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The deadline

Su-a's desk at the publishing house in Hapjeong after nine, Eli with two coffees: if you come after nine the door is locked, four hundred pages by the end of November, if you work every night you'll get ill, if I don't the book won't be done, when it's done let's walk the river all Sunday, when it's done I'll sleep all Sunday, if the coffee goes cold I'll bring another, if you bring another I'll finish a chapter.

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Lesson 1 · The deadline

Korean · 30 minutes

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Su-a's desk at the publishing house in Hapjeong, a weeknight in November after nine, four hundred pages to translate, Eli at the door with two coffees. Su-a and Eli are a couple and speak casually to each other.

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아홉 시 후에 오면a-hop ssi hu-e o-myeonif you come after nine: come, with the ending that says if and when
아홉 시 후에 오면 문이 잠겨.a-hop ssi hu-e o-myeon mu-ni jam-gyeo.If you come after nine, the door is locked.
마감이 언제야?ma-ga-mi eon-je-ya?When's the deadline?
사백 페이지야. 십일월 말까지.sa-baek pe-i-ji-ya. si-bi-rwol mal-kka-ji.Four hundred pages. By the end of November.
매일 밤 일하면 아플 거야.mae-il bam il-ha-myeon a-peul kkeo-ya.If you work every night, you'll get ill.
안 하면 책이 안 끝나.an ha-myeon chae-gi an kkeun-na.If I don't, the book won't be done.
끝나면 일요일 내내 한강 걷자.kkeun-na-myeon i-ryo-il nae-nae han-gang geot-jja.When it's done, let's walk the river all Sunday.
끝나면 일요일 내내 잘 거야.kkeun-na-myeon i-ryo-il nae-nae jal kkeo-ya.When it's done, I'll sleep all Sunday.
커피 식으면 또 사 올게.keo-pi si-geu-myeon tto sa ol-kke.If the coffee goes cold, I'll bring another.
또 사 오면 한 챕터 끝낼게.tto sa o-myeon han chaep-teo kkeun-nael-kke.If you bring another, I'll finish a chapter.