Day 205 of 215

Day 205: Home From Cataract Surgery

Outside their apartment building, Mrs. Lee (B) runs into her older neighbour, Mr. Park (A), who is wearing an eye patch.

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B 어르신, 눈이 왜 그러세요? 안대를 하셨네요.

Eoreusin, nuni wae geureoseyo? Andaereul hasyeonneyo.

Mr. Park, what happened to your eye? You've got a patch on.
A 아, 지훈 엄마. 오늘 백내장 수술을 했어요.

A, Jihun eomma. Oneul baengnaejang susureul haesseoyo.

Oh, hello there. I had cataract surgery today.
B 아이고, 많이 불편해 보이세요. 혼자 다녀오셨어요?

Aigo, mani bulpyeonhae boiseyo. Honja danyeoosyeosseoyo?

Oh dear, you look really uncomfortable. Did you go by yourself?
A 아니요, 아들이 데려다줬어요. 근데 회사 때문에 바로 갔어요.

Aniyo, adeuri deryeodajwosseoyo. Geunde hoesa ttaemune baro gasseoyo.

No, my son took me. But he had to go straight back to work.
B 수술은 괜찮으셨어요?

Susureun gwaenchaneusyeosseoyo?

Did the surgery go all right?
A 수술은 금방 끝났는데, 기다리는 게 힘들었어요. 세 시간이나 기다렸어요.

Susureun geumbang kkeunnanneunde, gidarineun ge himdeureosseoyo. Se siganina gidaryeosseoyo.

The surgery was over quickly, but the waiting was hard. I waited three whole hours.
B 세 시간이나요? 요즘 병원이 많이 바쁜 모양이에요.

Se siganinayo? Yojeum byeongwoni mani bappeun moyangieyo.

Three hours? The hospital must be really busy these days.
A 나 같은 노인들이 다 백내장 수술을 하는 모양이에요. 대기실이 할아버지 할머니로 가득했어요.

Na gateun noindeuri da baengnaejang susureul haneun moyangieyo. Daegisiri harabeoji halmeoniro gadeukaesseoyo.

Looks like every old man like me is having cataract surgery. The waiting room was full of grandpas and grandmas.
B 하하. 근데 할머님은 안 계세요?

Haha. Geunde halmeonimeun an gyeseyo?

Ha ha. But isn't your wife home?
A 집사람은 딸네 집에 가서 다음 주에 와요. 장도 봐야 하는데 걱정이에요.

Jipsarameun ttalle jibe gaseo daeum jue wayo. Jangdo bwaya haneunde geokjeongieyo.

My wife's at our daughter's and won't be back until next week. I need to do the grocery shopping too, so I'm a bit worried.
B 제가 이따 마트 가는데, 필요하신 거 있으면 사다 드릴게요. 도울 일 있으면 말씀하세요.

Jega itta mateu ganeunde, piryohasin geo isseumyeon sada deurilgeyo. Doul il isseumyeon malsseumhaseyo.

I'm going to the supermarket later, so I'll pick up anything you need. If there's anything I can do to help, just tell me.
A 아이고, 바쁠 텐데 괜찮겠어요? 그럼 달걀하고 두부만 부탁해요.

Aigo, bappeul tende gwaenchankesseoyo? Geureom dalgyalhago dubuman butakaeyo.

Oh, you must be busy, are you sure? Then just eggs and tofu, please.
B 네, 이따 갖다 드릴게요. 안약 넣기 힘드시면 그것도 말씀하세요.

Ne, itta gatda deurilgeyo. Anyak neoki himdeusimyeon geugeotdo malsseumhaseyo.

Sure, I'll bring them over later. And if the eye drops are hard to put in, let me know about that too.

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