Skip to content
fluentbyear
🇰🇷 Korean · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The platform

Seoul Station on an August morning, ten of them and a pram: platform seven and car five at the back, passengers for Gangneung please board, Dad asks where the pram goes, fold it and there's a shelf at the end of the car, Grandma's is the forward-facing window seat, the doors you get off by are on the left, nobody missing, and Dad is at the coffee stand.

Audio instruction: English

Report a problem with this lesson

This lesson needs a subscription.

The first 2 lessons of each level are free. One subscription unlocks every other lesson, in the app and on the website.

See the plans

Already subscribed? Sign in. Or listen to lesson 1 for free.

THE STORY

Platform seven at Seoul Station on a Saturday morning in August, the whole family and a pram waiting for the train to Gangneung; Eli, Su-a and Min-jun speak casually to each other, and the announcement speaks formally to everyone.

Flashcards

The words and phrases of this lesson, one card each. Best after you’ve listened.

Create your account.

Create a free account and confirm your email to keep the cards you like and the decks you make.

Already have an account? Sign in

Words and phrases

The lesson is for your ears. Open this afterwards, to see what you learned.
칠 번 승강장, 오 호차. 맨 뒤야.chil beon seung-gang-jang, o ho-cha. maen dwi-ya.Platform seven, car five. Right at the back.
강릉 가시는 손님은gang-neung ga-si-neun son-ni-meunpassengers going to Gangneung: go, raised with the honorific marker, in its describing shape, then guests
강릉 가시는 손님은 지금 타시기 바랍니다.gang-neung ga-si-neun son-ni-meun ji-geum ta-si-gi ba-ram-ni-da.Passengers for Gangneung, please board now.
아빠가 유모차는 어디에 두냬.a-ppa-ga yu-mo-cha-neun eo-di-e du-nyae.Dad asks where the pram goes.
아무도 깨우지 마.a-mu-do kkae-u-ji ma.Nobody wake her.
접어. 칸 끝에 선반 있어.jeo-beo. kan kkeu-te seon-ban i-sseo.Fold it. There's a shelf at the end of the car.
할머니는 순방향 창가 자리야.hal-meo-ni-neun sun-bang-hyang chang-kka ja-ri-ya.Grandma's is the forward-facing window seat.
내리실 문은 왼쪽입니다.nae-ri-sil mu-neun oen-jjo-gim-ni-da.The doors you get off by are on the left.
열 명인데 아무도 안 빠졌어.yeol myeong-in-de a-mu-do an ppa-jyeo-sseo.Ten of us, and nobody missing.
잠깐, 아빠는? 아, 커피 가게.jam-kkan, a-ppa-neun? a, keo-pi ga-ge.Wait, and Dad? Oh, the coffee stand.