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Korean Hangul
Romanization
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Vocabulary
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Korean Hangul

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Romanization
jisu

jeongmin

isanghaene... jeongmin-i-ga wae an oji? beolsseo

sam-iljjae-inde... jeonhwahae bwayaji.
yeoboseyo?
jeongmin-a, wae areubaiteu an wa?
joesonghamnida... ije mot gal geot gatayo. chwijikhaesseoyo.
geurae? chukhahanda... geunde, miri malhae juji geuraesseo.
joesonghamnida. gapjagi chwijikhaeseo...
geurae...
jeongmal joesonghaeyo. joesonghaeseo jeonhwa mot
haesseoyo.
geuraedo jeonhwahaji geuraesseo. yojeum gage-ga jinjja
bappaseo mom-i yeol gae-rado mjara.
dareun saram chatji geureosyeosseoyo...
mwo? neo-hante yeollak-i eopneunde eotteoke dareun saram-eul
chaja?
joesonghamnida. ib-i yeol gae-rado hal mal-i eopseumnida.

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English
Jisu
Jeongmin
Jisu
Jeongmin
Jisu
Jeongmin
Jisu
Jeongmin
Jisu
Jeongmin
Jisu
Jeongmin

It's strange...why isn't Jeongmin coming? It's already been three

days...I should call him and check...
Hello?
Jeongmin, why aren't you coming to your part-time job?
I'm sorry. I don't think I can go anymore. I got a job.
You did? Congratulations. But why didn't you tell me in advance?
I'm sorry, I got this job suddenly so...
Okay...
I'm very sorry. I couldn't call because I was sorry.
But still, why didn't you call me? The shop is extremely busy
these days.
Why didn't you look for someone else?
What? How can I look for someone else when there's no news
from you?
I'm sorry. I really have no excuses.

Vocabulary

Hangul

Romanization
isanghada

beolsseo
areubaiteu
chwijikhada
chukahada

miri

gapjagi

gage
yeollak
chatda

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English
to be strange, to be
weird
already
a part-time job
to get a job
to celebrate, to
congratulate
in advance,
beforehand
suddenly, all of a
sudden
shop, store
contact
to search for, to look
for

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Synonyms

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Vocabulary Sample Sentences

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"He has a weird personality."

"Hyunwoo already fell asleep."
"I'm very busy on weekends because of my
part-time job."
"I finally got a job."
"Congratulations on your promotion."
"Please call me in advance."
"It's suddenly too cold."
"There's no clerk in this store."
"There's no news from him."
"What are you looking for?"

Grammar Points
The Focus of This Lesson is Asking, "Why Didn't You...?" in Korean: -
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"Why didn't you call me?"

- (-ji geuraesseo) is a grammatical structure that means "why didn't you... / it would
have been better if you had..." or "you should have... ." Originally, this structure comes from
- (-ji geureoke haesseo) which literally means "Why did you do that instead of
doing this?" So as a set structure, we translate it into English as "why didn't you...," or "you
should have... ." You can add - at the end to make it sound more polite, or make the verb
honorific by saying (geureosyeosseoyo), too.
Construction
Verb Stem + ()
(hada) "to do"
(ha) - verb stem
+ () = ()
.
(chingu-rang gachi haji geuraesseo)
"You should have done it with your friend."

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In This Dialogue

1. : .
jisu: miri malhae juji geuraesseo.
Jisu: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
2. : .
jisu: geuraedo jeonhwahaji geuraesseo.
Jisu: "Why didn't you call me?"
3. : ...
jeongmin: dareun saram chatji geureosyeosseoyo...
Jeongmin: "Why didn't you look for someone else?"
Examples

1. .
chingu-do deryeooji geuraesseo.
"Why didn't you bring your friend as well?"
2. .
eoje oji geuraesseo.
"Why didn't you come yesterday?"
3. .
byeongwon-e gaji geurasseoyo.
"You should have gone to see a doctor."
Phrase of the Lesson
The phrases of the lesson are and .
Both of these expressions use the number "ten," and ten generally refers to being "a lot."
I. . (mom-i yeol gae-rado mojarada)
= "body"

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= "to have ten bodies"

= "to lack, to be insufficient"
Literal translation = "Even if I had ten bodies, it still wouldn't be enough."
Natural translation = "I'm so busy that even if I had ten bodies, it would still be not enough to
do everything I have to do."
II. . (ib-i yeol gae-rado hal mal-i eopda)
= "mouth"
= "to have ten mouths"
= "to have nothing to say"
Literal translation = "Even if I had ten mouths, I would have nothing to say."
Natural translation = "I'm so sorry that even if I had ten mouths, I would still not be able to say
anything."

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