Day 44: Allowance Cut, Grandma to the Rescue

Dialogue

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   B 준서야, 다음 달부터 용돈을 오만 원에서 사만 원으로 줄이기로 했어.

   Junseoya, daeum dalbuteo yongdoneul oman woneseo saman woneuro jurigiro haesseo.

   Junseo, starting next month, I'm cutting your allowance from fifty thousand won to forty thousand.

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   C 뭐? 왜? 나 이번에 성적도 올랐잖아.

   Mwo? Wae? Na ibeone seongjeokdo ollatjana.

   What? Why? My grades even went up this time.

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   B 너도 알다시피 요즘 물가가 너무 올랐잖아. 우리 집도 당분간은 다 같이 아껴야 돼.

   Neodo aldasipi yojeum mulgaga neomu ollatjana. Uri jipdo dangbunganeun da gachi akkyeoya dwae.

   As you know, prices have gone way up lately. The whole family has to cut back for a while.

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   C 그럼 오히려 더 줘야 되잖아. 떡볶이 1인분이 전에는 이천오백 원이었는데 지금 오천 원이야.

   Geureom ohiryeo deo jwoya doejana. Tteokbokki 1inbuni jeoneneun icheonobaek wonieonneunde jigeum ocheon woniya.

   Then you should be giving me more, not less. A serving of tteokbokki used to be twenty-five hundred won, and now it's five thousand.

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   A 그건 맞다. 나도 어제 시장에 갔는데 떡볶이가 너무 비싸더라.

   Geugeon matda. Nado eoje sijange ganneunde tteokbokkiga neomu bissadeora.

   He's right about that. I went to the market yesterday, and the tteokbokki was so expensive.

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   B 어머니, 애 편 들지 마세요. 아시다시피 얘가 떡볶이를 하루에 두 번씩 먹어요.

   Eomeoni, ae pyeon deulji maseyo. Asidasipi yaega tteokbokkireul harue du beonssik meogeoyo.

   Mother, don't take his side. As you know, he eats tteokbokki twice a day.

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   C 두 번은 아니야! 가끔 친구들이랑 나눠 먹는 거지.

   Du beoneun aniya! Gakkeum chingudeurirang nanwo meongneun geoji.

   Not twice! I just share some with my friends now and then.

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   A 애들도 친구랑 어울리려면 돈이 좀 있어야 돼. 준서 아빠도 그 나이 땐 맨날 울상이었다.

   Aedeuldo chingurang eoulliryeomyeon doni jom isseoya dwae. Junseo appado geu nai ttaen maennal ulsangieotda.

   Kids need a bit of money to hang out with their friends. Junseo's dad was always moping about money at that age too.

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   B 어머니도 참... 그럼 사만 오천 원으로 할게요. 준서 너는 이제부터 용돈 기입장 써. 대충 말고 제대로.

   Eomeonido cham... geureom saman ocheon woneuro halgeyo. Junseo neoneun ijebuteo yongdon giipjang sseo. Daechung malgo jedaero.

   Oh, Mother... Fine, I'll make it forty-five thousand. And Junseo, from now on you keep an allowance log. Properly, not half-heartedly.

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    C 용돈 기입장? 할머니, 엄마 좀 말려 주세요.

    Yongdon giipjang? Halmeoni, eomma jom mallyeo juseyo.

    An allowance log? Grandma, please talk some sense into her.

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    A 써 두면 좋다. 그리고 할머니가 매달 만 원씩 따로 줄게. 엄마한테는 비밀이다.

    Sseo dumyeon jota. Geurigo halmeoniga maedal man wonssik ttaro julge. Eommahanteneun bimirida.

    Writing it down is good for you. And Grandma will slip you ten thousand won a month on the side. Don't tell your mom.

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    B 어머니, 저 바로 옆에 있거든요! 다 들려요.

    Eomeoni, jeo baro yeope itgeodeunyo! Da deullyeoyo.

    Mother, I'm sitting right here! I can hear every word.

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