Day 45 of 215

Day 45: Night Bus or Taxi After Midnight

After a friend's birthday party, Taeyang (A) and Hyunjin (B), two friends who live in the same neighbourhood, run into a subway station just after midnight.

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A 아, 막차 방금 떠났다. 문 닫히는 거 봤어?

A, makcha banggeum tteonatda. Mun dachineun geo bwasseo?

Argh, the last train just left. Did you see the doors close?
B 봤어. 계단에서 조금만 빨리 뛰었으면 탔는데.

Bwasseo. Gyedaneseo jogeumman ppalli ttwieosseumyeon tanneunde.

Yeah. If we'd run up the stairs a bit faster, we'd have made it.
A 이제 어떡하지? 택시 탈까?

Ije eotteokaji? Taeksi talkka?

So what now? Should we get a taxi?
B 금요일 밤이라서 택시 잡기 힘들 거야. 요금도 비싸고.

Geumyoil bamiraseo taeksi japgi himdeul geoya. Yogeumdo bissago.

It's Friday night, so it'll be hard to get one. And it's expensive too.
A 잠깐만. 앱으로 찾아본 결과... 심야 버스가 하나 있다! 우리 동네까지 가.

Jamkkanman. Aebeuro chajabon gyeolgwa... simya beoseuga hana itda! Uri dongnekkaji ga.

Hold on. The results of my app search are in... there's one night bus! It goes to our neighbourhood.
B 오, 살았다! 몇 분 뒤에 와?

O, saratda! Myeot bun dwie wa?

Oh, we're saved! When does it come?
A 음... 사십 분 뒤에 와. 그리고 여기저기 돌아서 한 시간 걸려.

Eum... sasip bun dwie wa. Geurigo yeogijeogi doraseo han sigan geollyeo.

Um... in forty minutes. And it goes all over the place, so the ride takes an hour.
B 합치면 한 시간 사십 분? 걸어가면 한 시간인데.

Hapchimyeon han sigan sasip bun? Georeogamyeon han siganinde.

So an hour and forty minutes altogether? Walking only takes an hour.
A 한 시간을 걸어? 이 추운 날에?

Han siganeul georeo? I chuun nare?

You'd walk for an hour? In this cold?
B 결정했다. 나 그냥 걸어간다. 늦게 도착하는 사람이 내일 점심 사기!

Gyeoljeonghaetda. Na geunyang georeoganda. Neutge dochakaneun sarami naeil jeomsim sagi!

Decision made. I'm walking. Whoever gets home last buys lunch tomorrow!
A 좋아. 난 버스 기다린다. 따뜻하게 앉아서 간다.

Joa. Nan beoseu gidarinda. Ttatteutage anjaseo ganda.

Deal. I'm waiting for the bus. I'll ride home sitting down, nice and warm.

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