Day 105: Volunteer Hours at the Nursing Home

Dialogue

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   B 준서야, 빨리 좀 걸어. 이러다 봉사 시간에 늦게 생겼어.

   Junseoya, ppalli jom georeo. Ireoda bongsa sigane neutge saenggyeosseo.

   Junseo, walk faster. At this rate we're going to be late for our volunteer hours.

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   A 알았어. 버스가 늦게 온 걸 어떡해. 몇 분 남았어?

   Arasseo. Beoseuga neutge on geol eotteokae. Myeot bun namasseo?

   Okay, okay. It's not my fault the bus was late. How many minutes have we got?

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   B 십 분. 순례 할머니가 오늘도 창가에서 기다리시려나 봐. 아까 요양보호사 선생님이 우리 언제 오냐고 문자 보내셨어.

   Sip bun. Sullye halmeoniga oneuldo changgaeseo gidarisiryeona bwa. Akka yoyangbohosa seonsaengnimi uri eonje onyago munja bonaesyeosseo.

   Ten. Looks like Grandma Sunrye is waiting by the window again today. One of the care workers texted earlier asking when we'd get there.

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   A 그 할머니는 매주 창가에 앉은 채로 우리 올 때까지 계속 기다리시더라.

   Geu halmeonineun maeju changgae anjeun chaero uri ol ttaekkaji gyesok gidarisideora.

   Every week she sits by the window and waits there until we arrive.

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   B 선생님 말로는 가족들이 거의 못 온대. 자녀분들이 다 외국에 살아서 연락도 뜸하시고.

   Seonsaengnim malloneun gajokdeuri geoui mot ondae. Janyeobundeuri da oeguge saraseo yeollakdo tteumhasigo.

   The care worker says her family hardly ever visits. Her children all live abroad, and they don't get in touch much either.

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   A 그래서 우리가 가면 그렇게 흐뭇해하시는구나. 처음엔 봉사 시간 채우려고 시작한 건데.

   Geuraeseo uriga gamyeon geureoke heumutaehasineunguna. Cheoeumen bongsa sigan chaeuryeogo sijakan geonde.

   So that's why she's so happy when we come. I only started to get my volunteer hours in.

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   B 나도. 근데 지금은 할머니가 해 주시는 옛날얘기 들으러 가는 것 같아. 지난주에 전쟁 때 얘기 해 주실 때는 좀 찡했어.

   Nado. Geunde jigeumeun halmeoniga hae jusineun yennaryaegi deureureo ganeun geot gata. Jinanjue jeonjaeng ttae yaegi hae jusil ttaeneun jom jjinghaesseo.

   Me too. But now it feels like I go to hear her old stories. When she told us about the war last week, it really got to me.

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   A 근데 할머니 보면서 좀 찔렸어. 우리 할아버지 할머니도 시골에 두 분만 사시거든.

   Geunde halmeoni bomyeonseo jom jjillyeosseo. Uri harabeoji halmeonido sigore du bunman sasigeodeun.

   But seeing her made me feel a bit guilty. My grandparents live on their own in the countryside too.

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   B 자주 전화 드려?

   Jaju jeonhwa deuryeo?

   Do you call them often?

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    A 명절에만... 할머니는 늘 무소식이 희소식이라고 하시는데, 그게 진짜 괜찮아서 하시는 말이 아닌 것 같아.

    Myeongjeoreman... halmeonineun neul musosigi huisosigirago hasineunde, geuge jinjja gwaenchanaseo hasineun mari anin geot gata.

    Only on holidays... Grandma always says no news is good news, but I don't think she says it because she's really fine.

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    B 그렇지. 요양원 할머니들도 다 괜찮다고 하시는데, 사실 엄청 외로우신 거잖아.

    Geureochi. Yoyangwon halmeonideuldo da gwaenchantago hasineunde, sasil eomcheong oerousin geojana.

    Right. The grandmas at the nursing home all say they're fine too, but they're actually really lonely.

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    A 우리 할머니도 화상 통화를 하면 손주 얼굴을 볼 수 있는데, 스마트폰을 어려워하셔.

    Uri halmeonido hwasang tonghwareul hamyeon sonju eolgureul bol su inneunde, seumateuponeul eoryeowohasyeo.

    My grandma could see her grandkids on a video call, but she finds smartphones difficult.

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    B 그럼 요양원에서 화상 통화 수업을 해 보는 건 어때? 할머니들이 가족들한테 직접 전화를 걸 수 있게 도와드리는 거야.

    Geureom yoyangwoneseo hwasang tonghwa sueobeul hae boneun geon eottae? Halmeonideuri gajokdeulhante jikjeop jeonhwareul geol su itge dowadeurineun geoya.

    Then how about running a video-call class at the nursing home? We'd help the residents call their families themselves.

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    A 오, 좋다. 글씨 크게 보이게 설정하는 법이랑 버튼 누르는 순서를 종이에 크게 써서 드리자.

    O, jota. Geulssi keuge boige seoljeonghaneun beobirang beoteun nureuneun sunseoreul jongie keuge sseoseo deurija.

    Oh, nice. Let's write out how to make the text bigger and which buttons to press, in big letters on paper for them.

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    B 순례 할머니가 제일 좋아하실 거야. 미국에 사는 손녀 얼굴 보고 싶다고 하셨잖아.

    Sullye halmeoniga jeil joahasil geoya. Miguge saneun sonnyeo eolgul bogo sipdago hasyeotjana.

    Grandma Sunrye will love it most. She said she wants to see her granddaughter in America.

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    A 그럼 이번 주말에 우리 할머니 댁에 가서 먼저 연습해 볼게. 우리 할머니가 첫 학생인 셈이지.

    Geureom ibeon jumare uri halmeoni daege gaseo meonjeo yeonseupae bolge. Uri halmeoniga cheot haksaengin semiji.

    Then this weekend I'll go to my grandma's and practise first. She'll be my first student, in a way.

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    B 그거 좋다. 성공하면 담당 선생님께 말씀드려서 봉사 계획서에 넣자. 자원봉사 동아리 애들도 도와줄 거야.

    Geugeo jota. Seonggonghamyeon damdang seonsaengnimkke malsseumdeuryeoseo bongsa gyehoekseoe neocha. Jawonbongsa dongari aedeuldo dowajul geoya.

    Good idea. If it works, let's tell the teacher in charge and add it to our volunteer plan. The kids in the volunteer club will help too.

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    A 어, 저기 봐. 진짜 창가에 앉아 계셔. 우리 보고 손 흔드신다.

    Eo, jeogi bwa. Jinjja changgae anja gyesyeo. Uri bogo son heundeusinda.

    Oh, look over there. She really is sitting by the window. She's waving at us.

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    B 이러다 할머니가 밖까지 나오시게 생겼어. 빨리 뛰어!

    Ireoda halmeoniga bakkkaji naosige saenggyeosseo. Ppalli ttwieo!

    At this rate she's going to come all the way outside. Run!

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