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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Two Brothers and the Gourd

Bedtime in Eli's flat, The Two Brothers and the Gourd for Ha-eun: the kind brother mended the swallow's leg, the moment they sawed the gourd rice poured out, the moment he heard he caught a swallow, Ha-eun says again, she wants the gourd again, the gourd is a rice cake in a picture, you skipped the second gourd, the moment I say goblin she hides under the blanket, she's asleep, the moment you said swallow, and swallow is my best word.

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THE STORY

Bedtime in Eli's flat in Mapo, the folk-tale book open on the bed and Ha-eun, two, under the blanket; Eli tells the tale in the storyteller's ending, and Eli and Su-a speak casually to each other.

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착한 동생이 제비 다리를 고쳤대요.cha-kan dong-saeng-i je-bi da-ri-reul go-chyeot-ttae-yo.The kind brother mended the swallow's leg, they say.
박을 타자마자 쌀이 쏟아져 나왔대요.ba-geul ta-ja-ma-ja ssa-ri sso-da-jyeo na-wat-ttae-yo.The moment they sawed the gourd, rice poured out, they say.
형은 듣자마자 제비를 잡았대요.hyeong-eun deut-jja-ma-ja je-bi-reul ja-bat-ttae-yo.The moment he heard, he caught a swallow, they say.
하은이가 또래. 박 또 해 달래.ha-eu-ni-ga tto-rae. bak tto hae dal-lae.Ha-eun says again. She wants the gourd again.
박은 그림의 떡이야.ba-geun geu-ri-me tteo-gi-ya.The gourd is a rice cake in a picture.
둘째 박은 빼먹었네.dul-jjae ba-geun ppae-meo-geon-ne.You skipped the second gourd.
도깨비라고 하자마자 이불 속에 숨어.do-kkae-bi-ra-go ha-ja-ma-ja i-bul so-ge su-meo.The moment I say goblin, she hides under the blanket.
잤어. 제비라고 하자마자.ja-sseo. je-bi-ra-go ha-ja-ma-ja.She's asleep. The moment you said swallow.
제비가 내 최고 단어야.je-bi-ga nae choe-go da-neo-ya.Swallow is my best word.