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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A box of pears

A fruit shop at Mangwon market with Min-jun: a gift for Dad, a box of pears or red ginseng, does he like pears, he likes anything given with two hands, a box of pears to give to an elder please, the big ones twelve to a box, could you wrap it as a gift, of course and is it a Chuseok gift, and no, for something bigger.

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THE STORY

A fruit shop at the edge of Mangwon market on a Saturday morning, pears stacked in boxes, Min-jun beside Eli and the shop assistant behind the scales. Min-jun and Eli speak casually to each other; both are polite with the shop assistant.

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아빠 선물? 배 한 상자. 아니면 홍삼.a-ppa seon-mul? bae han sang-ja. a-ni-myeon hong-sam.A gift for Dad? A box of pears. Or red ginseng.
배? 아버님이 좋아하셔?bae? a-beo-ni-mi jo-a-ha-syeo?Pears? Does he like them?
두 손으로 드리면 다 좋아하셔.du so-neu-ro deu-ri-myeon da jo-a-ha-syeo.He likes anything given with two hands.
어른께 드릴 거예요.eo-reun-kke deu-ril kkeo-ye-yoit's to give to an elder: the elder with the particle for to, the humble give, then it is
어른께 드릴 배 한 상자 주세요.eo-reun-kke deu-ril bae han sang-ja ju-se-yo.A box of pears to give to an elder, please.
이건 어머님께 드릴 거예요.i-geon eo-meo-nim-kke deu-ril kkeo-ye-yo.This one's to give to Mrs. Park.
큰 걸로요? 한 상자에 열두 개예요.keun geol-lo-yo? han sang-ja-e yeol-ttu gae-ye-yo.The big ones? Twelve to a box.
네. 선물로 포장해 주시겠어요?ne. seon-mul-lo po-jang-hae ju-si-ge-sseo-yo?Yes. Could you wrap it as a gift?
그럼요. 추석 선물이에요?geu-reom-yo. chu-seok seon-mu-ri-e-yo?Of course. Is it a Chuseok gift?
아니요. 더 큰 일이에요.a-ni-yo. deo keun i-ri-e-yo.No. For something bigger.