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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The shop that's shut

A walk through the old market in Jeonju with Grandma, the rice-cake shop of her childhood shut and the Neighbour passing: I was going to buy you the rice cake from the old shop, but look, it's shut, Grandma, the day you go is market day, you've learnt it the wrong way round, today it's the bad one, the day you go is market day, the rice-cake lady's at a wedding, she's back at three, we were going to wait, now we're going for cold noodles, you're the one on the radio, right, read us the menu, cold buckwheat noodles, nine thousand won, and the voice costs extra.

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A walk through the old market in Jeonju in the summer holiday, Grandma and Eli at the shutter of the rice-cake shop of her childhood, the Neighbour passing; Grandma speaks casually to Eli, Eli respectfully to her, the Neighbour politely, Eli formally when he reads as on the radio.

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옛날 가게 떡 사 주려다가. 봐, 문 닫았어.yen-nal ga-ge tteok sa ju-ryeo-da-ga. bwa, mun da-da-sseo.I was going to buy you the rice cake from the old shop. Look, it's shut.
할머니, 가는 날이 장날이에요?hal-meo-ni, ga-neun na-ri jang-na-ri-e-yo?Grandma, the day you go is market day?
거꾸로 배웠네. 오늘은 나쁜 쪽이야.geo-kku-ro bae-won-ne. o-neu-reun na-ppeun jjo-gi-ya.You've learnt it the wrong way round. Today it's the bad one.
가는 날이 장날이다.ga-neun na-ri jang-na-ri-da.The day you go is market day.
떡집 결혼식 갔어요. 세 시에 와요.tteok-jjip gyeol-hon-sik ga-sseo-yo. se si-e wa-yo.The rice-cake lady's at a wedding. She's back at three.
기다리려다가 냉면 먹으러 간다.gi-da-ri-ryeo-da-ga naeng-myeon meo-geu-reo gan-da.We were going to wait. Now we're going for cold noodles.
라디오 나오는 분이죠? 메뉴 읽어 주세요.ra-di-o na-o-neun bu-ni-jyo? me-nyu il-geo ju-se-yo.You're the one on the radio, right? Read us the menu.
물냉면, 구천 원입니다.mul-laeng-myeon, gu-cheon wo-nim-ni-da.Cold buckwheat noodles, nine thousand won.
목소리 값은 따로 받는다.mok-sso-ri gap-sseun tta-ro ban-neun-da.And the voice costs extra.