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🇰🇷 Korean · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Where Eli is from

Over the coffee, Ji-yeong asks where Eli is from: America, Minneapolis; is it cold, very cold, Seoul too, in winter; a teacher in America too, a science teacher; Ji-yeong is an English teacher; America is far, but Seoul is nice.

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THE STORY

The same cafe in Hongdae, the drinks on the table. Ji-yeong asks Eli about home; the two speak politely, as colleagues who have just met.

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일라이 씨, 어디에서 왔어요?il-la-i ssi, eo-di-e-seo wa-sseo-yo?Eli, where are you from?
미국에서 왔어요.mi-gu-ge-seo wa-sseo-yoI'm from America: word for word, America from, came
미국에서 왔어요. 미니애폴리스요.mi-gu-ge-seo wa-sseo-yo. mi-ni-ae-pol-li-seu-yo.I'm from America. From Minneapolis.
지영 씨는요?ji-yeong ssi-neun-yo?And you, Ji-yeong?
미니애폴리스는 추워요?mi-ni-ae-pol-li-seu-neun chu-wo-yo?Is Minneapolis cold?
네, 아주 추워요. 서울도 추워요?ne, a-ju chu-wo-yo. seo-ul-do chu-wo-yo?Yes, very cold. Is Seoul cold too?
한국은 추워요?han-gu-geun chu-wo-yo?Is Korea cold?
미국에서도 선생님이에요?mi-gu-ge-seo-do seon-saeng-ni-mi-e-yoare you a teacher in America too: America, in, too, then teacher, is
겨울에는 추워요. 미국에서도 선생님이에요?gyeo-u-re-neun chu-wo-yo. mi-gu-ge-seo-do seon-saeng-ni-mi-e-yo?In winter it's cold. Are you a teacher in America too?
네, 저는 과학 선생님이에요.ne, jeo-neun gwa-hak seon-saeng-ni-mi-e-yo.Yes, I'm a science teacher.

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