Day 111: An Old Hiker Refuses the Seat

Dialogue

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   B 어르신, 여기 앉으세요. 버스가 이렇게 흔들리는데 서 계시면 위험해요.

   Eoreusin, yeogi anjeuseyo. Beoseuga ireoke heundeullineunde seo gyesimyeon wiheomhaeyo.

   Sir, please take this seat. The bus is lurching so much, it's dangerous for you to stand.

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   A 아이고, 아니에요. 팔에 깁스까지 한 아가씨한테 자리를 받으면 내가 무슨 얼굴로 산에 올라가요.

   Aigo, anieyo. Pare gipseukkaji han agassihante jarireul badeumyeon naega museun eolgullo sane ollagayo.

   Oh, no, no. If I took a seat from a young lady with her arm in a cast, how could I show my face on that mountain?

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   B 다친 건 팔이고 다리는 멀쩡해요. 산에 가시려면 기력을 아끼셔야 해요. 사양하지 마세요.

   Dachin geon parigo darineun meoljjeonghaeyo. Sane gasiryeomyeon giryeogeul akkisyeoya haeyo. Sayanghaji maseyo.

   I only hurt my arm; my legs are fine. If you're going up the mountain, you need to save your strength. Please don't say no.

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   A 내 기력이요? 하하, 그럼 맞혀 봐요. 내가 몇 살이게요?

   Nae giryeogiyo? Haha, geureom machyeo bwayo. Naega myeot sarigeyo?

   My strength? Ha ha, then have a guess. How old do you think I am?

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   B 음... 예순다섯쯤 되셨어요? 등산복이 너무 멋있으셔서 잘 모르겠어요.

   Eum... yesundaseotjjeum doesyeosseoyo? Deungsanbogi neomu meosisseusyeoseo jal moreugesseoyo.

   Um... sixty-five or so? Your hiking gear is so stylish I can't really tell.

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   A 거 봐요, 이러니까 내가 못 앉는 거예요. 일흔여덟이에요. 근데 아가씨가 예순다섯으로 봤으니까 오늘은 예순다섯 노릇을 해야지요.

   Geo bwayo, ireonikka naega mot anneun geoyeyo. Ilheunyeodeolbieyo. Geunde agassiga yesundaseoseuro bwasseunikka oneureun yesundaseot noreuseul haeyajiyo.

   See, that's why I can't sit down. I'm seventy-eight. But since you took me for sixty-five, today I'll have to act sixty-five.

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   B 일흔여덟이요? 그럼 더더욱 앉으셔야지요. 제가 서 있는 게 마음이 편해요.

   Ilheunyeodeolbiyo? Geureom deodeouk anjeusyeoyajiyo. Jega seo inneun ge maeumi pyeonhaeyo.

   Seventy-eight? Then all the more reason to sit. I'd feel better standing.

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   A 이 다리로 백운대를 올해만 서른 번 올랐어요. 아직 거뜬해요. 아가씨는 그 팔로 손잡이도 못 잡잖아요. 버스가 크게 흔들리면 어쩌려고요.

   I dariro Baegundaereul olhaeman seoreun beon ollasseoyo. Ajik geotteunhaeyo. Agassineun geu pallo sonjabido mot japjanayo. Beoseuga keuge heundeullimyeon eojjeoryeogoyo.

   These legs have climbed Baegundae thirty times this year alone. Still going strong. You can't even hold the handrail with that arm. What'll you do if the bus lurches?

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   B 한 손으로도 잘 잡을 수 있어요. 보세요, 이렇게 잡으면 돼요... 아이고!

   Han soneurodo jal jabeul su isseoyo. Boseyo, ireoke jabeumyeon dwaeyo... aigo!

   I can hold on fine with one hand. Look, you just hold it like this... Whoa!

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    A 거 봐요! 방금 버스 전체가 아가씨 쪽으로 쏠렸잖아요. 젊디젊은 아가씨가 팔까지 다쳤는데 내가 어떻게 앉아요. 얼른 도로 앉아요.

    Geo bwayo! Banggeum beoseu jeonchega agassi jjogeuro ssollyeotjanayo. Jeomdijeolmeun agassiga palkkaji dachyeonneunde naega eotteoke anjayo. Eolleun doro anjayo.

    See! The whole bus just swung your way. A young lady in the very bloom of youth with an injured arm, and you expect me to sit? Quick, sit back down.

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    B 그래도 어르신이 서 계시면 버스 안 사람들이 다 저를 쳐다보잖아요. 벌써 뒤에서 할머니 한 분이 웃고 계세요.

    Geuraedo eoreusini seo gyesimyeon beoseu an saramdeuri da jeoreul chyeodabojanayo. Beolsseo dwieseo halmeoni han buni utgo gyeseyo.

    But if you're standing, everyone on the bus stares at me. There's already a lady at the back laughing.

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    A 웃으라고 하는 거예요. 버스에서 이런 구경이 어디 흔한가요. 근데 팔은 어쩌다 그랬어요?

    Useurago haneun geoyeyo. Beoseueseo ireon gugyeongi eodi heunhangayo. Geunde pareun eojjeoda geuraesseoyo?

    That's the idea, to give them a laugh. You don't get a show like this on a bus every day. But how did you hurt your arm?

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    B 사실은... 지난달에 도봉산 내리막길에서 넘어졌어요. 오늘은 산 밑에서 친구들이랑 밥만 먹기로 했어요.

    Sasireun... jinandare Dobongsan naerimakgireseo neomeojyeosseoyo. Oneureun san miteseo chingudeurirang bamman meokgiro haesseoyo.

    Actually... I fell on the way down Dobongsan last month. Today I'm only meeting my friends for a meal at the foot of the mountain.

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    A 하하하! 산에서 다친 사람이 산에 가는 늙은이한테 자리를 양보해요? 이거 참 쓰디쓴 농담이네요.

    Hahaha! Saneseo dachin sarami sane ganeun neulgeunihante jarireul yangbohaeyo? Igeo cham sseudisseun nongdamineyo.

    Ha ha ha! Someone who got hurt on a mountain giving up her seat to an old man heading for the mountain? Now that's a bitter joke.

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    B 그러니까 제 말이 맞잖아요. 산은 무서운 데니까 어르신이 기력을 아끼셔야 한다고요.

    Geureonikka je mari matjanayo. Saneun museoun denikka eoreusini giryeogeul akkisyeoya handagoyo.

    Which proves my point. Mountains are dangerous, so you need to save your strength.

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    A 아가씨, 내리막에서는 무릎을 살짝 굽히고 보폭을 좁게 해야 돼요. 올라갈 때보다 내려올 때가 더 위험한 법이에요.

    Agassi, naerimageseoneun mureupeul saljjak gupigo bopogeul jopge haeya dwaeyo. Ollagal ttaeboda naeryeool ttaega deo wiheomhan beobieyo.

    Young lady, going downhill, you bend your knees slightly and take short steps. Coming down is always more dangerous than going up.

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    B 그걸 한 달 전에 들었어야 했는데요. 그럼 이렇게 해요. 제가 앉는 대신 어르신 배낭은 제 무릎에 올려 주세요.

    Geugeol han dal jeone deureosseoya haenneundeyo. Geureom ireoke haeyo. Jega anneun daesin eoreusin baenangeun je mureupe ollyeo juseyo.

    I should have heard that a month ago. Then let's do this. I'll sit, but put your backpack on my lap.

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    A 배낭이 좀 무거운데요. 떡이랑 과일이 잔뜩 들었거든요. 봉우리에서 친구들이랑 나눠 먹으려고요.

    Baenangi jom mugeoundeyo. Tteogirang gwairi jantteuk deureotgeodeunyo. Bongurieseo chingudeurirang nanwo meogeuryeogoyo.

    The backpack's rather heavy. It's full of rice cakes and fruit. To share with my friends at the peak.

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    B 괜찮아요. 한 팔로도 배낭 하나는 지킬 수 있어요. 대신 떡 하나는 주셔야 해요.

    Gwaenchanayo. Han pallodo baenang hananeun jikil su isseoyo. Daesin tteok hananeun jusyeoya haeyo.

    That's fine. I can guard one backpack even with one arm. But you'll have to give me a rice cake.

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    A 하하, 협상 한번 잘하네요. 좋아요, 거래 성립. 내가 젊은 사람한테 신세를 지네요.

    Haha, hyeopsang hanbeon jalhaneyo. Joayo, georae seongnip. Naega jeolmeun saramhante sinsereul jineyo.

    Ha ha, you drive a hard bargain. All right, it's a deal. Here I am, being looked after by a young person.

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    B 근데 어르신, 어디서 내리세요? 산 입구까지는 아직 한참 남았는데요.

    Geunde eoreusin, eodiseo naeriseyo? San ipgukkajineun ajik hancham namanneundeyo.

    By the way, sir, where are you getting off? There's still a long way to the trailhead.

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    A 나요? 바로 다음 정류장이에요. 거기서 친구들 만나서 걸어 올라가거든요.

    Nayo? Baro daeum jeongnyujangieyo. Geogiseo chingudeul mannaseo georeo ollagageodeunyo.

    Me? The very next stop. I meet my friends there and we walk up.

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    B 네? 한 정거장 때문에 저희가 지금까지 이렇게 실랑이를 한 거예요? 버스 사람들이 다 들었는데요.

    Ne? Han jeonggeojang ttaemune jeohuiga jigeumkkaji ireoke sillangireul han geoyeyo? Beoseu saramdeuri da deureonneundeyo.

    What? We've been battling like this all this time over one stop? The whole bus heard us.

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    A 그러니까 내가 처음부터 한사코 안 앉는다고 했잖아요. 자, 떡 하나 받아요. 푸르디푸른 산 공기 먹고 자란 떡이에요. 팔 얼른 나아요.

    Geureonikka naega cheoeumbuteo hansako an anneundago haetjanayo. Ja, tteok hana badayo. Pureudipureun san gonggi meokgo jaran tteogieyo. Pal eolleun naayo.

    That's why I refused from the start. Here, take a rice cake. It grew up on the air of the ever-green mountains. Get well soon.

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    B 감사합니다, 어르신. 어머, 어르신, 문 닫혀요! 여기서 내리셔야 돼요!

    Gamsahamnida, eoreusin. Eomeo, eoreusin, mun dachyeoyo! Yeogiseo naerisyeoya dwaeyo!

    Thank you, sir. Oh! Sir, the doors are closing! This is your stop!

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