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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The viewing

The viewing with Mr. Jang, the landlord, Min-jun along: fifteen floor units and the toilet inside, it was a stationery shop and has been empty since spring, the floor tiles are cracked, the floor is the tenant's work, and the damp in the corner has dried and a new window is in, and there's a sink, children need water.

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THE STORY

The empty shop in the side street behind Mangwon market on a weekday afternoon in October, Mr. Jang with the keys, Eli and Min-jun looking at the floor; Mr. Jang speaks politely, Eli and Min-jun politely and respectfully to him.

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십오 평, 화장실은 안에 있어요.si-bo pyeong, hwa-jang-si-reun a-ne i-sseo-yo.Fifteen floor units, the toilet is inside.
여기 뭐였어요?yeo-gi mwo-yeo-sseo-yo?What was here?
문방구였어요. 봄부터 비어 있어요.mun-bang-gu-yeo-sseo-yo. bom-bu-teo bi-eo i-sseo-yo.A stationery shop. It's been empty since spring.
아이들이 뛰니까 평평해야 돼요.a-i-deu-ri ttwi-ni-kka pyeong-pyeong-hae-ya dwae-yo.Children run, so it has to be flat.
깨져 있네요.kkae-jeo in-ne-yoare cracked, I see: crack, then the verb for being there, with the ending for noticing
바닥 타일이 깨져 있네요.ba-dak ta-i-ri kkae-jeo in-ne-yo.The floor tiles are cracked.
바닥은 세입자가 할 일이에요.ba-da-geun se-ip-jja-ga hal li-ri-e-yo.The floor is the tenant's work.
구석 습기는요?gu-seok seup-kki-neun-nyo?And the damp in the corner?
말랐어요. 창문도 새로 달려 있어요.mal-la-sseo-yo. chang-mun-do sae-ro dal-lyeo i-sseo-yo.It's dried. And a new window is in.
싱크대도 있네요. 아이들은 물이 필요해요.sing-keu-dae-do in-ne-yo. a-i-deu-reun mu-ri pi-ryo-hae-yo.There's a sink too. Children need water.