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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 5 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma's house

Grandma's old house in Jeonju on Chuseok afternoon, the taxi at the gate at last: you came, was the road long, five hours Grandma, when I was young it took a whole day, when you were young Grandma, a whole day by train, yes when I married I walked, Grandma was nineteen then, when I first saw Seoul I cried, when I first saw it I got lost.

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THE STORY

Grandma's old house in Jeonju on Chuseok afternoon, the taxi at the gate after five hours, Grandma in the doorway, Ji-yeong behind Eli with the bags. Grandma speaks casually to Eli; Eli is respectful to her; Ji-yeong is polite with Eli.

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왔어! 길이 멀었어?wa-sseo! gi-ri meo-reo-sseo?You came! Was the road long?
다섯 시간이요, 할머니.da-seot si-ga-ni-yo, hal-meo-ni.Five hours, Grandma.
어렸을 때eo-ryeo-sseul ttaewhen I was young: young, in the past, then the word for when
어렸을 때는 하루 걸렸어.eo-ryeo-sseul ttae-neun ha-ru geol-lyeo-sseo.When I was young it took a whole day.
어렸을 때요, 할머니?eo-ryeo-sseul ttae-yo, hal-meo-ni?When you were young, Grandma?
하루요? 기차로요?ha-ru-yo? gi-cha-ro-yo?A whole day? By train?
응. 결혼했을 때는 걸었어.eung. gyeol-hon-hae-sseul ttae-neun geo-reo-sseo.Yes. When I married, I walked.
할머니는 그때 열아홉이었어요.hal-meo-ni-neun geu-ttae yeo-ra-ho-bi-eo-sseo-yo.Grandma was nineteen then.
서울 처음 봤을 때 울었어.seo-ul cheo-eum bwa-sseul ttae u-reo-sseo.When I first saw Seoul, I cried.
저는 처음 봤을 때 길을 잃었어요.jeo-neun cheo-eum bwa-sseul ttae gi-reul i-reo-sseo-yo.When I first saw it, I got lost.