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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's train

The station platform the morning after the holiday, Grandma going home to Jeonju: I'll carry the bag, so hold the rail, I'll ring every week, so a proverb each time, I'll give you a proverb, so you tell me a story, Ha-eun says bye-bye, great-grandma, next year I'll be ninety, so you tell the story, picking a star from the sky, I'm on the train, aren't I, that's the star, and bring the little tiger too.

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THE STORY

The platform at Seoul station the morning after Chuseok, Grandma's bag on the step of the train and Mr. Kim's taxi outside; Mr. Kim, Eli and Su-a are respectful to Grandma, she is casual with them all, and Mr. Kim casual with Eli.

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들 테니까deul te-ni-kkaI'll carry it, so: the future stem, then the tail that means I will, so you
제가 가방 들 테니까 난간 잡으세요.je-ga ga-bang deul te-ni-kka nan-gan ja-beu-se-yo.I'll carry the bag, so hold the rail.
매주 전화드릴 테니까 속담 하나씩요.mae-ju jeon-hwa-deu-ril te-ni-kka sok-ttam ha-na-ssi-gyo.I'll ring every week, so a proverb each time.
속담 하나 줄 테니까 이야기 하나 해.sok-ttam ha-na jul te-ni-kka i-ya-gi ha-na hae.I'll give you a proverb, so you tell me a story.
하은이가 함미 빠빠이래요.ha-eu-ni-ga ham-mi ppa-ppa-i-rae-yo.Ha-eun says bye-bye, great-grandma.
곶감 이야기. 도둑은 빼고.got-kkam i-ya-gi. do-du-geun ppae-go.The persimmon one. Without the thief.
내년에 아흔이 될 테니까 네가 이야기해라.nae-nyeo-ne a-heu-ni doel te-ni-kka ne-ga i-ya-gi-hae-ra.Next year I'll be ninety, so you tell the story.
하늘의 별 따기.ha-neu-re byeol tta-gi.Picking a star from the sky.
나 기차에 탔잖아. 그게 별이야.na gi-cha-e tat-jja-na. geu-ge byeo-ri-ya.I'm on the train, aren't I. That's the star.
작은 호랑이도 데려와.ja-geun ho-rang-i-do de-ryeo-wa.Bring the little tiger too.