Day 56 of 265

Day 56: The Library's Self-Checkout Machine

At a public library, Mr. Choi (A), a father with an armful of picture books, is stuck at the self-checkout machine, and Seoyun (B) is waiting behind him.

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Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
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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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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A 저기요, 이 기계 어떻게 써요? 잘 모르겠어요.

Jeogiyo, i gigye eotteoke sseoyo? Jal moreugesseoyo.

Excuse me, how do you use this machine? I can't figure it out.
B 먼저 도서관 카드를 여기에 대세요.

Meonjeo doseogwan kadeureul yeogie daeseyo.

First, tap your library card here.
A 이렇게요? 맞죠?

Ireokeyo? Matjyo?

Like this? Is that right?
B 네. 그리고 책을 이 위에 올리세요.

Ne. Geurigo chaegeul i wie olliseyo.

Yes. Then put the books on top here.
A 한 번에 다 올려도 돼요?

Han beone da ollyeodo dwaeyo?

Can I put them all on at once?
B 네, 그런데 한 사람이 다섯 권까지만 빌릴 수 있어요.

Ne, geureonde han sarami daseot gwonkkajiman billil su isseoyo.

Yes, but each person can only borrow up to five.
A 아, 일곱 권이네요. 그럼 두 권은 다음에 빌릴게요.

A, ilgop gwonineyo. Geureom du gwoneun daeume billilgeyo.

Oh, I've got seven. Then I'll borrow two next time.
B 아이 카드가 있으면 그 카드로 더 빌릴 수 있어요.

Ai kadeuga isseumyeon geu kadeuro deo billil su isseoyo.

If your child has a card, you can borrow more on that.

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