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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Half-moon rice cakes

Grandma's kitchen the day before Chuseok, the half-moon rice cakes: every autumn we used to make them all night, all night Grandma, the whole village used to come, I used to eat a lot, me too, mine looks like a stone, make them pretty and your daughter will be pretty, he used to burn the rice look at him now, practice that's all there is.

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THE STORY

Grandma's kitchen in Jeonju the day before Chuseok, the table covered in rice flour, Grandma, Mrs. Park and Eli shaping the half-moon rice cakes. Grandma speaks casually to Eli, Mrs. Park politely; Eli is respectful to both.

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만들곤 했어man-deul-gon hae-sseoused to make: make, with the ending for a habit of the past
가을마다 밤새 만들곤 했어.ga-eul-ma-da bam-sae man-deul-gon hae-sseo.Every autumn we used to make them all night.
밤새요, 할머니?bam-sae-yo, hal-meo-ni?All night, Grandma?
온 동네가 오곤 했어.on dong-ne-ga o-gon hae-sseo.The whole village used to come.
저는 많이 먹곤 했어요.jeo-neun ma-ni meok-gon hae-sseo-yo.I used to eat a lot.
저도 많이 먹곤 했어요.jeo-do ma-ni meok-gon hae-sseo-yo.I used to eat a lot too.
제 거는 돌 같아요.je geo-neun dol ga-ta-yo.Mine looks like a stone.
예쁘게 만들어. 딸이 예뻐.ye-ppeu-ge man-deu-reo. tta-ri ye-ppeo.Make them pretty. Your daughter will be pretty.
밥을 태우곤 했어요. 지금 보세요.ba-beul tae-u-gon hae-sseo-yo. ji-geum bo-se-yo.He used to burn the rice. Look at him now.
연습이야. 그게 다야.yeon-seu-bi-ya. geu-ge da-ya.Practice. That's all there is.