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🇰🇷 Korean · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The first dinner

Mrs. Park's table in Mangwon-dong on the parents' first evening, Grandma at the head, Eli in the middle translating: please sit down and eat plenty, I'll eat well and Mom says the table is beautiful, give your father the ribs, Dad says it's the best meat of his life, have some more and give your mother the glass noodles, Grandma please have your meal too, ask whether she'd like barley tea, she says yes and thank you for everything.

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THE STORY

Mrs. Park's table in the Kims' flat in Mangwon-dong, the parents' first evening in Seoul, ribs and glass noodles, Grandma at the head of the table. Mrs. Park speaks politely to Eli, Grandma casually; Eli is respectful to both.

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앉으세요. 많이 드세요.an-jeu-se-yo. ma-ni deu-se-yo.Please sit down. Eat plenty.
잘 먹겠습니다. 식탁이 예쁘다고 해요.jal meok-kket-sseum-ni-da. sik-ta-gi ye-ppeu-da-go hae-yo.I'll eat well. Mom says the table is beautiful.
잘 먹었습니다.jal meo-geot-sseum-ni-da.I ate well.
아버지한테 갈비 드려.a-beo-ji-han-te gal-bi deu-ryeo.Give your father the ribs.
아빠가 인생 최고의 고기라고 해요.a-ppa-ga in-saeng choe-go-e go-gi-ra-go hae-yo.Dad says it's the best meat of his life.
더 드세요. 어머니 잡채 드리세요.deo deu-se-yo. eo-meo-ni jap-chae deu-ri-se-yo.Have some more. Give your mother the glass noodles.
할머니도 진지 드세요.hal-meo-ni-do jin-ji deu-se-yo.Grandma, please have your meal too.
보리차 드시겠냐고 물어보세요.bo-ri-cha deu-si-gen-nya-go mu-reo-bo-se-yo.Ask whether she'd like barley tea.
좋다고 해요. 다 감사하다고 해요.jo-ta-go hae-yo. da gam-sa-ha-da-go hae-yo.She says yes. And thank you for everything.