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🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The embassy window

The embassy on a morning in May: number twelve and the application please, both passports please, in case a document is missing come again, is proof that I lived in America needed too, in that case school records do too, and the baby's passport, in case you travel this year do them together, in case your address changes contact us, and now the papers of two countries are all done.

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THE STORY

A Korean-speaking window at an embassy in Seoul on a morning in May, a number called, a folder handed over; the embassy clerk speaks the formal speech of a counter, Eli and Su-a answer her politely and speak casually to each other.

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십이 번이요. 신청서 주십시오.si-bi beo-ni-yo. sin-cheong-seo ju-sip-ssi-o.Number twelve. The application, please.
여권 둘 다 주십시오.yeo-gwon dul da ju-sip-ssi-o.Both passports, please.
서류가 없을 경우 다시 오십시오.seo-ryu-ga eop-sseul gyeong-u da-si o-sip-ssi-o.In case a document is missing, come again.
미국에서 산 증명도 필요해요?mi-gu-ge-seo san jeung-myeong-do pi-ryo-hae-yo?Is proof that I lived in America needed too?
그 경우 학교 서류도 됩니다.geu gyeong-u hak-kkyo seo-ryu-do doem-ni-da.In that case, school records do too.
아기 여권도요?a-gi yeo-gwon-do-yo?And the baby's passport?
올해 여행할 경우 같이 하세요.ol-hae yeo-haeng-hal gyeong-u ga-chi ha-se-yo.In case you travel this year, do them together.
주소가 바뀔 경우 연락 주십시오.ju-so-ga ba-kkwil gyeong-u yeol-lak ju-sip-ssi-o.In case your address changes, contact us.
이제 두 나라 서류가 다 됐네.i-je du na-ra seo-ryu-ga da dwaen-ne.So now the papers of two countries are all done.