Day 68: Grandpa Was One of Seven

Dialogue

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   A 민준아, 너 올해 서른이지? 만나는 사람은 있냐?

   Minjuna, neo olhae seoreuniji? Mannaneun sarameun innya?

   Minjun, you're thirty this year, aren't you? Are you seeing anyone?

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   B 할아버지, 또 그 얘기세요? 명절도 아닌데요.

   Harabeoji, tto geu yaegiseyo? Myeongjeoldo anindeyo.

   Grandpa, not this again? It's not even a holiday.

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   A 명절에 물으면 싫어할까 봐 오늘 묻는 거다. 나는 너만 할 때 벌써 애가 둘이었어.

   Myeongjeore mureumyeon sireohalkka bwa oneul munneun geoda. Naneun neoman hal ttae beolsseo aega durieosseo.

   I'm asking today because I figured you'd hate it at the holidays. At your age I already had two kids.

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   B 그때는 결혼 적령기가 스물다섯 살이었잖아요. 지금은 서른 넘어서 하는 사람이 더 많아요.

   Geuttaeneun gyeolhon jeongnyeonggiga seumuldaseot sarieotjanayo. Jigeumeun seoreun neomeoseo haneun sarami deo manayo.

   Back then people thought twenty-five was the age to marry. Nowadays more people marry after thirty.

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   A 우리 집은 칠 남매였다. 형제 많은 게 복이었지. 먹을 건 모자라도 집이 늘 시끌벅적했어.

   Uri jibeun chil nammaeyeotda. Hyeongje maneun ge bogieotji. Meogeul geon mojarado jibi neul sikkeulbeokjeokaesseo.

   There were seven of us children. Having lots of brothers and sisters was a blessing. There was never enough to eat, but the house was always full of noise.

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   B 요즘은 서울 집값이 워낙 비싸서 전셋집 하나 얻으려면 몇억이 들어요. 결혼 비용에 육아 비용까지 생각하면 엄두가 안 나요.

   Yojeumeun Seoul jipgapsi wonak bissaseo jeonsetjip hana eodeuryeomyeon myeodeogi deureoyo. Gyeolhon biyonge yuga biyongkkaji saenggakamyeon eomduga an nayo.

   Housing in Seoul is so expensive these days that even renting a place on a jeonse deposit costs hundreds of millions of won. When I think about the wedding and then raising a child, I don't even know where to start.

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   A 우리 땐 단칸방에서 식구들이 다 같이 살았어. 돈 없어도 다 살아지더라.

   Uri ttaen dankanbangeseo sikgudeuri da gachi sarasseo. Don eopseodo da sarajideora.

   In our day the whole family lived in a single room. Even without money, you got by.

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   B 그때는 다들 비슷하게 어려웠으니까요. 지금은 남들이랑 비교하다 보면 시작하기도 전에 지쳐요.

   Geuttaeneun dadeul biseutage eoryeowosseunikkayo. Jigeumeun namdeurirang bigyohada bomyeon sijakagido jeone jichyeoyo.

   That's because everyone was just as poor back then. Now you start comparing yourself with others and you're worn out before you even begin.

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   A 그러고 보니 나 젊을 때는 오히려 애를 적게 낳으라고 했지. 그때는 포스터마다 '둘만 낳아 잘 기르자'라고 쓰여 있더라고.

   Geureogo boni na jeolmeul ttaeneun ohiryeo aereul jeokge naeurago haetji. Geuttaeneun poseuteomada 'dulman naa jal gireuja'rago sseuyeo itdeorago.

   Come to think of it, when I was young they actually told us to have fewer children. Every poster said, 'Have just two and raise them well.'

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    B 정말요? 지금은 출산율 올리려고 나라에서 아이 낳으면 돈까지 주는데요.

    Jeongmaryo? Jigeumeun chulsanyul olliryeogo naraeseo ai naeumyeon donkkaji juneundeyo.

    Really? Now the government even pays people to have babies, to push the birth rate up.

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    A 세상 참 많이 변했다. 오십 년 만에 완전히 거꾸로 됐어.

    Sesang cham mani byeonhaetda. Osip nyeon mane wanjeonhi geokkuro dwaesseo.

    How the world has changed. In fifty years it's turned completely upside down.

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    B 할아버지, 저도 결혼하기 싫은 건 아니에요. 다만 행복은 생각하기에 따라 모양이 다른 것 같아요.

    Harabeoji, jeodo gyeolhonhagi sireun geon anieyo. Daman haengbogeun saenggakagie ttara moyangi dareun geot gatayo.

    Grandpa, it's not that I don't want to get married. It's just that happiness takes different shapes depending on how you look at it.

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    A 무슨 말이냐?

    Museun marinya?

    What do you mean?

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    B 할아버지 세대는 대가족이 행복이었고, 저희는 둘이서 여유 있게 사는 것도 행복이라고 생각하거든요.

    Harabeoji sedaeneun daegajogi haengbogieotgo, jeohuineun duriseo yeoyu itge saneun geotdo haengbogirago saenggakageodeunyo.

    For your generation, a big family was happiness. For us, two people living comfortably can be happiness too.

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    A 그래, 네 말도 일리는 있다. 근데 나는 늙어 보니 결국 사람이 제일 남더라.

    Geurae, ne maldo illineun itda. Geunde naneun neulgeo boni gyeolguk sarami jeil namdeora.

    Well, you have a point. But now that I'm old, I've found that in the end, it's people you're left with.

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    B 그 말씀은 마음에 새길게요. 좋은 사람 만나면 제일 먼저 할아버지께 인사시켜 드릴게요.

    Geu malsseumeun maeume saegilgeyo. Joeun saram mannamyeon jeil meonjeo harabeojikke insasikyeo deurilgeyo.

    I'll take that to heart. When I meet someone special, you'll be the first person I introduce her to.

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    A 그래, 그거면 됐다. 대신 너무 오래 기다리게 하지는 마라.

    Geurae, geugeomyeon dwaetda. Daesin neomu orae gidarige hajineun mara.

    All right, that's good enough. Just don't keep me waiting too long.

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    B 네, 할아버지. 그러려면 할아버지도 건강하게 오래오래 계셔야 돼요.

    Ne, harabeoji. Geureoryeomyeon harabeojido geonganghage oraeorae gyesyeoya dwaeyo.

    I won't, Grandpa. But for that, you have to stay healthy and be around for a long, long time.

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