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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A student on the line

On air again on a February morning, a student phones in: we'll take a call, it's Min-ji from third period, you should be at school you know, it's a holiday you see, what's your question, why doesn't the moon fall down, it is falling and just keeps missing, the moon keeps missing, and our listener is sharper, next song.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The radio studio in Mapo on a February morning, the science corner on air; Ms. Han speaks formally on air, Min-ji politely with the student's word for teacher, and Eli casually to his student.

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전화 받겠습니다. 여보세요?jeon-hwa bat-kket-sseum-ni-da. yeo-bo-se-yo?We'll take a call. Hello?
선생님, 저 삼 교시 민지예요.seon-saeng-nim, jeo sam gyo-si min-ji-ye-yo.Teacher, it's Min-ji from third period.
선생님, 질문 있어요.seon-saeng-nim, jil-mun i-sseo-yo.Teacher, I have a question.
있어야 하잖아i-sseo-ya ha-ja-nayou should be, you know: be, with the tail for have to, then the ending that says you know it as well as I do
민지야, 지금 학교에 있어야 하잖아.min-ji-ya, ji-geum hak-kkyo-e i-sseo-ya ha-ja-na.Min-ji, you should be at school, you know.
오늘 휴일이거든요.o-neul hyu-i-ri-geo-deun-yo.It's a holiday today, you see.
아, 그렇네. 질문이 뭐야?a, geu-reon-ne. jil-mu-ni mwo-ya?Ah, so it is. What's your question?
달은 왜 안 떨어져요?da-reun wae an tteo-reo-jeo-yo?Why doesn't the moon fall down?
떨어지고 있거든. 계속 빗나가.tteo-reo-ji-go it-kkeo-deun. gye-sok bin-na-ga.It is falling, you see. It just keeps missing.
달이 계속 빗나가네요!da-ri gye-sok bin-na-ga-ne-yo!The moon keeps missing, I see!

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