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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The highway south

Mr. Kim's taxi on the highway south on Chuseok morning, Min-jun in the back with Eli: we left at six and it's eleven, how long does it usually take, three hours today five, I fell asleep and woke up still in Seoul, you talked in your sleep, I was reading and got carsick, reading in a car of course, we were going and it stopped again, Grandma has waited sixty years, one hour is nothing.

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THE STORY

Mr. Kim's taxi on the highway south on Chuseok morning, Mrs. Park beside him, Min-jun in the back with Eli, five hours in the holiday traffic instead of three. Mr. Kim and Min-jun speak casually; Eli is respectful to Mr. Kim and casual with Min-jun.

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여섯 시에 나왔는데 열한 시야.yeo-seot si-e na-wan-neun-de yeol-han si-ya.We left at six, and it's eleven.
아버님, 보통 얼마나 걸려요?a-beo-nim, bo-tong eol-ma-na geol-lyeo-yo?Mr. Kim, how long does it usually take?
세 시간. 오늘은 다섯 시간이야.se si-gan. o-neu-reun da-seot si-ga-ni-ya.Three hours. Today, five hours.
자다가ja-da-gawhile sleeping: sleep, with the ending for in the middle of it
자다가 깼어요. 아직 서울이에요.ja-da-ga kkae-sseo-yo. a-jik seo-u-ri-e-yo.I fell asleep and woke up. Still Seoul.
형, 자다가 말했어.hyeong, ja-da-ga mal-hae-sseo.Eli, you talked in your sleep.
나는 책 읽다가 멀미했어.na-neun chaek ik-da-ga meol-mi-hae-sseo.I was reading and got carsick.
차에서 책을 읽다가? 당연하지.cha-e-seo chae-geul ik-da-ga? dang-yeon-ha-ji.Reading in a car? Of course.
가다가 또 섰어요.ga-da-ga tto seo-sseo-yo.We were going, and it stopped again.
할머니는 육십 년 기다리셨어. 한 시간은 괜찮아.hal-meo-ni-neun yuk-sip nyeon gi-da-ri-syeo-sseo. han si-ga-neun gwaen-cha-na.Grandma has waited sixty years. One hour is nothing.