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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Just Su-a

A Hongdae coffee shop on the first Saturday of September, back from the summer in Busan: two iced coffees, we've been together since Busan, shall we drop the polite speech, may I, of course just Su-a, what did you do this week, I translated forty pages, I went back to school, was the first week hard, it was hard, this is easy.

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Lesson 1 · Just Su-a

Korean · 30 minutes

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A coffee shop in Hongdae on the first Saturday of September, Eli and Su-a back from the summer in Busan. The barista is polite; Su-a is polite until she asks to drop the polite speech, and casual from then on, as is Eli.

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아이스 커피 두 잔이요?a-i-seu keo-pi du ja-ni-yo?Two iced coffees?
우리 부산부터 사귀었어요. 말 놓을까요?u-ri bu-san-bu-teo sa-gwi-eo-sseo-yo. mal no-eul-kka-yo?We've been together since Busan. Shall we drop the polite speech?
그래도 돼요? 수아 씨하고요?geu-rae-do dwae-yo? su-a ssi-ha-go-yo?May I? With you?
그럼. 그냥 수아.geu-reom. geu-nyang su-a.Of course. Just Su-a.
부산 좋았어.bu-san jo-a-sseo.Busan was good.
뭐 했어?mwo hae-sseowhat did you do, to a friend: the polite question without its last syllable
좋아. 수아. 이번 주에 뭐 했어?jo-a. su-a. i-beon ju-e mwo hae-sseo?Fine. Su-a. What did you do this week?
사십 페이지 번역했어. 너는?sa-sip pe-i-ji beo-nyeo-kae-sseo. neo-neun?I translated forty pages. And you?
학교에 갔어. 학생들이 컸어.hak-gyo-e ga-sseo. hak-saeng-deu-ri keo-sseo.I went to school. The students grew.
첫 주 힘들었어?cheot jju him-deu-reo-sseo?Was the first week hard?
힘들었어. 이건 쉬워.him-deu-reo-sseo. i-geon swi-wo.It was hard. This is easy.