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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The neighbour at the stall

Mrs. Park's stall at Mangwon market the day before Chuseok, the neighbour from the next stall asking about the Americans: what is your father's name, Tom Brooks, and his age, sixty-one and Mom is fifty-nine, they've come for Chuseok for two weeks, where is their home in America, Minneapolis where it snows more than in Seoul, and both of you come any time.

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THE STORY

Mrs. Park's kimchi stall at Mangwon market on the day before Chuseok, Eli's parents beside him, the neighbour from the next stall leaning over. Eli is respectful to the neighbour and to Mrs. Park; the neighbour and Mrs. Park speak politely to him.

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성함이 어떻게 되세요?seong-ha-mi eo-tteo-ke doe-se-yowhat is the name: the respectful word for a name, then how does it become
아버님 성함이 어떻게 되세요?a-beo-nim seong-ha-mi eo-tteo-ke doe-se-yo?What is your father's name?
이분은 저희 어머니세요.i-bu-neun jeo-hui eo-meo-ni-se-yo.This is my mother.
톰이요. 톰 브룩스예요.to-mi-yo. tom beu-ruk-sseu-ye-yo.Tom. Tom Brooks.
연세는 어떻게 되세요?yeon-se-neun eo-tteo-ke doe-se-yo?And his age?
예순하나요. 어머니는 쉰아홉이에요.ye-sun-ha-na-yo. eo-meo-ni-neun swi-na-ho-bi-e-yo.Sixty-one. Mom is fifty-nine.
추석에 오셨어요. 두 주 동안요.chu-seo-ge o-syeo-sseo-yo. du ju dong-an-yo.They've come for Chuseok. For two weeks.
미국 댁은 어디세요?mi-guk dae-geun eo-di-se-yo?Where is their home in America?
미니애폴리스요. 눈이 서울보다 더 와요.mi-ni-ae-pol-li-seu-yo. nu-ni seo-ul-bo-da deo wa-yo.Minneapolis. It snows more than in Seoul.
두 분 다 언제든지 오세요.du bun da eon-je-deun-ji o-se-yo.Both of you, come any time.