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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's story

The last evening in Jeonju, Grandma on the warm floor telling how Mr. Kim became a taxi driver: do you want to hear the story, yes I want to hear it, is it a long story, he went to Seoul at twenty, but he had no money, right so he drove a truck, and then, then one day he met Mrs. Park, so he bought a taxi, yes in the end and he's still driving.

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THE STORY

The last evening in Jeonju, the family asleep, Grandma and Eli on the warm floor of the front room with the last of the rice cakes. Grandma speaks casually to Eli; Eli is respectful to her.

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동수 이야기 듣고 싶어?dong-su i-ya-gi deut-go si-peo?Do you want to hear Mr. Kim's story?
네, 듣고 싶어요.ne, deut-go si-peo-yo.Yes, I want to hear it.
긴 이야기예요?gin i-ya-gi-ye-yo?Is it a long story?
스무 살에 서울에 갔어.seu-mu sa-re seo-u-re ga-sseo.He went to Seoul at twenty.
그런데geu-reon-debut: the connector that turns the story
그런데 돈이 없었어요?geu-reon-de do-ni eop-sseo-sseo-yo?But he had no money?
응. 그래서 트럭을 운전했어.eung. geu-rae-seo teu-reo-geul un-jeon-hae-sseo.Right. So he drove a truck.
그리고요?geu-ri-go-yo?And then?
그러다가 미숙이를 만났어.geu-reo-da-ga mi-su-gi-reul man-na-sseo.Then one day he met Mrs. Park.
그래서 택시를 샀어요?geu-rae-seo taek-si-reul sa-sseo-yo?So he bought a taxi?

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