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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's gate

Grandma's gate in Jeonju in the summer holiday, Eli, Su-a and Ha-eun off the train with a box of pears: you've come, did the little tiger sleep on the train, she slept till Iksan and sang till Jeonju, oh, the pear box, Grandma, I'm sorry, even a monkey falls from a tree, Grandma, we're here, he practised proverbs on the train, why does a proverb talk like a book, a proverb isn't said to a person, it's said to the air, now you're Korean, pick up the pears.

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THE STORY

Grandma's old tiled house in Jeonju in the summer holiday, Eli, Su-a and Ha-eun just off the train at the gate with a box of pears; Grandma speaks casually to everyone, Eli and Su-a respectfully to her.

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왔구나. 호랑이는 기차에서 잤어?wat-kku-na. ho-rang-i-neun gi-cha-e-seo ja-sseo?You've come. Did the little tiger sleep on the train?
익산까지 자고, 전주까지 노래했어요.ik-san-kka-ji ja-go, jeon-ju-kka-ji no-rae-hae-sseo-yo.She slept till Iksan and sang till Jeonju.
아, 배 상자! 할머니, 죄송해요.a, bae sang-ja! hal-meo-ni, joe-song-hae-yo.Oh, the pear box! Grandma, I'm sorry.
원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다.won-sung-i-do na-mu-e-seo tteo-reo-jin-da.Even a monkey falls from a tree.
할머니, 저희 왔어요!hal-meo-ni, jeo-hui wa-sseo-yo!Grandma, we're here!
기차에서 속담 연습했어요.gi-cha-e-seo sok-ttam yeon-seu-pae-sseo-yo.He practised proverbs on the train.
속담은 왜 책처럼 말해요?sok-tta-meun wae chaek-cheo-reom mal-hae-yo?Why does a proverb talk like a book?
사람한테 하는 말이 아니다. 허공에 하는 말이다.sa-ram-han-te ha-neun ma-ri a-ni-da. heo-gong-e ha-neun ma-ri-da.A proverb isn't said to a person. It's said to the air.
이제 한국 사람이네. 배 주워.i-je han-guk sa-ra-mi-ne. bae ju-wo.Now you're Korean. Pick up the pears.