Day 18 of 185

Day 18: An AI Speaker for Mother-in-Law

Mijung (A) drops by the flat of her mother-in-law (B), who lives alone, to see how she is getting on with the AI speaker the family gave her.

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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. A μ–΄λ¨Έλ‹˜, μ € μ™”μ–΄μš”. μ§€λ‚œλ²ˆμ— λ“œλ¦° AI μŠ€ν”Όμ»€λŠ” 잘 μ“°κ³  κ³„μ„Έμš”?

    Eomeonim, jeo wasseoyo. Jinanbeone deurin AI seupikeoneun jal sseugo gyeseyo?

    Mom, it's me. Are you getting on all right with the AI speaker we gave you?

  2. B μ–΄μ„œ μ™€μš”. μ²˜μŒμ—” μ–΄μƒ‰ν–ˆλŠ”λ°, 말을 κ±Έμ–΄ λ³΄λ‹ˆκΉŒ λŒ€λ‹΅μ„ μ œλ²• μž˜ν•˜λ”κ΅°μš”.

    Eoseo wayo. Cheoeumen eosaekaenneunde, mareul georeo bonikka daedabeul jebeop jalhadeogunyo.

    Come in. It felt odd at first, but once I started talking to it, it answered pretty well.

  3. A λ‹€ν–‰μ΄μ—μš”. 뭘 제일 많이 μ‹œν‚€μ„Έμš”?

    Dahaengieyo. Mwol jeil mani sikiseyo?

    I'm glad. What do you ask it to do most?

  4. B μ•„μΉ¨λ§ˆλ‹€ 날씨λ₯Ό 물어보고, 저녁엔 트둜트λ₯Ό ν‹€μ–΄ 달라고 ν•΄μš”. λ…Έλž˜λŠ” λ‚˜λ³΄λ‹€ 훨씬 많이 μ•Œλ”κ΅°μš”.

    Achimmada nalssireul mureobogo, jeonyeogen teuroteureul teureo dallago haeyo. Noraeneun naboda hwolssin mani aldeogunyo.

    Every morning I ask about the weather, and in the evening I have it play trot songs. It knows far more songs than I do.

  5. A ν•˜ν•˜, 혼자 κ³„μ…”μ„œ μ‹¬μ‹¬ν•˜μ‹€κΉŒ 봐 κ±±μ •ν–ˆλŠ”λ° μΉœκ΅¬κ°€ μƒκΈ°μ…¨λ„€μš”.

    Haha, honja gyesyeoseo simsimhasilkka bwa geokjeonghaenneunde chinguga saenggisyeonneyo.

    Ha ha, I was worried you'd be bored living on your own, but it looks like you've made a friend.

  6. B μΉœκ΅¬λŠ” μΉœκ΅¬μΈλ°μš”, λ”± ν•˜λ‚˜ λͺ» ν•˜λŠ” 게 μžˆμ–΄μš”.

    Chinguneun chinguindeyo, ttak hana mot haneun ge isseoyo.

    It's a friend, all right... but there's one thing it can't do.

  7. A λ­”λ°μš”? 말씀해 μ£Όμ‹œλ©΄ μ œκ°€ μ„€μ •ν•΄ λ“œλ¦΄κ²Œμš”.

    Mwondeyo? Malsseumhae jusimyeon jega seoljeonghae deurilgeyo.

    What is it? Tell me and I'll set it up for you.

  8. B 우리 아듀이 μ „ν™”λ₯Ό 자주 ν•˜κ²Œ λ§Œλ“œλŠ” κ±°μš”. 그건 이 λ˜‘λ˜‘ν•œ 기계도 λͺ» ν•˜λ”κ΅°μš”.

    Uri adeuri jeonhwareul jaju hage mandeuneun geoyo. Geugeon i ttokttokan gigyedo mot hadeogunyo.

    Getting my son to call more often. Even this clever machine can't manage that.

  9. A 아이고, μ£„μ†‘ν•΄μš”. μ• λ“€ μ•„λΉ κ°€ μš”μ¦˜ νšŒμ‚¬ 일 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— λ„ˆλ¬΄ λ°”λΉ μ„œμš”.

    Aigo, joesonghaeyo. Aedeul appaga yojeum hoesa il ttaemune neomu bappaseoyo.

    Oh dear, I'm sorry. He's been so busy with work lately.

  10. B μ•Œμ•„μš”, λ°”μœ κ±°. κ·Έλž˜λ„ μ’€ μ„œμš΄ν•œ 건 μ–΄μ©” 수 μ—†λ„€μš”. 가끔은 얼꡴이 보고 μ‹Άμž–μ•„μš”.

    Arayo, bappeun geo. Geuraedo jom seounhan geon eojjeol su eomneyo. Gakkeumeun eolguri bogo sipjanayo.

    I know he's busy. Still, I can't help feeling a little hurt. Sometimes I just want to see his face.

  11. A μ–΄λ¨Έλ‹˜, 이 μŠ€ν”Όμ»€μ— 화면이 μžˆμž–μ•„μš”. μ—¬κΈ°λ‘œ μ˜μƒ 톡화도 ν•  수 μžˆμ–΄μš”.

    Eomeonim, i seupikeoe hwamyeoni itjanayo. Yeogiro yeongsang tonghwado hal su isseoyo.

    Mom, this speaker has a screen, remember. You can make video calls on it.

  12. B κ·Έλž˜μš”? 이 μž‘μ€ ν™”λ©΄μœΌλ‘œλ„ 얼꡴이 λ³΄μ—¬μš”?

    Geuraeyo? I jageun hwamyeoneurodo eolguri boyeoyo?

    Really? You can see faces on this little screen?

  13. A κ·ΈλŸΌμš”. ν™”λ©΄μœΌλ‘œλ‚˜λ§ˆ 자주 얼꡴을 λ³΄μ‹œλ©΄ μ’‹μž–μ•„μš”. μ§€κΈˆ λ°”λ‘œ 번호λ₯Ό μ €μž₯ν•΄ λ“œλ¦΄κ²Œμš”.

    Geureomyo. Hwamyeoneuronama jaju eolgureul bosimyeon jochanayo. Jigeum baro beonhoreul jeojanghae deurilgeyo.

    Of course. It'd be nice to see him often, even if it's only on a screen. I'll save his number for you right now.

  14. B κ·Έλž˜μš”, μ΄λ ‡κ²Œλ‚˜λ§ˆ 얼꡴을 보면 훨씬 λ‚«μ£ . 였늘 저녁엔 λ‚΄κ°€ λ¨Όμ € κ±Έμ–΄ λ΄μ•Όκ² μ–΄μš”.

    Geuraeyo, ireokenama eolgureul bomyeon hwolssin natjyo. Oneul jeonyeogen naega meonjeo georeo bwayagesseoyo.

    That's true, seeing his face even like this is much better. Tonight I'll be the one to call first.

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