Day 103: Selling the Flat at the Bottom?

Dialogue

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   A 선영 씨, 저 이번에 집 내놓았어요. 팔리는 대로 이사 가려고요.

   Seonyeong ssi, jeo ibeone jip naenoasseoyo. Pallineun daero isa garyeogoyo.

   Sunyoung, I've put our flat on the market. We're moving as soon as it sells.

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   B 네? 지금 파시게요? 요즘 집값이 제일 떨어졌을 때잖아요.

   Ne? Jigeum pasigeyo? Yojeum jipgapsi jeil tteoreojyeosseul ttaejanayo.

   What? You're selling now? Prices are at rock bottom right now.

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   A 알아요. 작년보다 이억이나 떨어졌어요. 그래도 더 기다릴 수가 없어서요.

   Arayo. Jangnyeonboda ieogina tteoreojyeosseoyo. Geuraedo deo gidaril suga eopseoseoyo.

   I know. It's dropped two hundred million since last year. But we just can't wait any longer.

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   B 조금만 기다렸다가 다시 오르면 파는 게 낫지 않아요? 왜 하필 지금 파시게요?

   Jogeumman gidaryeotdaga dasi oreumyeon paneun ge natji anayo? Wae hapil jigeum pasigeyo?

   Wouldn't it be better to wait a bit and sell when prices go back up? Why sell now, of all times?

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   A 대출 이자 때문에요. 이자도 비싸거니와 애들도 곧 다 나가요.

   Daechul ija ttaemuneyo. Ijado bissageoniwa aedeuldo got da nagayo.

   Because of the loan interest. The interest is steep, and besides, the kids are all leaving home soon.

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   B 큰애가 군대 간다고 했죠? 작은애는요?

   Keunaega gundae gandago haetjyo? Jageunaeneunyo?

   Your eldest is going into the army, right? What about your youngest?

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   A 작은애는 내년에 지방 대학 기숙사로 들어가요. 그럼 방 네 개짜리 집에 우리 부부 둘만 남는 거예요.

   Jageunaeneun naenyeone jibang daehak gisuksaro deureogayo. Geureom bang ne gaejjari jibe uri bubu dulman namneun geoyeyo.

   The youngest is moving into a university dorm outside Seoul next year. Then it'll be just the two of us in a four-bedroom flat.

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   B 그렇긴 하네요. 그래도 이 아파트에서 이십 년 사셨잖아요. 아쉽지 않으세요?

   Geureokin haneyo. Geuraedo i apateueseo isip nyeon sasyeotjanayo. Aswipji aneuseyo?

   That's true. But you've lived in this complex for twenty years. Won't you miss it?

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   A 아쉽죠. 근데 매달 이자로 백오십만 원씩 나가니까 버틸 수가 없어요.

   Aswipjyo. Geunde maedal ijaro baegosimman wonssik naganikka beotil suga eopseoyo.

   Of course I will. But with 1.5 million won going on interest every month, we just can't keep it up.

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    B 백오십이요? 그럼 파시는 게 맞네요. 어디로 가시게요?

    Baegosibiyo? Geureom pasineun ge manneyo. Eodiro gasigeyo?

    One point five million? Then selling does make sense. Where are you moving to?

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    A 남편 회사 근처에 지금 집 절반만 한 아파트를 봤어요. 관리비도 적게 나오거니와 대출도 다 갚을 수 있어요.

    Nampyeon hoesa geuncheoe jigeum jip jeolbanman han apateureul bwasseoyo. Gwallibido jeokge naogeoniwa daechuldo da gapeul su isseoyo.

    We found a flat near my husband's work, about half the size of this one. The maintenance fees are lower, and on top of that, we can pay off the whole loan.

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    B 듣고 보니 잘 결정하신 것 같네요. 저는 그냥 집값만 생각했어요.

    Deutgo boni jal gyeoljeonghasin geot ganneyo. Jeoneun geunyang jipgamman saenggakaesseoyo.

    Now that I hear it all, it sounds like the right decision. I was only thinking about prices.

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    A 저도 처음엔 그랬어요. 근데 집값은 어차피 우리가 어떻게 할 수 있는 게 아니잖아요.

    Jeodo cheoeumen geuraesseoyo. Geunde jipgapseun eochapi uriga eotteoke hal su inneun ge anijanayo.

    I was the same at first. But house prices aren't something we can control.

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    B 맞아요. 이사 가셔도 가끔 놀러 오세요. 운동 친구가 없으면 저 혼자는 못 해요.

    Majayo. Isa gasyeodo gakkeum nolleo oseyo. Undong chinguga eopseumyeon jeo honjaneun mot haeyo.

    True. Come and visit sometimes after you move. Without my workout buddy, I'll never keep it up on my own.

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