Day 58 of 215

Day 58: A Thousand Paper Cups by Mistake

In the corridor outside a seminar room, two students in a study group, Minjae (A) and Yujin (B), are standing next to a pile of boxes when their professor (C) walks up.

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  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Still learning Hangul? Tick Romanization to see how each line sounds, but read the Korean first.
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Dialogue

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  1. B λ―Όμž¬μ•Ό, 볡도에 μƒμž μ—΄ 개 뭐야? λ‹€ λ„€ μ΄λ¦„μœΌλ‘œ μ™”λ˜λ°.

    Minjaeya, bokdoe sangja yeol gae mwoya? Da ne ireumeuro watdeonde.

    Minjae, what are those ten boxes in the corridor? They all came in your name.

  2. A μ„Έλ―Έλ‚˜ λ•Œ μ“Έ 쒅이컡이야. λ°± 개만 μ£Όλ¬Έν•˜λ €κ³  ν–ˆλŠ”λ° 천 κ°œκ°€ μ™”μ–΄.

    Semina ttae sseul jongikeobiya. Baek gaeman jumunharyeogo haenneunde cheon gaega wasseo.

    They're the paper cups for the seminar. I meant to order just a hundred, but a thousand came.

  3. B λˆ„κ°€ λ„ˆλ³΄κ³  천 개 사라고 ν–ˆμ–΄? 우리 λͺ¨μž„ μ—΄ λͺ…μ΄μž–μ•„.

    Nuga neobogo cheon gae sarago haesseo? Uri moim yeol myeongijana.

    Who told you to buy a thousand? There are only ten of us in the group.

  4. A κ³Όμ œν•˜λŠλΌκ³  정신이 μ—†μ–΄μ„œ 숫자λ₯Ό 잘λͺ» λˆŒλ €μ–΄.

    Gwajehaneurago jeongsini eopseoseo sutjareul jalmot nulleosseo.

    I was so swamped with assignments that I typed the wrong number.

  5. C 무슨 μΌμ΄μ—μš”? 볡도가 μƒμžλ‘œ 꽉 μ°Όλ„€μš”.

    Museun irieyo? Bokdoga sangjaro kkwak channeyo.

    What's going on? The corridor is packed with boxes.

  6. A μ£„μ†‘ν•΄μš”, κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜. κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜μ΄ 저보고 μ»΅ μ£Όλ¬Έν•˜λΌκ³  ν•˜μ…¨μž–μ•„μš”. μ œκ°€ μ‹€μˆ˜λ‘œ 천 개λ₯Ό μ‹œμΌ°μ–΄μš”.

    Joesonghaeyo, gyosunim. Gyosunimi jeobogo keop jumunharago hasyeotjanayo. Jega silsuro cheon gaereul sikyeosseoyo.

    I'm sorry, Professor. You asked me to order the cups, remember? I ordered a thousand by mistake.

  7. C ν•˜ν•˜, 천 κ°œμš”? λ°˜ν’ˆμ€ μ•Œμ•„λ΄€μ–΄μš”?

    Haha, cheon gaeyo? Banpumeun arabwasseoyo?

    Ha ha, a thousand? Have you looked into sending them back?

  8. B μƒμžλ₯Ό μ•ˆ λœ―μ—ˆμœΌλ‹ˆκΉŒ λ°˜ν’ˆν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš”. λŒ€μ‹  배솑비λ₯Ό 저희가 λ‚΄μ•Ό λΌμš”.

    Sangjareul an tteudeosseunikka banpumhal su isseoyo. Daesin baesongbireul jeohuiga naeya dwaeyo.

    We haven't opened the boxes, so we can return them. But we have to pay the shipping.

  9. C 그럼 반만 λ°˜ν’ˆν•˜κ³ , λ°˜μ€ ν•™κ³Ό 사무싀에 μ€˜μš”. κ±°κΈ°μ„œ 쒅이컡을 많이 μ“°λ‹ˆκΉŒμš”.

    Geureom banman banpumhago, baneun hakgwa samusire jwoyo. Geogiseo jongikeobeul mani sseunikkayo.

    Then send half back and give the other half to the department office. They use lots of paper cups there.

  10. A κ°μ‚¬ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€, κ΅μˆ˜λ‹˜! 근데... 사싀 λΉ¨λŒ€λ„ 천 개 μ™”μ–΄μš”.

    Gamsahamnida, gyosunim! Geunde... sasil ppaldaedo cheon gae wasseoyo.

    Thank you, Professor! But... actually, a thousand straws came too.

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