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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The market of her childhood

The veranda of Grandma's house in Jeonju, an evening of the summer holiday: the market I used to go to as a girl was by the south gate, my mother sold rice cakes from a basket, what did a rice cake cost, one egg, laid by the hen I used to feed, the basket I used to carry is still in the storeroom, the stall at Mangwon is the basket, grown up, after hardship comes joy, I'll pay with an egg, the hen died forty years ago, bring two.

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THE STORY

The veranda of Grandma's old tiled house in Jeonju, an evening of the summer holiday, Ha-eun asleep inside; Grandma speaks casually to everyone, Eli and Su-a respectfully to her.

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어릴 때 다니던 장은 남문 옆이었어.eo-ril ttae da-ni-deon jang-eun nam-mun yeo-pi-eo-sseo.The market I used to go to as a girl was by the south gate.
엄마가 바구니에서 떡을 팔았지.eom-ma-ga ba-gu-ni-e-seo tteo-geul pa-rat-jji.My mother sold rice cakes from a basket.
떡 하나에 얼마였어요?tteok ha-na-e eol-ma-yeo-sseo-yo?What did a rice cake cost?
키우던 닭이 낳은 달걀 하나.ki-u-deon dal-gi na-eun dal-gyal ha-na.One egg, laid by the hen I used to feed.
달걀로 낼게요.dal-gyal-lo nael-kke-yo.I'll pay with an egg.
다니던 바구니는 아직 창고에 있어.da-ni-deon ba-gu-ni-neun a-jik chang-go-e i-sseo.The basket I used to carry is still in the storeroom.
망원 가게는 바구니가 자란 거네요.mang-won ga-ge-neun ba-gu-ni-ga ja-ran geo-ne-yo.The stall at Mangwon is the basket, grown up.
고생 끝에 낙이 온다.go-saeng kkeu-te na-gi on-da.After hardship comes joy.
닭은 사십 년 전에 죽었다. 두 개 가져와.dal-geun sa-sip nyeon jeo-ne ju-geot-tta. du gae ga-jeo-wa.The hen died forty years ago. Bring two.