Day 43 of 160

Day 43: Interview in the Hanjeongsik Kitchen

In the kitchen of her traditional Korean restaurant, head chef Yoon Jeonghee (A), who is seventy, interviews Choi Minho (B), a young cook applying for a job.

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.
  3. Download the Anki deck below and review it every day. It has every line of today's dialogue. Review earlier decks too when Anki asks you to.
  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 졜민호 씨, 이λ ₯μ„œ λ΄€μ–΄μš”. ν˜Έν…” μ£Όλ°© κ²½λ ₯이 μ‚Ό λ…„μ΄λ„€μš”. 그런데 μ™œ ν•œμ‹λ‹Ήμ— 였렀고 ν•΄μš”?

    Choi Minho ssi, iryeokseo bwasseoyo. Hotel jubang gyeongnyeogi sam nyeonineyo. Geureonde wae hansikdange oryeogo haeyo?

    Minho, I've read your CV. Three years in a hotel kitchen. So why do you want to come to a Korean restaurant?

  2. B ν˜Έν…”μ—μ„œλŠ” μ •ν•΄μ§„ μ‘°λ¦¬λ²•λŒ€λ‘œλ§Œ μŒμ‹μ„ λ§Œλ“€μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 전톡 ν•œμ‹μ˜ 기본인 μž₯κ³Ό 윑수λ₯Ό μ œλŒ€λ‘œ 배우고 μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Hotereseoneun jeonghaejin joribeopdaeroman eumsigeul mandeureotseumnida. Jeontong hansigui gibonin janggwa yuksureul jedaero baeugo sipseumnida.

    At the hotel I only cooked from set recipes. I want to properly learn sauces and broth, the foundations of traditional Korean food.

  3. A 말은 λ‹€λ“€ κ·Έλ ‡κ²Œ ν•΄μš”. μ—¬κΈ°λŠ” μƒˆλ²½ λ‹€μ„― μ‹œμ— λ‚˜μ™€μ„œ μž₯독뢀터 μ‚΄νŽ΄μ•Ό ν•΄μš”. 월급도 ν˜Έν…”λ³΄λ‹€ μ κ³ μš”.

    Mareun dadeul geureoke haeyo. Yeogineun saebyeok daseot sie nawaseo jangdokbuteo salpyeoya haeyo. Wolgeupdo hotelboda jeokgoyo.

    Everyone says that. Here you come in at five in the morning and check the sauce jars first. And the pay is lower than at a hotel.

  4. B μ•Œκ³  μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 월급이 적을지라도 μ—¬κΈ°μ„œ λ°°μš°λŠ” 게 μ €ν•œν…ŒλŠ” 더 큰 μž¬μ‚°μ΄λΌκ³  μƒκ°ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Algo itseumnida. Wolgeubi jeogeuljirado yeogiseo baeuneun ge jeohanteneun deo keun jaesanirago saenggakamnida.

    I know. Even if the pay is lower, I think what I learn here will be worth far more to me.

  5. A 처음 이 년은 칼도 거의 λͺ» μž‘μ•„μš”. 윑수 끓이고 μ„€κ±°μ§€ν•˜λŠ” 날이 λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μΌ κ±°μ˜ˆμš”. κ·Έλž˜λ„ 버틸 수 μžˆμ–΄μš”?

    Cheoeum i nyeoneun kaldo geoui mot jabayo. Yuksu kkeurigo seolgeojihaneun nari daebubunil geoyeyo. Geuraedo beotil su isseoyo?

    For the first two years you'll hardly even hold a knife. Most days you'll just boil broth and wash dishes. Can you stick that out?

  6. B λ„€. νž˜λ“€μ§€λΌλ„ λκΉŒμ§€ ν•΄ λ³Ό 각였둜 μ™”μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν˜Έν…”μ—μ„œλ„ 처음 일 년은 μ±„μ†Œλ§Œ λ‹€λ“¬μ—ˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Ne. Himdeuljirado kkeutkkaji hae bol gagoro watseumnida. Hotereseodo cheoeum il nyeoneun chaesoman dadeumeotseumnida.

    Yes. I came ready to see it through, however hard it is. At the hotel I spent my first year just trimming vegetables too.

  7. A μ±„μ†Œ λ‹€λ“¬λŠ” κ±°λž‘μ€ λ‹¬λΌμš”. 우리 μœ‘μˆ˜λŠ” 맛을 보고 νŒλ‹¨ν•˜λŠ” μš”λ Ήμ„ μ΅νžˆλŠ” 데만 λͺ‡ 년이 κ±Έλ €μš”. μΈλ‚΄μ‹¬μ΄λž‘ 끈기 μ—†μ΄λŠ” λͺ» ν•΄μš”.

    Chaeso dadeumneun georangeun dallayo. Uri yuksuneun maseul bogo pandanhaneun yoryeongeul ikineun deman myeot nyeoni geollyeoyo. Innaesimirang kkeungi eopsineun mot haeyo.

    It's not the same as trimming vegetables. With our broth, it takes years just to get the knack of judging it by taste. You can't do it without patience and grit.

  8. B μ„ μƒλ‹˜κ»˜μ„œλŠ” μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ°°μš°μ…¨μŠ΅λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

    Seonsaengnimkkeseoneun eotteoke baeusyeotseumnikka?

    How did you learn, Chef?

  9. A λ‚΄ μŠ€μŠΉλ‹˜μ€ κ³„λŸ‰μ»΅μ„ λͺ» μ“°κ²Œ ν•˜μ…¨μ–΄μš”. 늘 "μœ‘μˆ˜λŠ” 눈이 μ•„λ‹ˆλΌ ν˜€λ‘œ 보거라." ν•˜μ…¨μ£ .

    Nae seuseungnimeun Gyeryangkeobeul mot sseuge hasyeosseoyo. Neul "yuksuneun nuni anira hyeoro bogeora." Hasyeotjyo.

    My teacher wouldn't let me use measuring cups. She always said, "Judge broth with your tongue, not your eyes."

  10. B κ·Έ 말씀 λͺ…μ‹¬ν•˜κ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저도 κ³„λŸ‰λ³΄λ‹€ λ§›μœΌλ‘œ νŒλ‹¨ν•˜λŠ” μš”λ¦¬μ‚¬κ°€ 되고 μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Geu malsseum myeongsimhagetseumnida. Jeodo gyeryangboda maseuro pandanhaneun yorisaga doego sipseumnida.

    I'll remember that. I want to be a cook who judges by taste rather than by measurements, too.

  11. A ν•˜λ‚˜λ§Œ 더 λ¬Όμ„κ²Œμš”. λ‚˜μ€‘μ— λ‹€λ₯Έ μ‹λ‹Ήμ—μ„œ 월급을 두 λ°° μ€€λ‹€κ³  ν•˜λ©΄ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ ν•  κ±°μ˜ˆμš”?

    Hanaman deo mureulgeyo. Najunge dareun sikdangeseo wolgeubeul du bae jundago hamyeon eotteoke hal geoyeyo?

    One more question. If another restaurant offers you double the pay later on, what will you do?

  12. B μ†”μ§νžˆ 흔듀릴 μˆ˜λ„ μžˆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. ν•˜μ§€λ§Œ 제 λͺ©ν‘œλ₯Ό 이루기 μ „μ—λŠ” λˆ„κ°€ 무엇을 μ œμ•ˆν• μ§€λΌλ„ λ– λ‚˜μ§€ μ•Šκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Soljiki heundeullil sudo itseumnida. Hajiman je mokpyoreul irugi jeoneneun nuga mueoseul jeanhaljirado tteonaji anketseumnida.

    Honestly, I might be tempted. But until I reach my goal, I won't leave, whatever anyone offers me.

  13. A λͺ©ν‘œκ°€ λ­”λ°μš”?

    Mokpyoga mwondeyo?

    And what's your goal?

  14. B μ–Έμ  κ°€ 제 이름을 건 μž‘μ€ ν•œμ‹λ‹Ήμ„ μ—¬λŠ” κ²λ‹ˆλ‹€. 저희 μ§‘μ•ˆμ—μ„œ λŒ€λŒ€λ‘œ λ‚΄λ €μ˜¨ μŒμ‹μ„ μ œλŒ€λ‘œ 살리고 μ‹ΆμŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€.

    Eonjenga je ireumeul geon jageun hansikdangeul yeoneun geomnida. Jeohui jibaneseo daedaero naeryeoon eumsigeul jedaero salligo sipseumnida.

    To open a small Korean restaurant under my own name one day. I want to do justice to the dishes handed down in my family for generations.

  15. A μ’‹μ•„μš”. 그럼 면접은 μ—¬κΈ°κΉŒμ§€ ν•˜κ³ , μ•žμΉ˜λ§ˆ μž…μ–΄μš”.

    Joayo. Geureom myeonjeobeun yeogikkaji hago, apchima ibeoyo.

    Good. Then that's the end of the interview. Put on an apron.

  16. B λ„€? μ§€κΈˆ λ§μ”€μ΄μ‹­λ‹ˆκΉŒ?

    Ne? Jigeum malsseumisimnikka?

    Pardon? Right now?

  17. A μ € 냄비에 였늘 아침에 끓인 μœ‘μˆ˜κ°€ μžˆμ–΄μš”. 맛보고 뭐가 λΆ€μ‘±ν•œμ§€ 말해 λ΄μš”. 그게 μ§„μ§œ λ©΄μ ‘μ΄μ—μš”.

    Jeo naembie oneul achime kkeurin yuksuga isseoyo. Matbogo mwoga bujokanji malhae bwayo. Geuge jinjja myeonjeobieyo.

    There's broth I made this morning in that pot. Taste it and tell me what's missing. That's the real interview.

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