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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

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A coffee shop in Hongdae, Su-a across the table: I told my parents, what did they say, Mom said good and only that, and your dad, he asked whether Mr. Kim knows, he doesn't know yet and why, the elders hear first and you should have told him, and then I'll tell him properly.

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THE STORY

A coffee shop in Hongdae on a weekday evening, two coffees going cold, Su-a across the table from Eli. Su-a and Eli speak casually to each other; both use the honorific when they speak of her parents and of Mr. Kim.

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부모님한테 말했어.bu-mo-nim-han-te mal-hae-sseo.I told my parents.
뭐라고 하셨어?mwo-ra-go ha-syeo-sseo?What did they say?
엄마는 좋다고 하셨어. 그것만.eom-ma-neun jo-ta-go ha-syeo-sseo. geu-geon-man.Mom said good. Only that.
그럼 아빠는?geu-reom a-ppa-neun?And your dad?
아버님은 아시냐고 물어보셨어.a-beo-ni-meun a-si-nya-go mu-reo-bo-syeo-sseo.He asked whether Mr. Kim knows.
미안해. 몰랐어.mi-an-hae. mol-la-sseo.Sorry. I didn't know.
언제 말씀드리면 돼?eon-je mal-sseum-deu-ri-myeon dwae?When should I tell him?
아직 모르셔. 왜?a-jik mo-reu-syeo. wae?He doesn't know yet. Why?
말씀드렸어야 했어.mal-sseum-deu-ryeo-sseo-ya hae-sseoyou should have told him: told, humbly, in the past, then should have
어른이 먼저 들으셔. 말씀드렸어야 했어.eo-reu-ni meon-jeo deu-reu-syeo. mal-sseum-deu-ryeo-sseo-ya hae-sseo.The elders hear first. You should have told him.

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