Day 85 of 185

Day 85: Ho Chi Minh City School Notice

In their new apartment in Ho Chi Minh City, a mother (A) sits down with her nine-year-old son, Siwoo (B), to read a notice from his international school.

How to study this lesson 4 steps
  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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  4. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Korean, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

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  1. A μ‹œμš°μ•Ό, ν•™κ΅μ—μ„œ μ•ˆλ‚΄λ¬Έ μ™”μ–΄. μ—„λ§ˆκ°€ 읽어 μ€„κ²Œ.

    Siuya, hakgyoeseo annaemun wasseo. Eommaga ilgeo julge.

    Siwoo, a notice came from school. I'll read it to you.

  2. B 또 μ˜μ–΄λ‘œ μ“΄ κ±°μ•Ό?

    Tto Yeongeoro sseun geoya?

    Is it in English again?

  3. A μ΄λ²ˆμ—λŠ” ν•œκ΅­μ–΄λ‘œλ„ λ‚˜μ™”μ–΄. "λ‹€μŒ μ£ΌλΆ€ν„° 수영 μˆ˜μ—…μ΄ μžˆμœΌλ―€λ‘œ 수영볡과 μˆ˜κ±΄μ„ μ€€λΉ„ν•΄ μ£Όμ‹­μ‹œμ˜€."

    Ibeoneneun Hangugeorodo nawasseo. "Daeum jubuteo suyeong sueobi isseumeuro suyeongbokgwa sugeoneul junbihae jusipsio."

    This time there's a Korean version too. "Swimming lessons start next week, so please prepare a swimsuit and a towel."

  4. B 수영? μˆ˜μ˜μ€ μ’‹μ•„. 근데 ν•™κ΅λŠ” μ‹«μ–΄.

    Suyeong? Suyeongeun joa. Geunde hakgyoneun sireo.

    Swimming? I like swimming. But I don't like school.

  5. A μ™œ? ν•™κ΅μ—μ„œ 무슨 일 μžˆμ—ˆμ–΄?

    Wae? Hakgyoeseo museun il isseosseo?

    Why? Did something happen at school?

  6. B μΉœκ΅¬λ“€μ΄ ν•˜λŠ” 말을 λͺ» μ•Œμ•„λ“£κ² μ–΄. μ„Έ λ‹¬μ΄λ‚˜ λ°°μš°κ³ λ„ 아직 λ°˜λ„ λͺ°λΌ.

    Chingudeuri haneun mareul mot aradeutgesseo. Se darina baeugodo ajik bando molla.

    I can't understand what the other kids say. Three whole months of lessons, and I still don't get half of it.

  7. A μ˜€λŠ˜μ€ 무슨 일이 μžˆμ—ˆλŠ”λ°?

    Oneureun museun iri isseonneunde?

    What happened today?

  8. B μ‰¬λŠ” μ‹œκ°„μ— 애듀이 λ‹€ μ›ƒλŠ”λ° λ‚˜λ§Œ λͺ°λΌμ„œ κ·Έλƒ₯ 따라 μ›ƒμ—ˆμ–΄. 되게 μ–΄μƒ‰ν–ˆμ–΄.

    Swineun sigane aedeuri da unneunde naman mollaseo geunyang ttara useosseo. Doege eosaekaesseo.

    At break everyone was laughing and I didn't know why, so I just laughed along. It was really awkward.

  9. A κ·Έλž¬κ΅¬λ‚˜. μ†μƒν–ˆκ² λ‹€. 근데 μ‹œμš°μ•Ό, 처음 왔을 λ•Œ κΈ°μ–΅λ‚˜?

    Geuraetguna. Soksanghaetgetda. Geunde Siuya, cheoeum wasseul ttae gieongna?

    I see. That must have hurt. But Siwoo, do you remember when we first got here?

  10. B 응... κ·Έλ•ŒλŠ” ν™”μž₯μ‹€ κ°„λ‹€κ³  말도 λͺ» ν–ˆμ–΄.

    Eung... geuttaeneun hwajangsil gandago maldo mot haesseo.

    Yeah... back then I couldn't even say I needed the bathroom.

  11. A 그런데 μ§€κΈˆμ€ μ„ μƒλ‹˜ 말씀도 μ•Œμ•„λ“£κ³ , 점심 메뉴도 혼자 κ³ λ₯΄μž–μ•„. κ·Έκ²ƒλ§Œ 해도 μ—„μ²­λ‚œ κ±°μ•Ό. 우리 μ‹œμš° 정말 μ”©μ”©ν•΄.

    Geureonde jigeumeun seonsaengnim malsseumdo aradeutgo, jeomsim menyudo honja goreujana. Geugeonman haedo eomcheongnan geoya. Uri Siu jeongmal ssikssikae.

    But now you understand your teacher, and you choose your own lunch. That alone is amazing. You've been so brave, Siwoo.

  12. B μ§„μ§œ? 그럼 μ• λ“€ 농담은 μ–Έμ œ μ•Œμ•„λ“€μ–΄?

    Jinjja? Geureom aedeul nongdameun eonje aradeureo?

    Really? So when will I get the other kids' jokes?

  13. A 농담은 μ—„λ§ˆλ„ λ§ˆμ°¬κ°€μ§€μ•Ό. μ˜μ–΄ 학원을 μ‹­ λ…„μ΄λ‚˜ λ‹€λ‹ˆκ³ λ„ 아직 잘 λͺ» μ•Œμ•„λ“€μ–΄. 우리 천천히 같이 배우자.

    Nongdameun eommado machangajiya. Yeongeo hagwoneul sip nyeonina danigodo ajik jal mot aradeureo. Uri cheoncheonhi gachi baeuja.

    Jokes are the same for me. I went to English classes for ten years, and I still miss most of them. Let's learn slowly, together.

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