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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Two fathers, one phone

Dinner at the Kims', the phone on the table and Eli's father on the line from Minneapolis: Eli, call your father, Dad says hello, tell him the two fathers will sit together, he says thank you and he'll practise his bow, tell him the kimchi will be ready, he asks whether he may give Grandma a present, Grandma says just come, and settled, two families, one table, everyone eat.

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THE STORY

Dinner at the Kims' flat in Mangwon-dong on an autumn evening, the phone on the table on speaker, Eli's father in Minneapolis speaking English and Eli putting it into Korean. Eli is respectful to Mr. Kim and Mrs. Park; Mr. Kim speaks casually to him and Mrs. Park politely.

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일라이, 아버지한테 전화해.il-la-i, a-beo-ji-han-te jeon-hwa-hae.Eli, call your father.
인사하신대요in-sa-ha-sin-dae-yohe says hello, with respect: greet, with the honorific marker inside, then the short he says
아버지께서 인사하신대요.a-beo-ji-kke-seo in-sa-ha-sin-dae-yo.Dad says hello to you.
아버지께서 봄에 오신대요.a-beo-ji-kke-seo bo-me o-sin-dae-yo.Dad says he'll come in spring.
두 아버지가 같이 앉자고 전해.du a-beo-ji-ga ga-chi an-ja-go jeon-hae.Tell him the two fathers will sit together.
고맙대요. 절을 연습하신대요.go-map-ttae-yo. jeo-reul yeon-seu-pa-sin-dae-yo.He says thank you, and he'll practise his bow.
김치가 준비된다고 전해요.gim-chi-ga jun-bi-doen-da-go jeon-hae-yo.Tell him the kimchi will be ready.
할머니께 선물을 드려도 되냬요.hal-meo-ni-kke seon-mu-reul deu-ryeo-do doe-nyae-yo.He asks whether he may give Grandma a present.
할머니께서 그냥 오시래요.hal-meo-ni-kke-seo geu-nyang o-si-rae-yo.Grandma says: just come.
됐다. 두 가족, 한 상. 다들 먹어.dwaet-tta. du ga-jok, han sang. da-deul meo-geo.Settled. Two families, one table. Everyone, eat.