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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Why the sky is blue

On air at the neighbourhood station, Ms. Han's first question: why is the sky blue, simply put sunlight has every colour in it, and the blue, blue bounces around the most you see, because its waves are the shortest, for example, in a crowd the small people get pushed around the most, so the sky is small people, in a word yes, and in the evening only the tall ones get through.

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THE STORY

The studio of the neighbourhood station in Mapo, on air at a quarter past seven; Ms. Han and Eli speak in the formal speech of the air, with the titles a host uses.

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일라이 선생님, 하늘은 왜 파랗습니까?il-la-i seon-saeng-nim, ha-neu-reun wae pa-ra-sseum-ni-kka?Eli, why is the sky blue?
쉽게 말하면, 햇빛은 모든 색입니다.swip-kke mal-ha-myeon, haet-ppi-cheun mo-deun sae-gim-ni-da.Simply put, sunlight is every colour.
그럼 파란색은요?geu-reom pa-ran-sae-geun-yo?And the blue?
파란색이 제일 많이 부딪히거든요.pa-ran-sae-gi je-il ma-ni bu-di-chi-geo-deun-yo.Blue bounces around the most, you see.
왜냐하면 파장이 제일 짧기 때문입니다.wae-nya-ha-myeon pa-jang-i je-il jjap-kki ttae-mu-nim-ni-da.Because its waves are the shortest.
예를 들면요?ye-reul deul-myeon-yo?For example?
작은 사람이 제일 많이 밀립니다.ja-geun sa-ra-mi je-il ma-ni mil-lim-ni-da.The small people get pushed around the most.
하늘은 작은 사람들입니까?ha-neu-reun ja-geun sa-ram-deu-rim-ni-kka?Is the sky small people?
한마디로, 네. 저녁에는 큰 사람만 지나갑니다.han-ma-di-ro, ne. jeo-nyeo-ge-neun keun sa-ram-man ji-na-gam-ni-da.In a word, yes. In the evening only the tall get through.