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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

For good

The flat by the river one evening, the visa's renewal letter on the table and Su-a's idea: the visa runs out in spring again, then I just renew it again, I can't keep just renewing, or apply for permanent residence outright, living here for good, no end date on the card, what does it take, a test, a medical, a pile of papers and months of waiting, all right, I've decided to apply, once and for all.

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THE STORY

The kitchen table of the flat by the river on a weekday evening, the visa office's letter beside the rice bowls; Eli and Su-a, married, speak casually to each other.

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비자가 봄에 또 끝나.bi-ja-ga bo-me tto kkeun-na.The visa runs out in spring again.
그럼 또 연장하지, 뭐.geu-reom tto yeon-jang-ha-ji, mwo.Then I just renew it again.
계속 연장만 할 수는 없지.gye-sok yeon-jang-man hal ssu-neun eop-jji.I can't keep just renewing.
아니면 아예 영주권을 신청해.a-ni-myeon a-ye yeong-ju-kkwo-neul sin-cheong-hae.Or apply for permanent residence outright.
영주권? 평생 여기 사는 거야?yeong-ju-kkwon? pyeong-saeng yeo-gi sa-neun geo-ya?Permanent residence? Living here for good?
평생. 카드에 끝나는 날짜가 없어.pyeong-saeng. ka-deu-e kkeun-na-neun nal-jja-ga eop-sseo.For good. There's no end date on the card.
뭐가 필요한데?mwo-ga pi-ryo-han-de?What does it take?
시험, 건강검진, 서류 한 뭉치, 그리고 몇 달 기다리기.si-heom, geon-gang-geom-jin, seo-ryu han mung-chi, geu-ri-go myeot ttal gi-da-ri-gi.A test, a medical, a pile of papers, and months of waiting.
신청하기로 했어.sin-cheong-ha-gi-ro hae-sseoI've decided to apply: apply in its doing form, the little word for as, then did
그래. 아예 신청하기로 했어.geu-rae. a-ye sin-cheong-ha-gi-ro hae-sseo.All right. I've decided to apply, once and for all.