Day 117: Coughing All Night for Two Weeks

Dialogue

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   A 약사님, 제일 센 기침약 좀 주세요.

   Yaksanim, jeil sen gichimyak jom juseyo.

   Excuse me, could I have your strongest cough medicine?

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   B 어머님이 드실 거예요? 기침은 언제부터 하셨어요?

   Eomeonimi deusil geoyeyo? Gichimeun eonjebuteo hasyeosseoyo?

   Is it for you, ma'am? How long have you had the cough?

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   A 나 말고 우리 영감이요. 벌써 2주째 밤새 기침을 해 대서 나도 한숨도 못 잤어요.

   Na malgo uri yeonggamiyo. Beolsseo 2jujjae bamsae gichimeul hae daeseo nado hansumdo mot jasseoyo.

   Not me, my husband. He's been coughing all night for two weeks now, and I haven't slept a wink either.

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   B 2주나요? 열도 있으세요?

   2junayo? Yeoldo isseuseyo?

   Two weeks? Does he have a fever?

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   A 열은 없는데 가래가 좀 있어요. 기침을 하도 해 대서 목도 다 쉬었고요.

   Yeoreun eomneunde garaega jom isseoyo. Gichimeul hado hae daeseo mokdo da swieotgoyo.

   No fever, but there's some phlegm. And he's coughed so much his voice has gone hoarse.

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   B 남편분 연세가 어떻게 되세요?

   Nampyeonbun yeonsega eotteoke doeseyo?

   How old is your husband?

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   A 일흔다섯이요. 담배는 끊은 지 오래됐어요.

   Ilheundaseosiyo. Dambaeneun kkeuneun ji oraedwaesseoyo.

   Seventy-five. He quit smoking years ago.

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   B 오늘 밤에 드실 약은 드릴게요. 그런데 2주 넘게 기침하시면 꼭 병원에 가셔야 돼요.

   Oneul bame deusil yageun deurilgeyo. Geureonde 2ju neomge gichimhasimyeon kkok byeongwone gasyeoya dwaeyo.

   I'll give you something for tonight. But when a cough goes on for more than two weeks, he really has to see a doctor.

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   A 그게 문제예요. 병원에 가자고 하면 감기에 무슨 병원이냐고 화를 내요.

   Geuge munjeyeyo. Byeongwone gajago hamyeon gamgie museun byeongwoninyago hwareul naeyo.

   That's the problem. Whenever I say let's go to the hospital, he gets cross and says who goes to the hospital for a cold.

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    B 연세가 많으실수록 감기가 폐렴으로 악화될 위험이 커요.

    Yeonsega maneusilsurok gamgiga pyeryeomeuro akhwadoel wiheomi keoyo.

    The older you are, the greater the risk that a cold turns into pneumonia.

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    A 폐렴이요? 아이고, 그 말 들으니까 겁나네요.

    Pyeryeomiyo? Aigo, geu mal deureunikka geomnaneyo.

    Pneumonia? Oh my, hearing that frightens me.

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    B 겁주려는 건 아니고요. 기다릴수록 치료가 길어지니까 내일이라도 꼭 가 보세요.

    Geopjuryeoneun geon anigoyo. Gidarilsurok chiryoga gireojinikka naeirirado kkok ga boseyo.

    I don't mean to scare you. It's just that the longer he waits, the longer treatment takes, so he should go tomorrow at the latest.

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    A 우리 영감이 고집이 워낙 세요. 약사님이 그랬다고 하면 좀 들을까요?

    Uri yeonggami gojibi wonak seyo. Yaksanimi geuraetdago hamyeon jom deureulkkayo?

    My husband is so stubborn. Do you think he'll listen if I tell him the pharmacist said so?

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    B 그럼 제가 메모를 써 드릴게요. "기침 2주 이상, 꼭 병원에 가세요." 이렇게요.

    Geureom jega memoreul sseo deurilgeyo. "Gichim 2ju isang, kkok byeongwone gaseyo." Ireokeyo.

    Then I'll write you a note. "Coughing over two weeks: please see a doctor." Like that.

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    A 고마워요. 이거 냉장고에 딱 붙여 놔야겠네요. 약값은 얼마예요?

    Gomawoyo. Igeo naengjanggoe ttak buchyeo nwayagenneyo. Yakgapseun eolmayeyo?

    Thank you. I'll stick this right on the fridge. How much is the medicine?

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