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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

What we found at the top

A taxi up to the Seokguram grotto before dawn on Sunday, the driver, Su-a and Eli: the grotto at this hour, to see the sunrise, I went up yesterday and it was fog I found, then today, today's clear and I looked on the way, I went up and the sea was there I found, and the statue was smiling I found, I looked at you and you were crying I found, no it's the wind.

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THE STORY

A taxi on the dark road up the mountain behind Bulguksa before dawn on a Sunday in February, then the terrace in front of the grotto as the sky turns grey. The taxi driver is polite; Su-a and Eli speak casually to each other.

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석굴암이요? 이 시간에요?seok-kku-ra-mi-yo? i si-ga-ne-yo?The grotto? At this hour?
일출 보러요.il-chul bo-reo-yo.To see the sunrise.
어제 올라갔는데 안개였더라고요.eo-je ol-la-gan-neun-de an-gae-yeot-tteo-ra-go-yo.I went up yesterday, and it was fog, I found.
그럼 오늘은요?geu-reom o-neu-reun-yo?Then today?
오늘은 맑아요. 오면서 봤어요.o-neu-reun mal-ga-yo. o-myeon-seo bwa-sseo-yo.Today's clear. I looked on the way here.
비가 오더라고요.bi-ga o-deo-ra-go-yo.It was raining, I found.
올라가니까 바다가 보이더라고.ol-la-ga-ni-kka ba-da-ga bo-i-deo-ra-go.I went up, and the sea was there, I found.
그리고 불상이 웃고 있더라고.geu-ri-go bul-sang-i ut-kko it-tteo-ra-go.And the statue was smiling, I found.
너를 보니까 울고 있더라고.neo-reul bo-ni-kka ul-go it-tteo-ra-go.I looked at you, and you were crying, I found.
아니야. 바람이야.a-ni-ya. ba-ra-mi-ya.No. It's the wind.