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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

A girl

Dawn at the hospital in April: congratulations and it's a girl, is my wife all right, both are healthy and three kilos two hundred, come in and she has your nose, born an hour ago and Eli has cried twice, she came after ten hours and hold her, send the photo and nobody has slept since two, and Ha-eun, as they decided.

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Lesson 1 · A girl

Korean · 30 minutes

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The corridor and the ward of a Seoul hospital at dawn in April, the day Ha-eun is born; the nurse speaks the formal speech of staff, Eli answers her politely, and Su-a and Eli speak casually to each other.

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축하드립니다. 딸입니다.chu-ka-deu-rim-ni-da. tta-rim-ni-da.Congratulations. It's a girl.
네 시 십 분에 태어났어요.ne si sip bu-ne tae-eo-na-sseo-yo.Born at ten past four.
아내는 괜찮아요?a-nae-neun gwaen-cha-na-yo?Is my wife all right?
둘 다 건강합니다. 삼 킬로 이백입니다.dul da geon-gang-ham-ni-da. sam kil-lo i-bae-gim-ni-da.Both are healthy. Three kilos two hundred.
들어와. 코가 너 닮았어.deu-reo-wa. ko-ga neo dal-ma-sseo.Come in. She has your nose.
태어난 지 한 시간 됐는데 두 번 울었어.tae-eo-nan ji han si-gan dwaen-neun-de du beon u-reo-sseo.She was born an hour ago and I've cried twice.
열 시간 만에 나왔어요. 안아 보세요.yeol si-gan ma-ne na-wa-sseo-yo. a-na bo-se-yo.She came after ten hours. Hold her.
사진 보내. 다들 두 시부터 안 잤어.sa-jin bo-nae. da-deul du si-bu-teo an ja-sseo.Send the photo. Nobody has slept since two.
하은이. 우리가 정한 대로.ha-eu-ni. u-ri-ga jeong-han dae-ro.Ha-eun. As we decided.