following an advertisement: the ad says the street behind the market, this building has a to-let sign, ground floor, fifteen floor units and a big window, it's on the small side, ten children is enough, a rice-cake shop next door and an alterations shop upstairs, rather quiet, the market's close so mothers pass all day, and they call the number.

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THE STORY

A side street behind Mangwon market on a Saturday morning in October, an advertisement on Min-jun's phone and a sign in a shop window; Min-jun and Eli speak casually to each other, as they have since Beginner Level One.

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광고에는 시장 뒤 골목이래.gwang-go-e-neun si-jang dwi gol-mo-gi-rae.The ad says the street behind the market.
이 건물이야? 임대라고 붙어 있네.i geon-mu-ri-ya? im-dae-ra-go bu-teo in-ne.This building? There's a to-let sign up.
월세는 비싼 편이야?wol-se-neun bi-ssan pyeo-ni-ya?Is the rent on the expensive side?
일 층, 십오 평, 창문이 커.il cheung, si-bo pyeong, chang-mu-ni keo.Ground floor, fifteen floor units, a big window.
작은 편이지?ja-geun pyeo-ni-jion the small side: small in its describing shape, then side, with the ending for isn't it
좀 작은 편이지?jom ja-geun pyeo-ni-ji?It's on the small side, isn't it?
아이 열 명이면 충분해.a-i yeol myeong-i-myeon chung-bun-hae.Ten children is enough.
옆은 떡집, 위는 수선집. 조용한 편이야.yeo-peun tteok-jjip, wi-neun su-seon-jip. jo-yong-han pyeo-ni-ya.A rice-cake shop next door, an alterations shop upstairs. Rather quiet.
시장이 가까워서 엄마들이 하루 종일 지나가.si-jang-i ga-kka-wo-seo eom-ma-deu-ri ha-ru jong-il ji-na-ga.The market's close, so mothers pass all day.
번호로 전화해 보자.beon-ho-ro jeon-hwa-hae bo-ja.Let's call the number.