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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Don't take the shiny one

A suit shop in Hongdae with Min-jun in front of the mirror and Eli on a stool: an interview so don't wear the shiny one, I like the shiny one, don't and you'd better not look like a singer, navy and don't wear brown shoes, does it have to be this tight, don't eat lunch before the interview, don't listen to that and eat, and you'd better not choose the tie yourself.

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THE STORY

A small suit shop on a side street in Hongdae on a Saturday in February, a mirror, a rail of jackets, Min-jun in a navy one and Eli on a stool by the door. The shop assistant speaks politely to her customers and Min-jun to her; Min-jun and Eli speak casually to each other.

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입지 마세요.ip-jji ma-se-yodon't wear it
면접이요? 그럼 반짝이는 건 입지 마세요.myeon-jeo-bi-yo? geu-reom ban-jja-gi-neun geon ip-jji ma-se-yo.An interview? Then don't wear the shiny one.
입어 봐도 돼요?i-beo bwa-do dwae-yo?May I try it on?
저는 반짝이는 게 좋아요.jeo-neun ban-jja-gi-neun ge jo-a-yo.I like the shiny one.
입지 마. 가수처럼 보이지 않는 게 좋아.ip-jji ma. ga-su-cheo-reom bo-i-ji an-neun ge jo-a.Don't. You'd better not look like a singer.
남색이요. 갈색 구두는 신지 마세요.nam-sae-gi-yo. gal-saek ku-du-neun sin-ji ma-se-yo.Navy. Don't wear brown shoes with it.
이렇게 꽉 껴야 돼요?i-reo-ke kkwak kkyeo-ya dwae-yo?Does it have to be this tight?
면접 전에 점심 먹지 마세요.myeon-jeop jeo-ne jeom-sim meok-jji ma-se-yo.Don't eat lunch before the interview.
그 말은 듣지 마. 점심은 먹어.geu ma-reun deut-jji ma. jeom-si-meun meo-geo.Don't listen to that. Eat lunch.
넥타이는 네가 고르지 않는 게 좋아.nek-ta-i-neun ne-ga go-reu-ji an-neun ge jo-a.You'd better not choose the tie yourself.