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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The form

The Kims' kitchen table with the application form between the side dishes, Ji-yeong checking it box by box: full name as on the passport, family name first, in Hangul or in English, both, then date of birth and nationality, I don't have a middle name, then the written word for none, leave it blank and they send it back, residence status, spouse Lee Su-a, children one, previous permanent residence not applicable, those are written words, the signature in black pen, inside the box.

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THE STORY

The Kims' kitchen table in Mangwon on a Sunday afternoon, the form between the side dishes and a black pen; Ji-yeong and Eli, colleagues of six years, speak politely to each other.

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성명은 여권 그대로, 성이 먼저요.seong-myeong-eun yeo-kkwon geu-dae-ro, seong-i meon-jeo-yo.Full name as on the passport, family name first.
한글로요, 영어로요?han-geul-lo-yo, yeong-eo-ro-yo?In Hangul or in English?
둘 다요. 그다음 생년월일, 국적.dul da-yo. geu-da-eum saeng-nyeon-wo-ril, guk-jjeok.Both. Then date of birth, nationality.
중간 이름은 없어요.jung-gan i-reu-meun eop-sseo-yo.I don't have a middle name.
없음.eop-sseumthe written word for none: the verb for there isn't, clipped to a noun with a final m
그럼 없음. 비우면 돌려보내요.geu-reom eop-sseum. bi-u-myeon dol-lyeo-bo-nae-yo.Then the word for none. Leave it blank and they send it back.
체류 자격은요?che-ryu ja-gyeo-geun-nyo?And residence status?
배우자는 이수아, 자녀는 한 명.bae-u-ja-neun i-su-a, ja-nyeo-neun han myeong.Spouse, Lee Su-a. Children, one.
이전 영주권은 해당 없음. 글로 쓰는 말이에요.i-jeon yeong-ju-kkwo-neun hae-dang eop-sseum. geul-lo sseu-neun ma-ri-e-yo.Previous permanent residence, not applicable. Those are written words.
서명은 검은 펜으로, 칸 안에요.seo-myeong-eun geo-meun pe-neu-ro, kan a-ne-yo.The signature in black pen, inside the box.