Day 126: Writing Farewell for a Roommate

Dialogue

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   A 할머니, 노트북 켰어요. 편하게 말씀하시면 제가 그대로 받아 적을게요.

   Halmeoni, noteubuk kyeosseoyo. Pyeonhage malsseumhasimyeon jega geudaero bada jeogeulgeyo.

   Mrs. Kim, the laptop's on. Just say it however you like, and I'll type it word for word.

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   B 고마워요. 내일 추모식에서 읽을 건데, 팔 년을 한방에서 산 사람한테 무슨 말을 해야 할지 모르겠어요.

   Gomawoyo. Naeil chumosigeseo ilgeul geonde, pal nyeoneul hanbangeseo san saramhante museun mareul haeya halji moreugesseoyo.

   Thank you. I'm reading it at the memorial tomorrow, but I don't know what to say to someone I shared a room with for eight years.

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   A 생각나시는 대로 시작해 보세요. 첫 문장만 나오면 그다음은 금방 따라와요.

   Saenggangnasineun daero sijakae boseyo. Cheot munjangman naomyeon geudaeumeun geumbang ttarawayo.

   Just start with whatever comes to mind. Once the first sentence is out, the rest follows quickly.

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   B 그럼 이렇게 써 봐요. '복희 형님, 이 마음을 어찌 다 말로 하리오.'

   Geureom ireoke sseo bwayo. 'Bokhui hyeongnim, i maeumeul eojji da mallo hario.'

   Then write this. "My dear Bokhui, how could words ever hold all that is in my heart."

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   A 와, 첫 문장부터 시 같아요. 할머니, 혹시 젊으셨을 때 글 쓰셨어요?

   Wa, cheot munjangbuteo si gatayo. Halmeoni, hoksi jeolmeusyeosseul ttae geul sseusyeosseoyo?

   Wow, the very first line sounds like a poem. Did you use to write when you were young?

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   B 처녀 때 편지깨나 썼지요. 자, 다음. '형님은 늘 단정하고 조용한 분이셨습니다.'

   Cheonyeo ttae pyeonjikkaena sseotjiyo. Ja, daeum. 'Hyeongnimeun neul danjeonghago joyonghan bunisyeotseumnida.'

   I wrote my share of letters as a girl. Now, next. "You were always a neat and quiet woman."

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   A 조용한 분이셨습니다. 근데 할머니, 복희 할머니가 정말 조용하셨어요? 제가 올 때마다 제일 크게 웃으시던데요.

   Joyonghan bunisyeotseumnida. Geunde halmeoni, Bokhui halmeoniga jeongmal joyonghasyeosseoyo? Jega ol ttaemada jeil keuge useusideondeyo.

   "A quiet woman." But was Bokhui really quiet? Every time I came, she laughed the loudest.

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   B 허허, 그건 그래요. 조용하긴요. 밤마다 코를 어찌나 골던지 내가 팔 년을 잠을 설쳤어요.

   Heoheo, geugeon geuraeyo. Joyonghaginyo. Bammada koreul eojjina goldeonji naega pal nyeoneul jameul seolchyeosseoyo.

   Ha, that's true enough. Quiet, my foot. She snored so loudly every night that I didn't sleep properly for eight years.

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   A 그걸 쓰시면 되겠네요! 추모사에 그런 얘기가 들어가면 다들 웃으면서 복희 할머니를 기억하실 거예요.

   Geugeol sseusimyeon doegenneyo! Chumosae geureon yaegiga deureogamyeon dadeul useumyeonseo Bokhui halmeonireul gieokasil geoyeyo.

   That's what you should write! If stories like that go into the farewell, everyone will remember her with a smile.

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    B 에이, 그건 안 돼요. 추모식은 엄숙해야지요. 돌아가신 분 흉을 보면 쓰나요.

    Ei, geugeon an dwaeyo. Chumosigeun eomsukaeyajiyo. Doragasin bun hyungeul bomyeon sseunayo.

    Oh no, we can't. A memorial should be solemn. You don't go talking about the faults of the dead.

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    A 흉이 아니라 추억이죠. 복희 할머니는 누가 울면 꼭 웃기는 얘기를 해 주셨잖아요. 제가 처음 여기 왔을 때도 그러셨고요.

    Hyungi anira chueogijyo. Bokhui halmeonineun nuga ulmyeon kkok utgineun yaegireul hae jusyeotjanayo. Jega cheoeum yeogi wasseul ttaedo geureosyeotgoyo.

    They're not faults, they're memories. Whenever anyone cried, she'd always tell a funny story. She did it when I first came here, too.

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    B 그랬지요. 한번은 자기 틀니 빠진 얘기로 식당을 아주 뒤집어 놓았어요.

    Geuraetjiyo. Hanbeoneun jagi teulli ppajin yaegiro sikdangeul aju dwijibeo noasseoyo.

    She did. Once she had the whole dining room in stitches with the story of her dentures falling out.

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    A 그 얘기 저도 들었어요. 그럼 조용하셨다는 문장은 빼고, 그런 얘기를 넣을까요?

    Geu yaegi jeodo deureosseoyo. Geureom joyonghasyeotdaneun munjangeun ppaego, geureon yaegireul neoeulkkayo?

    I heard that one too. So shall we take out the "quiet" line and put a story like that in?

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    B 그래도 사람들이 경망스럽다고 하면 어쩌나 싶어요. 요양원 원장님도 오시고, 복희 형님 아들딸도 다 오는데요.

    Geuraedo saramdeuri gyeongmangseureopdago hamyeon eojjeona sipeoyo. Yoyangwon wonjangnimdo osigo, Bokhui hyeongnim adeulttaldo da oneundeyo.

    Still, I worry people will think it's frivolous. The director's coming, and all of Bokhui's children too.

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    A 그럼 이렇게 하면 어때요? 처음과 끝은 할머니 뜻대로 점잖게 쓰고, 가운데에 웃긴 얘기 딱 하나만 넣는 거예요.

    Geureom ireoke hamyeon eottaeyo? Cheoeumgwa kkeuteun halmeoni tteutdaero jeomjanke sseugo, gaundee utgin yaegi ttak hanaman neonneun geoyeyo.

    Then how about this? Keep the beginning and the end dignified, the way you want, and put just one funny story in the middle.

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    B 가운데에 하나만요? 그건 괜찮겠네요. 그럼 코 고는 얘기로 해요. 틀니 얘기를 하면 복희 형님이 저승에서 화낼 거예요.

    Gaundee hanamanyo? Geugeon gwaenchankenneyo. Geureom ko goneun yaegiro haeyo. Teulli yaegireul hamyeon Bokhui hyeongnimi jeoseungeseo hwanael geoyeyo.

    Just one, in the middle? That could work. Then let's do the snoring. If I told the dentures story, she'd be furious with me from the other side.

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    A 하하, 알겠습니다. 불러 주세요. 그대로 칠게요.

    Haha, algetseumnida. Bulleo juseyo. Geudaero chilgeyo.

    Ha ha, got it. Go ahead. I'll type exactly what you say.

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    B '형님, 팔 년 동안 밤마다 형님 코 고는 소리에 잠을 설쳤는데, 이제는 그 소리가 없어서 잠이 안 옵니다.'

    'Hyeongnim, pal nyeon dongan bammada hyeongnim ko goneun sorie jameul seolchyeonneunde, ijeneun geu soriga eopseoseo jami an omnida.'

    "For eight years, your snoring kept me awake every night. Now it's the silence that keeps me up."

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    A 할머니, 이거 쓰다가 제가 울 것 같아요. 웃기라고 넣은 얘기인데요.

    Halmeoni, igeo sseudaga jega ul geot gatayo. Utgirago neoeun yaegiindeyo.

    I think I'm going to cry typing this. And it was supposed to be the funny part.

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    B 그게 복희 형님이에요. 웃다가 울게 만드는 사람. 그러니까 이 얘기가 맞는 거예요.

    Geuge Bokhui hyeongnimieyo. Utdaga ulge mandeuneun saram. Geureonikka i yaegiga manneun geoyeyo.

    That's Bokhui for you. Someone who makes you laugh and then cry. That's why this is the right story.

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    A 마지막 문장은 어떻게 할까요? 처음처럼 옛날 말투로 하실래요?

    Majimak munjangeun eotteoke halkkayo? Cheoeumcheoreom yennal malturo hasillaeyo?

    How shall we end it? In the old style, like the opening?

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    B '이 세상 인연이 다했다 한들 형님을 어찌 잊으리오. 부디 편히 쉬세요.' 이렇게 써 줘요.

    'I sesang inyeoni dahaetda handeul hyeongnimeul eojji ijeurio. Budi pyeonhi swiseyo.' Ireoke sseo jwoyo.

    "Even if our time together in this world has run its course, how could I ever forget you? Please, rest in peace." Write that.

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    A 다 썼어요. 한번 읽어 드릴까요?

    Da sseosseoyo. Hanbeon ilgeo deurilkkayo?

    Done. Shall I read it back to you?

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    B 아니, 됐어요. 내일 내 입으로 처음 읽고 싶어요. 그나저나 총각, 손이 참 빠르구만. 내 말을 하나도 안 놓쳤네요.

    Ani, dwaesseoyo. Naeil nae ibeuro cheoeum ilgo sipeoyo. Geunajeona chonggak, soni cham ppareuguman. Nae mareul hanado an notchyeonneyo.

    No, that's all right. I want the first time it's read aloud to be tomorrow, in my own voice. By the way, young man, you've got really quick fingers. You didn't miss a single word.

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    A 할머니 말씀이 워낙 좋아서요. 내일 추모식에 저도 가도 될까요?

    Halmeoni malsseumi wonak joaseoyo. Naeil chumosige jeodo gado doelkkayo?

    It's because what you said was so good. Would it be all right if I came to the memorial tomorrow too?

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    B 그럼요. 와서 코 고는 대목에서 제일 크게 웃어 줘요. 복희 형님이 그걸 제일 좋아할 거예요.

    Geureomyo. Waseo ko goneun daemogeseo jeil keuge useo jwoyo. Bokhui hyeongnimi geugeol jeil joahal geoyeyo.

    Of course. Come, and laugh the loudest at the snoring part. That's what Bokhui would love most.

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