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🇰🇷 Korean · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The parents ask

A video call from Minneapolis on the Kims' kitchen table, Eli between the screen and the family: what does your mother say, Mum asks whether we're not coming, tell her you come every summer, Dad asks whether it has no end, I'll say the card and the people are for good, tell them they have a home here too, Mum says Mrs. Park must come to America, tell her planes scare me but I'll go, she says that's a deal.

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THE STORY

The Kims' kitchen table in Mangwon on a Sunday morning, a laptop propped against the rice cooker and Minneapolis on the screen; Eli is respectful to Mrs. Park and Mr. Kim, she is polite to him, he is casual.

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어머니가 뭐라고 하세요?eo-meo-ni-ga mwo-ra-go ha-se-yo?What does your mother say?
엄마가 물어보시는데요, 안 오냐고요.eom-ma-ga mu-reo-bo-si-neun-de-yo, an o-nya-go-yo.Mum asks whether we're not coming.
여름마다 온다고 하세요.yeo-reum-ma-da on-da-go ha-se-yo.Tell her you come every summer.
아빠는 끝이 없냐고 하세요.a-ppa-neun kkeu-chi eom-nya-go ha-se-yo.Dad asks whether it has no end.
카드도 사람도 평생이라고 할게요.ka-deu-do sa-ram-do pyeong-saeng-i-ra-go hal-kke-yo.I'll say the card and the people are for good.
여기도 집이 있다고 전해.yeo-gi-do ji-bi it-tta-go jeon-hae.Tell them they have a home here too.
어머님도 미국에 오시래요.eo-meo-nim-do mi-gu-ge o-si-rae-yo.Mum says Mrs. Park must come to America.
비행기 무섭지만 간다고 하세요.bi-haeng-gi mu-seop-jji-man gan-da-go ha-se-yo.Tell her planes scare me but I'll go.
그게 약속이래요.geu-ge yak-sso-gi-rae-yo.She says that's a deal.