Day 148: Selling the Family Hanok

Dialogue

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   B 아버지, 고모한테 들었는데 시골집을 내놓으신다면서요? 정말이에요?

   Abeoji, gomohante deureonneunde sigoljibeul naenoeusindamyeonseoyo? Jeongmarieyo?

   Dad, your sister told me you're putting the country house up for sale. Is it true?

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   A 그래, 어제 부동산에 내놨다. 너한테는 결정되면 말하려고 했어.

   Geurae, eoje budongsane naenwatda. Neohanteneun gyeoljeongdoemyeon malharyeogo haesseo.

   Yes, I listed it with an agent yesterday. I was going to tell you once it was settled.

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   B 증조할아버지 때부터 대대로 살아온 기와집인데, 그렇게 쉽게 파시면 어떡해요?

   Jeungjoharabeoji ttaebuteo daedaero saraon giwajibinde, geureoke swipge pasimyeon eotteokaeyo?

   Our family has lived in that tile-roofed house for generations, since Great-grandfather's day. How can you just sell it like that?

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   A 쉽게 정한 거 아니야. 작년 장마 때 기와가 깨져서 비가 새는 거 봤잖아. 서까래도 썩어 가고.

   Swipge jeonghan geo aniya. Jangnyeon jangma ttae giwaga kkaejyeoseo biga saeneun geo bwatjana. Seokkaraedo sseogeo gago.

   It wasn't an easy decision. You saw the roof tiles crack in last year's monsoon and the rain come in. The rafters are rotting too.

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   B 그러니까 수리를 해야지요. 그대로 두면 정말 무너져요.

   Geureonikka surireul haeyajiyo. Geudaero dumyeon jeongmal muneojyeoyo.

   That's exactly why it needs repairs. If we leave it, it really will collapse.

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   A 말처럼 쉬우면 좋지. 수리비는 말할 것도 없고 재산세에 관리비까지, 아무도 안 사는 집에 해마다 돈이 줄줄 새.

   Malcheoreom swiumyeon jochi. Suribineun malhal geotdo eopgo jaesansee gwallibikkaji, amudo an saneun jibe haemada doni juljul sae.

   I wish it were that easy. Never mind the repair bill, there's property tax and upkeep too. Money pours out every year on a house nobody lives in.

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   B 견적은 얼마나 나왔는데요?

   Gyeonjeogeun eolmana nawanneundeyo?

   How much was the estimate?

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   A 지붕이랑 기둥만 손봐도 이억이 넘는대. 전통 방식으로 고칠 기술자도 구하기 어렵고. 그 목돈이면 차라리 네 전세 대출을 갚아 주는 게 낫지.

   Jibungirang gidungman sonbwado ieogi neomneundae. Jeontong bangsigeuro gochil gisuljado guhagi eoryeopgo. Geu mokdonimyeon charari ne jeonse daechureul gapa juneun ge natji.

   Just fixing the roof and pillars would cost over two hundred million. And it's hard to find craftsmen who can repair it the traditional way. With that kind of money, I'd rather pay off your jeonse loan.

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   B 제 대출 걱정은 하지 마세요. 저는 그 집을 한옥 게스트하우스로 만들어 보고 싶어요.

   Je daechul geokjeongeun haji maseyo. Jeoneun geu jibeul hanok geseuteuhauseuro mandeureo bogo sipeoyo.

   Don't worry about my loan. I want to try turning that house into a hanok guesthouse.

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    A 게스트하우스? 그 산골까지 누가 온다고?

    Geseuteuhauseu? Geu sangolkkaji nuga ondago?

    A guesthouse? Who'd come all the way out to the sticks?

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    B 요즘은 오히려 한적한 데를 찾아요. 외진 곳에 있음에도 불구하고 예약이 몇 달씩 밀려 있는 한옥 숙소가 많아요.

    Yojeumeun ohiryeo hanjeokan dereul chajayo. Oejin gose isseumedo bulguhago yeyagi myeot dalssik millyeo inneun hanok suksoga manayo.

    These days people actually look for quiet places. Plenty of hanok stays are booked out for months despite being in the middle of nowhere.

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    A 그건 유명한 마을 얘기지. 우리 동네는 버스도 하루에 세 번밖에 안 다니잖아.

    Geugeon yumyeonghan maeul yaegiji. Uri dongneneun beoseudo harue se beonbakke an danijana.

    That's in famous villages. Buses only run three times a day out to ours.

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    B 대신 풍경이 좋고, 마당에 백 년 된 감나무도 있잖아요. 온돌에서 하룻밤 자 보고 싶은 외국인도 많아요.

    Daesin punggyeongi joko, madange baek nyeon doen gamnamudo itjanayo. Ondoreseo harutbam ja bogo sipeun oegugindo manayo.

    But the scenery's lovely, and there's the hundred-year-old persimmon tree in the yard. Lots of foreigners want to spend a night on an ondol floor.

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    A 너는 추억만 생각하는구나. 장사는 낭만으로 하는 게 아니야.

    Neoneun chueongman saenggakaneunguna. Jangsaneun nangmaneuro haneun ge aniya.

    You're only thinking about memories. You don't run a business on romance.

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    B 추억만이 아니에요. 할아버지가 생전에 늘 말씀하셨잖아요. 그 집은 자자손손 물려줘야 한다고요. 한번 팔면 다시는 못 찾아요.

    Chueongmani anieyo. Harabeojiga saengjeone neul malsseumhasyeotjanayo. Geu jibeun jajasonson mullyeojwoya handagoyo. Hanbeon palmyeon dasineun mot chajayo.

    It's not just memories. Grandpa always used to say, when he was alive, that the house must be handed down from generation to generation. Once it's sold, we'll never get it back.

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    A 아버지 말씀을 나라고 잊었겠냐. 나도 그 집에서 자랐어. 그래도 현실을 봐야지.

    Abeoji malsseumeul narago ijeotgennya. Nado geu jibeseo jarasseo. Geuraedo hyeonsireul bwayaji.

    Do you think I've forgotten what my father said? I grew up in that house too. But we have to face reality.

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    B 그럼 현실적인 계획을 가져올게요. 군청에 알아보니까 한옥을 고치면 수리비 일부를 지원해 주는 제도가 있더라고요.

    Geureom hyeonsiljeogin gyehoegeul gajyeoolgeyo. Guncheonge arabonikka hanogeul gochimyeon suribi ilbureul jiwonhae juneun jedoga itdeoragoyo.

    Then I'll bring you a realistic plan. I checked with the county office, and there's a program that pays part of the cost when you repair a hanok.

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    A 지원금이 있다고? 그건 몰랐네. 그래도 나머지는 누가 내?

    Jiwongeumi itdago? Geugeon mollanne. Geuraedo nameojineun nuga nae?

    There's a subsidy? I didn't know that. But who pays the rest?

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    B 제가 모아 둔 돈에 대출을 조금 보탤게요. 첫해에는 주말마다 내려가서 제가 직접 운영할게요.

    Jega moa dun done daechureul jogeum botaelgeyo. Cheothaeeneun jumalmada naeryeogaseo jega jikjeop unyeonghalgeyo.

    I'll add a small loan to what I've saved. The first year, I'll go down every weekend and run it myself.

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    A 쉽지 않을 거다. 좋아, 올해 말까지는 매매를 미뤄 둘게. 대신 그때도 수지가 안 맞으면 네 노력에도 불구하고 팔 거다.

    Swipji aneul geoda. Joa, olhae malkkajineun maemaereul mirwo dulge. Daesin geuttaedo sujiga an majeumyeon ne noryeogedo bulguhago pal geoda.

    It won't be easy. All right, I'll hold off on the sale until the end of the year. But if the numbers still don't add up by then, I'm selling, however hard you've tried.

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    B 감사해요, 아버지. 다음 주말에 같이 내려가서 기술자한테 견적부터 다시 받아 봐요.

    Gamsahaeyo, abeoji. Daeum jumare gachi naeryeogaseo gisuljahante gyeonjeokbuteo dasi bada bwayo.

    Thank you, Dad. Next weekend, let's go down together and get a new estimate from a craftsman first.

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