Day 90: Selling Peppers at the Five-Day Market

Dialogue

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   A 할머니, 방금 그 아저씨가 도매로 한 근에 만 오천 원이면 다 가져가겠대요. 파실 거예요?

   Halmeoni, banggeum geu ajeossiga domaero han geune man ocheon wonimyeon da gajyeogagetdaeyo. Pasil geoyeyo?

   Grandma, that wholesaler just said he'll buy the lot if it's fifteen thousand won a geun. Are you going to sell?

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   B 어림없지. 여름 내내 말린 태양초를 그 값에 넘기면 고생한 게 다 헛수고야.

   Eorimeopji. Yeoreum naenae mallin taeyangchoreul geu gapse neomgimyeon gosaenghan ge da heotsugoya.

   Not a chance. If I let peppers I spent all summer drying go at that price, all that work goes to waste.

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   A 그래도 다 팔면 무거운 자루를 다시 들고 가실 필요가 없잖아요.

   Geuraedo da palmyeon mugeoun jarureul dasi deulgo gasil piryoga eopjanayo.

   But if you sell it all, you won't have to carry the heavy sacks home again.

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   B 장사는 급한 사람이 지는 법이야. 제값 받으려면 느긋해야 돼. 저 사람이 먼저 값을 부른 건 우리 고추가 탐나서 그런 거야.

   Jangsaneun geupan sarami jineun beobiya. Jegap badeuryeomyeon neugeutaeya dwae. Jeo sarami meonjeo gapseul bureun geon uri gochuga tamnaseo geureon geoya.

   In business, whoever's in a hurry loses. If you want a fair price, you have to stay calm. He named a price first because he wants our peppers.

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   A 그걸 어떻게 아세요?

   Geugeol eotteoke aseyo?

   How can you tell?

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   B 봐라, 다른 가게에는 안 가고 우리 자리 근처에서 계속 서성이잖아. 오늘 물건 좋은 데가 여기밖에 없거든.

   Bwara, dareun gageeneun an gago uri jari geuncheoeseo gyesok seoseongijana. Oneul mulgeon joeun dega yeogibakke eopgeodeun.

   Look, he's not going to the other stalls, he keeps hanging around ours. We're the only ones with good stock today.

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   A 그럼 얼마 부르실 거예요?

   Geureom eolma bureusil geoyeyo?

   So what price will you ask?

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   B 이만 원에서 시작해서 만 팔천 원까지는 깎아 줄 거야. 대신 한 번에 열 근 이상 가져가야 해.

   Iman woneseo sijakaeseo man palcheon wonkkajineun kkakka jul geoya. Daesin han beone yeol geun isang gajyeogaya hae.

   I'll start at twenty thousand and go down as far as eighteen. But he has to take at least ten geun at once.

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   A 와, 할머니 완전 협상 전문가시네요.

   Wa, halmeoni wanjeon hyeopsang jeonmungasineyo.

   Wow, Grandma, you're a real negotiating expert.

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    B 오십 년 장사하면 다 알게 돼. 근데 한번 값을 정한 이상 쉽게 물러서면 안 된다. 손님은 그걸 금방 알아차리는 법이야.

    Osip nyeon jangsahamyeon da alge dwae. Geunde hanbeon gapseul jeonghan isang swipge mulleoseomyeon an doenda. Sonnimeun geugeol geumbang aracharineun beobiya.

    Fifty years of trading teaches you everything. But once you've set a price, you mustn't back down easily. Customers pick up on that right away.

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    A 할머니, 그 아저씨 다시 이쪽으로 오시네요.

    Halmeoni, geu ajeossi dasi ijjogeuro osineyo.

    Grandma, he's coming back this way.

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    B 거봐라. 너는 가만히 있어. 할미가 얘기할 테니까.

    Geobwara. Neoneun gamanhi isseo. Halmiga yaegihal tenikka.

    See? You stay quiet. Grandma will do the talking.

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    A 와, 할머니, 열 근에 십팔만 원이면 처음보다 삼만 원이나 더 받으신 거예요!

    Wa, halmeoni, yeol geune sippalman wonimyeon cheoeumboda samman wonina deo badeusin geoyeyo!

    Wow, Grandma, a hundred and eighty thousand for ten geun is thirty thousand more than his first offer!

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    B 그렇지. 근데 올해는 수확이 많아서 남은 것도 스무 근이 넘는데, 장이 닷새마다 서니까 다 팔려면 한참 걸려.

    Geureochi. Geunde olhaeneun suhwagi manaseo nameun geotdo seumu geuni neomneunde, jangi datsaemada seonikka da pallyeomyeon hancham geollyeo.

    That's right. But we had a big harvest this year, so there are still more than twenty geun left, and the market's only every five days, so it'll take ages to sell it all.

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    A 그럼 남은 재고는 온라인으로 팔아 보면 어때요? 제가 사진 찍어서 올려 드릴게요.

    Geureom nameun jaegoneun ollaineuro para bomyeon eottaeyo? Jega sajin jjigeoseo ollyeo deurilgeyo.

    Then why not try selling the leftover stock online? I'll take photos and post them for you.

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    B 온라인? 얼굴도 안 보고 누가 고추를 사? 물건은 손님이 직접 만져 보고 사는 법인데.

    Ollain? Eolguldo an bogo nuga gochureul sa? Mulgeoneun sonnimi jikjeop manjyeo bogo saneun beobinde.

    Online? Who buys peppers without seeing the seller's face? Customers ought to touch the goods before they buy.

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    A 요즘은 다들 휴대폰으로 사요. 할머니가 정성껏 농사짓는 모습이랑 햇볕에 말리는 사진을 올리면 오히려 더 믿어요.

    Yojeumeun dadeul hyudaeponeuro sayo. Halmeoniga jeongseongkkeot nongsajinneun moseubirang haetbyeote mallineun sajineul ollimyeon ohiryeo deo mideoyo.

    Everyone shops on their phones now. If I post photos of you carefully farming and drying the peppers in the sun, people will trust it even more.

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    B 그래도 값은 누가 정하니? 인터넷에서는 흥정도 못 하잖아.

    Geuraedo gapseun nuga jeonghani? Inteoneseseoneun heungjeongdo mot hajana.

    But who sets the price? You can't even haggle on the internet.

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    A 가격은 할머니가 정하세요. 대신 택배비는 따로 받고, 오늘처럼 열 근 이상 사면 조금 깎아 드리는 거예요.

    Gagyeogeun halmeoniga jeonghaseyo. Daesin taekbaebineun ttaro batgo, oneulcheoreom yeol geun isang samyeon jogeum kkakka deurineun geoyeyo.

    You set the price, Grandma. Shipping is charged separately, and anyone who buys ten geun or more gets a little discount, like today.

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    B 허허, 네가 나보다 더 장사꾼이다. 그럼 이번 장 끝나면 한번 해 보자.

    Heoheo, nega naboda deo jangsakkunida. Geureom ibeon jang kkeunnamyeon hanbeon hae boja.

    Ha, you're more of a trader than I am. All right, let's give it a try after this market day.

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