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The first rehearsal

A basement practice room in Hongdae in September: Min-jun brings Eli to his old university senior's band, which has lost its bass player; the bass is here and he's our family's American, hello and I teach science, a teacher so from today Teach and drop the polite speech, then Tae-ho is big brother, Yu-na sings and is younger so Eli is hers too, Ho-jin is the youngest on drums and gets all the jobs, nobody gives orders in this band except Tae-ho, and plug in, let's hear you.

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Lesson 1 · The first rehearsal

Korean · 30 minutes

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A basement practice room in Hongdae on a September evening, a bass amp in the corner; Min-jun speaks politely to his senior Tae-ho, Eli politely until Tae-ho drops the polite speech, and from then the whole band casually.

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형, 베이스 왔어요. 우리 집 미국인.hyeong, be-i-seu wa-sseo-yo. u-ri jip mi-gu-gin.Tae-ho, the bass is here. Our family's American.
일라이예요. 과학 가르쳐요.il-la-i-ye-yo. gwa-hak ga-reu-chyeo-yo.I'm Eli. I teach science.
선생님? 그럼 쌤. 말 놔, 내가 형이야.seon-saeng-nim? geu-reom ssaem. mal nwa, nae-ga hyeong-i-ya.A teacher? Then Teach. Drop the polite speech, I'm older.
형이라고 불러도 돼요?hyeong-i-ra-go bul-leo-do dwae-yo?May I call you big brother?
그럼 태호 형. 잘 부탁해, 형.geu-reom tae-ho hyeong. jal bu-ta-kae, hyeong.Then Tae-ho, big brother. Look after me, brother.
난 유나, 노래해. 나보다 위니까 오빠네.nan yu-na, no-rae-hae. na-bo-da wi-ni-kka o-ppa-ne.I'm Yu-na, I sing. You're older, so you're my big brother.
난 호진이, 드럼. 막내라서 다 시켜.nan ho-ji-ni, deu-reom. mang-nae-ra-seo da si-kyeo.I'm Ho-jin, drums. The youngest, so I get all the jobs.
이 밴드에선 아무도 안 시켜.i baen-deu-e-seon a-mu-do an si-kyeo.In this band nobody gives orders.
나 빼고. 쌤, 꽂아. 한번 들어 보자.na ppae-go. ssaem, kko-ja. han-beon deu-reo bo-ja.Except me. Plug in, Teach. Let's hear you.