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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Speak of the tiger

The Kims' flat on Chuseok afternoon, the whole family and the camera: Eli, tell us the library story, so, you see, a tiger comes down, speak of the tiger and it comes, I hear the word tiger even from my room, the mother says the dried persimmon and, well, the baby stops dead, pause there, three breaths, the persimmon, you see, was a dried fruit, and the book's wrong, the baby stopped because it was tired.

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THE STORY

The Kims' flat in Mangwon on Chuseok afternoon, the family round the low table and Min-jun's camera running; Eli is polite to the table and casual with Min-jun, Su-a casual, Ji-yeong polite, Grandma casual with everyone.

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일라이 씨, 도서관 이야기 해 주세요.il-la-i ssi, do-seo-gwan i-ya-gi hae ju-se-yo.Eli, tell us the library story.
카메라 돌아간다. 영화 끝이야.ka-me-ra do-ra-gan-da. yeong-hwa kkeu-chi-ya.Camera's rolling. It's the ending of the film.
그러니까 말이에요geu-reo-ni-kka ma-ri-e-yoso, you see: the word for so, then the word for speech with the polite ending, the storyteller's way of holding the floor
그러니까 말이에요, 호랑이가 내려와요.geu-reo-ni-kka ma-ri-e-yo, ho-rang-i-ga nae-ryeo-wa-yo.So, you see, a tiger comes down.
호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다.ho-rang-i-do je mal ha-myeon on-da.Speak of the tiger and it comes.
호랑이 소리는 방에서도 들려.ho-rang-i so-ri-neun bang-e-seo-do deul-lyeo.I hear the word tiger even from my room.
엄마가 곶감 하면, 글쎄, 아기가 뚝 그쳐요.eom-ma-ga got-kkam ha-myeon, geul-sse, a-gi-ga ttuk geu-chyeo-yo.The mother says the dried persimmon and, well, the baby stops dead.
형, 거기서 쉬어. 숨 세 번.hyeong, geo-gi-seo swi-eo. sum se beon.Bro, pause there. Three breaths.
곶감은 말이야, 말린 감이었어.got-kka-meun ma-ri-ya, mal-lin ga-mi-eo-sseo.The persimmon, you see, was a dried fruit.
책이 틀렸어. 아기는 피곤해서 그친 거야.chae-gi teul-lyeo-sseo. a-gi-neun pi-gon-hae-seo geu-chin geo-ya.The book's wrong. The baby stopped because it was tired.