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🇰🇷 Korean · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The new class

March, the first day of the school year, Vice-principal Oh at the door and a student with a question: the students are waiting, I'm going now, hello everyone, where are you from, from Minneapolis, what are you doing in Korea, I'm teaching English, are you learning Korean too, yes, and I'm living by the river.

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THE STORY

A classroom at the middle school in Mapo on the first morning of the school year in March, the vice-principal at the door and a new class inside. Eli speaks formally to the vice-principal, who speaks politely to him; Eli and the student speak politely.

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학생들이 기다리고 있어요.hak-ssaeng-deu-ri gi-da-ri-go i-sseo-yo.The students are waiting.
네, 지금 갑니다.ne, ji-geum gam-ni-da.Yes, I'm going now.
여러분, 안녕하세요!yeo-reo-bun, an-nyeong-ha-se-yo!Hello, everyone!
선생님, 어디에서 오셨어요?seon-saeng-nim, eo-di-e-seo o-syeo-sseo-yo?Teacher, where are you from?
미니애폴리스에서 왔어요.mi-ni-ae-pol-li-seu-e-seo wa-sseo-yo.I'm from Minneapolis.
한국에서 뭐 하고 있어요?han-gu-ge-seo mwo ha-go i-sseo-yo?What are you doing in Korea?
영어를 가르치고 있어요.yeong-eo-reul ga-reu-chi-go i-sseo-yo.I'm teaching English.
한국말도 배우고 있어요?han-gung-mal-do bae-u-go i-sseo-yo?Are you learning Korean too?
한강 옆에 살고 있어요.han-gang yeo-pe sal-go i-sseo-yoI'm living by the river: the river, beside, then live with the ending for right now
네. 그리고 한강 옆에 살고 있어요.ne. geu-ri-go han-gang yeo-pe sal-go i-sseo-yo.Yes. And I'm living by the river.