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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The shadowless pagoda

Bulguksa temple in Gyeongju, the guide telling the story of the shadowless pagoda: long ago a king built this temple, how long ago, one thousand three hundred years ago, tell us the pagoda's story too, long ago a stonemason came from far away, one day his wife waited at the pond, the shadow never came so that's why it's the shadowless pagoda, long ago it was sad and today it's beautiful.

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THE STORY

The old temple on the hill outside Gyeongju on a Saturday afternoon in February, the guide with Su-a and Eli in front of the stone pagoda. The guide, Su-a and Eli speak politely with each other.

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옛날에 왕이 이 절을 지었어요.yen-na-re wang-i i jeo-reul ji-eo-sseo-yo.Long ago, a king built this temple.
얼마나 옛날에요?eol-ma-na yen-na-re-yo?How long ago?
천삼백 년 전에요.cheon-sam-baeng nyeon jeo-ne-yo.One thousand three hundred years ago.
옛날에 여기 시장이 있었어요.yen-na-re yeo-gi si-jang-i i-sseo-sseo-yo.Long ago, there was a market here.
탑 이야기도 해 주세요.tap i-ya-gi-do hae ju-se-yo.Tell us the pagoda's story too.
옛날에 석공이 멀리서 왔어요.yen-na-re seok-kkong-i meol-li-seo wa-sseo-yo.Long ago, a stonemason came from far away.
어느 날 아내가 연못에서 기다렸어요.eo-neu nal a-nae-ga yeon-mo-se-seo gi-da-ryeo-sseo-yo.One day, his wife waited at the pond.
그림자는 안 왔어요. 그래서 무영탑이에요.geu-rim-ja-neun an wa-sseo-yo. geu-rae-seo mu-yeong-ta-bi-e-yo.The shadow never came. That's why it's the shadowless pagoda.
옛날에는 슬펐어요. 오늘은 예뻐요.yen-na-re-neun seul-peo-sseo-yo. o-neu-reun ye-ppeo-yo.Long ago it was sad. Today it's beautiful.