Day 116: A Village Without Children

Dialogue

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   A 소연아, 방금 저 할머니 말씀 들었어? 이 마을에서 10년 동안 아기가 한 명도 안 태어났다고 하셔.

   Soyeona, banggeum jeo halmeoni malsseum deureosseo? I maeureseo 10nyeon dongan agiga han myeongdo an taeeonatdago hasyeo.

   Soyeon, did you hear what that grandma just said? Not a single baby has been born in this village in ten years.

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   B 10년 동안 한 명도 없었다니, 진짜 충격이다. 우리 동네 놀이터는 애들로 가득한데.

   10nyeon dongan han myeongdo eopseotdani, jinjja chunggyeogida. Uri dongne noriteoneun aedeullo gadeukande.

   Not one in ten years? That's shocking. The playground in my neighbourhood is packed with kids.

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   C 놀랐죠? 이 마을만 그런 게 아니에요. 경북 농촌에는 이런 마을이 꽤 많아요.

   Nollatjyo? I maeulman geureon ge anieyo. Gyeongbuk nongchoneneun ireon maeuri kkwae manayo.

   Surprised? It's not just this village. There are quite a few villages like this in North Gyeongsang.

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   A 교수님, 왜 이렇게 된 거예요? 공기도 좋고 조용한데요.

   Gyosunim, wae ireoke doen geoyeyo? Gonggido joko joyonghandeyo.

   Professor, how did it get like this? The air's clean, and it's so quiet.

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   C 수업 시간에 말했듯이, 젊은 사람들이 일자리를 찾아 도시로 떠나기 때문이에요.

   Sueop sigane malhaetdeusi, jeolmeun saramdeuri iljarireul chaja dosiro tteonagi ttaemunieyo.

   As I said in class, it's because young people leave for the cities to find work.

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   B 젊은 사람이 없으니까 아기도 없는 거군요.

   Jeolmeun sarami eopseunikka agido eomneun geogunyo.

   No young people, so no babies.

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   C 맞아요. 이 마을 초등학교도 5년 전에 문을 닫았어요. 학교가 없으면 남아 있던 가족들도 떠나요.

   Majayo. I maeul chodeunghakgyodo 5nyeon jeone muneul dadasseoyo. Hakgyoga eopseumyeon nama itdeon gajokdeuldo tteonayo.

   Right. The village elementary school closed five years ago, too. Without a school, even the families who stayed end up leaving.

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   A 학교까지 문을 닫았다니요. 그럼 지금 마을에는 거의 어르신들만 계세요?

   Hakgyokkaji muneul dadatdaniyo. Geureom jigeum maeureneun geoui eoreusindeulman gyeseyo?

   Even the school closed? So is it mostly elderly people left in the village now?

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   C 네, 평균 나이가 일흔이 넘어요. 인구 감소가 현실이 된 거죠. 그래서 오늘 조사가 중요해요.

   Ne, pyeonggyun naiga ilheuni neomeoyo. Ingu gamsoga hyeonsiri doen geojyo. Geuraeseo oneul josaga jungyohaeyo.

   Yes, the average age is over seventy. Population decline has become reality here. That's why today's research matters.

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    B 저희는 뭘 조사하면 돼요?

    Jeohuineun mwol josahamyeon dwaeyo?

    What should we look into?

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    C 이장님을 찾아가서 인터뷰하세요. 인구가 줄면서 마을 생활이 어떻게 바뀌었는지 여쭤보세요.

    Ijangnimeul chajagaseo inteobyuhaseyo. Inguga julmyeonseo maeul saenghwari eotteoke bakkwieonneunji yeojjwoboseyo.

    Go and interview the village head. Ask him how village life has changed as the population shrank.

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    A 이장님 댁은 어디예요?

    Ijangnim daegeun eodiyeyo?

    Where's the village head's house?

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    C 저기 파란 지붕 집이요. 아까 말했듯이 어르신들께는 천천히, 크게 말씀드리세요.

    Jeogi paran jibung jibiyo. Akka malhaetdeusi eoreusindeulkkeneun cheoncheonhi, keuge malsseumdeuriseyo.

    The one with the blue roof over there. And like I told you earlier, speak to the elders slowly and loudly.

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    B 태윤아, 녹음기 챙겼지? 빨리 가자.

    Taeyuna, nogeumgi chaenggyeotji? Ppalli gaja.

    Taeyoon, you've got the recorder, right? Let's go.

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