Day 44: Nobody Finished Toji
At a cafΓ©, Jaemin (A) and Yuna (B), friends who run a small book club together, meet to choose next month's book.
How to study this lesson 4 steps
- 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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Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A μ λμΌ, λ¨ν‘λ°© λ΄€μ΄? μ§λλ¬μ ν μ§ 1κΆ λκΉμ§ μ½μ μ¬λμ΄ λ λ§κ³ λ ν λͺ λ μλλΌ.
Yunaya, dantokbang bwasseo? Jinandare toji 1gwon kkeutkkaji ilgeun sarami na malgoneun han myeongdo eopdeora.
Yuna, did you see the group chat? Apart from me, nobody finished the first volume of Toji last month.
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B λ΄€μ΄. μμ§ν λλ μΌλ°± μͺ½μμ λ©μ·μ΄. λ±μ₯μΈλ¬Όμ΄ λ무 λ§μμ κ³μ ν·κ°λ¦¬λλΌ.
Bwasseo. Soljiki nado sambaek jjogeseo meomchwosseo. Deungjanginmuri neomu manaseo gyesok hetgallideora.
I saw. Honestly, I stopped at page three hundred myself. There were so many characters that I kept getting confused.
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A μ¬μ€ λλ νλ€μμ΄. λ°μ μ€λΉ λλ¬Έμ κ²¨μ° λ€ μ½μ κ±°μΌ.
Sasil nado himdeureosseo. Balje junbi ttaemune gyeou da ilgeun geoya.
Honestly, I struggled too. I only got through it because I had to prepare the discussion.
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B λ°μ μλ κ²¨μ° μ½μμΌλ©΄ λ§ λ€ νλ€. μ΄λ²μ μ’ κ°λ²Όμ΄ κ±Έλ‘ νμ. μμ¦ λ² μ€νΈμ λ¬ μμΈμ΄ κ°μ κ±°.
Baljejado gyeou ilgeosseumyeon mal da haenne. Ibeonen jom gabyeoun geollo haja. Yojeum beseuteuselleo esei gateun geo.
If even the discussion leader barely got through it, that says it all. Let's go with something lighter this time. Like one of those bestselling essay collections.
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A λ λ°λμΌ. ν λ² μ€ν¨νλ€κ³ ν¬κΈ°νλ©΄ μ°λ¦¬ λͺ¨μμ μμΌλ‘λ μ¬μ΄ μ± λ§ μ½κ² λ κ±°μΌ.
Nan bandaeya. Han beon silpaehaetdago pogihamyeon uri moimeun apeurodo swiun chaengman ilge doel geoya.
I'm against it. If we give up just because we failed once, our club will only ever read easy books.
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B μ¬μ΄ μ± μ΄ λ μ΄λμ? λ μ λͺ¨μμ΄ μμ λ μλμμ.
Swiun chaegi mwo eottaeseo? Dokseo moimi sukjeneun anijana.
What's wrong with easy books? A book club isn't homework.
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A μμ λ μλμ§. κ·Όλ° ν μ§ κ°μ λνμμ€μ νΌμμλ λκΉμ§ μ½κΈ° νλλκΉ, λͺ¨μμμ κ°μ΄ μ½λ μλ―Έκ° μλ κ±°μΌ.
Sukjeneun aniji. Geunde toji gateun daehasoseoreun honjaseoneun kkeutkkaji ilgi himdeunikka, moimeseo gachi ingneun uimiga inneun geoya.
It's not homework. But a saga like Toji is hard to finish on your own, and that's exactly what makes reading it as a club worthwhile.
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B 그건 λ§μ. κ·Όλ° μ΄λ¬λ€ λ μμ¬μΌμΌλ‘ λλλ©΄ λ€λ€ λͺ¨μμ μ λμ¬κ±Έ.
Geugeon maja. Geunde ireoda tto jaksimsamillo kkeunnamyeon dadeul moime an naolgeol.
That's true. But if it fizzles out after three days again, people will just stop coming.
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A κ·Έλ¬λκΉ λ°©λ²μ λ°κΎΈμ. ν λ¬μ ν κΆμ΄ μλλΌ λ λ¬μ ν κΆ, κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ μΈλ¬Ό κ΄κ³λλ₯Ό κ°μ΄ λ§λλ κ±°μ§.
Geureonikka bangbeobeul bakkuja. Han dare han gwoni anira du dare han gwon, geurigo inmul gwangyedoreul gachi mandeuneun geoji.
So let's change how we do it. Not one volume a month but one every two months, and we make a character map together.
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B μ€λ¬΄ κΆμ΄ λλλ° λ λ¬μ ν κΆμ΄λ©΄ μΌ λ λ λκ² κ±Έλ €.
Seumu gwoni neomneunde du dare han gwonimyeon sam nyeondo neomge geollyeo.
There are more than twenty volumes. At one every two months, that's over three years.
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A κ·ΈλΌ λ μ΄λ? λ°κ²½λ¦¬ μκ°λ κ·Έκ±Έ μ΄μμ€ λ λμ μΌλλ°. κ·Έ μ λ κ°μΉλ μκ³ λ§κ³ .
Geureom mwo eottae? Bakgyeongni jakganeun geugeol isibo nyeon dongan sseonneunde. Geu jeongdo gachineun itgomalgo.
So what? Park Kyung-ni spent twenty-five years writing it. It's absolutely worth that much.
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B λ μ€λλ°λΌ μ μ΄λ κ² μ§μ§ν΄? λ¬΄μ¨ μΌ μμμ΄?
Neo oneulttara wae ireoke jinjihae? Museun il isseosseo?
Why are you so serious today of all days? Did something happen?
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A μ¬μ€ μ΄μ νλ νμ¬λ¦¬ μμμ λ΄€κ±°λ . μμ€ λ°°κ²½μΈ λ€νμ΄ λ무 μλ¦λ€μμ κ³μ μ½κ³ μΆμ΄μ‘μ΄.
Sasil eoje Hadong Pyeongsari yeongsangeul bwatgeodeun. Soseol baegyeongin deulpani neomu areumdawoseo gyesok ilgo sipeojyeosseo.
Actually, yesterday I watched a video about Pyeongsari in Hadong. The fields where the novel is set were so beautiful that I wanted to keep going.
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B κ·ΈλΌ μ΄λ κ² νμ. ν μ§λ λ λ¬μ ν κΆμ© κ³μ μ½κ³ , μ¬μ΄μ¬μ΄μ κ°λ²Όμ΄ μ± λ ν κΆμ© λ£λ κ±°μΌ.
Geureom ireoke haja. Tojineun du dare han gwonssik gyesok ilgo, saisaie gabyeoun chaekdo han gwonssik neonneun geoya.
Then let's do this. We keep reading Toji at one volume every two months, and slip in a lighter book in between.
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A μ’λ€! κ·ΈλΌ λ€λ€ λΆλ΄μ΄ λνκ² λ€. κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ 1λΆ λλλ©΄ κΈ°λ μΌλ‘ λ€ κ°μ΄ νλμ κ°μ.
Jota! Geureom dadeul budami deolhagetda. Geurigo 1bu kkeunnamyeon ginyeomeuro da gachi Hadonge gaja.
Great! That'll take the pressure off everyone. And when we finish Part One, let's all go to Hadong to celebrate.
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B μ¬νμ΄ κ±Έλ € μμΌλ©΄ λ€λ€ λκΉμ§ μ½κ² μ§. κ·Όλ° μ€λλ°λΌ μ μ± μ΄ λ λκΊΌμ 보μΈλ€.
Yeohaengi geollyeo isseumyeon dadeul kkeutkkaji ilgetji. Geunde oneulttara jeo chaegi deo dukkeowo boinda.
With a trip riding on it, everyone will read to the end. But somehow that book looks even thicker today.
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A κ±±μ λ§. ν λ²μ ν μ₯μ©λ§ μ½μΌλ©΄ λΌ. μ΄λ²μ λλ λκΉμ§ μ½μ κ±°μ§?
Geokjeong ma. Han beone han jangssingman ilgeumyeon dwae. Ibeonen neodo kkeutkkaji ilgeul geoji?
Don't worry. We just read one chapter at a time. You're going to finish it this time, right?
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B μ½κ³ λ§κ³ . μ΄λ²μ μ§μ§ λκΉμ§ κ°λ€. κ·Όλ° 1λΆκ° λͺ κΆκΉμ§λλΌ?
Ilgomalgo. Ibeonen jinjja kkeutkkaji ganda. Geunde 1buga myeot gwonkkajideora?
Of course I am. This time I'm really going all the way. Wait, how many volumes is Part One again?
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