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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A night at the jjimjilbang

Two in the morning after a late gig in January, the band at the jjimjilbang, the bathhouse where you sleep: it's two in the morning and let's sleep here and take the first train, sleep where, in the sleeping hall on the floor like everyone, first the towel and sheep's head like this, why does the towel have ears, nobody knows and eggs and sweet rice drink then the kiln room, Ho-jin snores really loudly, then Ho-jin sleeps in the cold room.

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THE STORY

A jjimjilbang near Hongdae at two in the morning in January, the band in matching shorts and towels after a late gig; the whole band speaks the casual speech, as always.

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첫차 타고cheot-cha ta-goon the first train: the first car, then ride with the tag for and
새벽 두 시야. 자고 가자. 첫차 타고.sae-byeok du si-ya. ja-go ga-ja. cheot-cha ta-go.It's two in the morning. Let's sleep here and go, on the first train.
자? 어디서 자?ja? eo-di-seo ja?Sleep? Sleep where?
첫차가 몇 시야?cheot-cha-ga myeot si-ya?What time is the first train?
수면실에서, 바닥에서. 다들 그렇게 해.su-myeon-si-re-seo, ba-da-ge-seo. da-deul geu-reo-ke hae.In the sleeping hall, on the floor. Everyone does.
먼저 수건. 양머리, 이렇게.meon-jeo su-geon. yang-meo-ri, i-reo-ke.First, the towel. Sheep's head, like this.
수건에 왜 귀가 있어?su-geo-ne wae gwi-ga i-sseo?Why does the towel have ears?
아무도 몰라. 계란, 식혜, 그다음 불가마.a-mu-do mol-la. gye-ran, si-kye, geu-da-eum bul-ga-ma.Nobody knows. Eggs, sweet rice drink, then the kiln room.
호진이는 코 골아. 엄청 크게.ho-ji-ni-neun ko go-ra. eom-cheong keu-ge.Ho-jin snores. Really loudly.
그럼 호진이는 냉방에서 자.geu-reom ho-ji-ni-neun naeng-bang-e-seo ja.Then Ho-jin sleeps in the cold room.