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Korean II - Lesson 22

25 May 2026 · 28 min

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Speaker 1:You meet your Korean acquaintance, miss son He on the street Tom.

Speaker 2:De Sonny.

Speaker 3:And the us l oh die hajjiman.

Speaker 1:Well you just heard, which means because today is a holiday.

Speaker 2:Sonny, she.

Speaker 3:Usl wo hajiman.

Speaker 1:Well, do you remember how to say I'll be waiting here? Say together seven hundred six hundred.

Speaker 3:Cheer back yuke beck.

Speaker 1:Try to say eight hundred seventy.

Speaker 2:Six pile back, chiship up, pile back, chiship.

Speaker 1:Up, seven hundred seventy five.

Speaker 3:Cheer back chishibu.

Speaker 1:Say again, I'll be waiting.

Speaker 2:Here, yogis.

Speaker 1:Oh, you're at the train station, say sold one ticket?

Speaker 2:Please sold? Run down to say.

Speaker 1:The clerk says it's six hundred one. She gives you the change, saying it's four hundred and one change. KOs ask where is the platform for the Soul.

Speaker 2:Bound sol lenggs gang dan odio.

Speaker 1:The clerk says, as for the express train, it's number three platforms.

Speaker 3:And gang Danyell.

Speaker 1:How long does it take to Seoul? So it's forty minutes by express train. You say it's fast, isn't it?

Speaker 2:Naon?

Speaker 1:She says, by kt X it takes twenty minutes.

Speaker 3:Kt X.

Speaker 1:Then the kt X is faster than the express train, isn't it?

Speaker 2:Krome K.

Speaker 1:Do you remember how to say I can buy some soju.

Speaker 2:Sodi doms He.

Speaker 1:Said, here's a less formal way of saying I can buy or you can buy.

Speaker 2:Did go ta sa si sayl.

Speaker 1:Sai city say, using this form, try to ask where can I buy an English newspaper?

Speaker 4:Oh dsl young tashim ist sa c sail young deshimun is het sail oh ds youngshim ist sl.

Speaker 1:Someone says, at the station did go.

Speaker 3:Tara yogisa eshol yogis what part means station.

Speaker 1:Yok She says again at the.

Speaker 3:Station yogaisol yogi so hi sue soil.

Speaker 1:Ask again, where can I buy an English newspaper?

Speaker 2:Oh yes, young desmons.

Speaker 1:She says, you can buy at the station.

Speaker 3:Yogai so.

Speaker 1:Or she might say, at the station's kiosk to.

Speaker 3:Go daraso yo kapande us all cappande pande capande capandes a your capandes a, your capandeso.

Speaker 1:How do you say, kiosk.

Speaker 3:Capande capande at the station's kiosk your capandese a.

Speaker 1:You can buy.

Speaker 3:Se sisail.

Speaker 1:You also need to buy some stamps. Try to ask where can I buy stamps? Oh?

Speaker 2:Yes, old puss, she say.

Speaker 1:She tells you that the post office is nearby. She says, by car. It takes five minutes. Tatobo say it's fast, isn't it.

Speaker 2:Bad and all?

Speaker 1:But the car isn't working.

Speaker 2:Hazeman taga.

Speaker 1:Now it's another day. You're talking with your neighbor. Ask her, are you going to Mungdong.

Speaker 2:Jong Hell?

Speaker 1:She says she is. Then she says, but the car isn't working.

Speaker 3:How do you man cha?

Speaker 1:Are you going right away? Right away? Did go?

Speaker 2:Darla roll.

Speaker 3:Pa?

Speaker 1:Starting with right away? Try to ask are you going right away? She says yes and adds she's going by subway. Here's the word for subway.

Speaker 2:Did god chia cho.

Speaker 3:Cho ha cho chiha chiha cha cha cha.

Speaker 1:How would she say, buy subway chiato lo? Try to ask her, are you going buy subway chiato right away?

Speaker 2:Pardo?

Speaker 1:She answers yes, the car isn't working.

Speaker 3:Yeah, tug on nimjig.

Speaker 1:You say you want to buy some stamps, She says, at the station's kiosk, you can buy stamps.

Speaker 3:Your capandez ol Pewter's has to sail your capandez old Pewter's has to sail.

Speaker 1:You suggest going by bus, but she says, as for a holiday, I don't want to go by bush.

Speaker 3:Wish janayo wish janio.

Speaker 1:Here is how to say it's slow.

Speaker 3:Nudioiol dyoyol, no nudioyol, nudioyol.

Speaker 1:How would she say, as for the number three bus, it's slow.

Speaker 3:Some bump busting in nudiool, some bump bussing in nudio.

Speaker 1:How would she say? The bus is slower than the subway busch.

Speaker 3:Chia char busch.

Speaker 1:Since her car isn't working, she says, I'm going to make a phone call to a friend. Chingue ask her, is there gas.

Speaker 2:Kid? Do me sayo?

Speaker 1:She's going to check. She says again the bus is slower than the subway.

Speaker 3:Postage day.

Speaker 1:Bostig say fifty five minutes, Oh ship open. How would she say? By bus it takes about fifty five minutes.

Speaker 3:Posso ushi pun jim koel bosrou shi pun jim koel.

Speaker 1:But as for by the subway.

Speaker 3:Hajjimaniolin, it takes about thirty five minutes. Sam shibu wunchimoel chiacho lunan sam shiboun jim.

Speaker 1:She says the car isn't working.

Speaker 3:Chaka ni jigol.

Speaker 1:How would she say it needs gas?

Speaker 3:Kiding me? P doo hell, kidding me, p do hall.

Speaker 1:Say I'm going to make a telephone call to a friend.

Speaker 2:Chingueget on August I all.

Speaker 1:Right away, pado.

Speaker 2:Podole.

Speaker 1:You need a telephone card, she says. At the station's kiosk, you can buy a card.

Speaker 3:Kat yo capandez oh kad is sail.

Speaker 1:She says she's going to Mongdong. Ask her if she is going right away? You ask her if she will go shopping, she says. As for today, it's a holiday, she says, everything is closed. Sl oh, it's another day. It's a beautiful day to play tennis. Here's the word for tennis.

Speaker 2:To go tarasel tennis sue.

Speaker 3:Nis su.

Speaker 1:Ni su.

Speaker 3:Tennis? Sue.

Speaker 1:You want to ask a friend can you play tennis?

Speaker 2:Did go darasel tennis? Said chisi sayo?

Speaker 1:Che sue.

Speaker 4:Cheery sao tennis sa chisi sayo tennis sa chisi sayo?

Speaker 1:How do you ask today? Can you play tennis? Oh?

Speaker 2:No, tennis? Chissi sayo?

Speaker 1:She says, yes this morning.

Speaker 3:Yeah, unera chim unraimno right away paro.

Speaker 1:But then she wants to say, today is a little bit inconvenient. You could say vaguely on JOm, but you can also be more explicit that go.

Speaker 3:Taras hell un Jim coulanandell teo handeo coulan kulanandeo. Un Jim kulanandell.

Speaker 1:Colanandeo is an idiomatic phrase. It's literally something like it's rather troublesome for me. We'll continue to use this version for now. She says again, as for today, it's a little bit inconvenient.

Speaker 3:Uniran juam kulanando unerin jum kulanando.

Speaker 1:She adds, I'm going to myong doong right away. You say to myong dong right away.

Speaker 3:I go yongdonguro paro.

Speaker 1:So you ask then, as for tomorrow morning, how about it?

Speaker 4:Krome Niramo, can you play tennis? Tenny, Sissy sayl.

Speaker 1:She says, I'm sorry. As for the morning, it's a little bit inconvenient.

Speaker 3:Jennamnida a chimen jim kulanando a chimen Jim kulanandale.

Speaker 1:Ask as for the afternoon, how about it?

Speaker 2:Oh Huna Dale oh hu nan.

Speaker 1:She says, yes, all.

Speaker 3:Right, yeah Yeahsida.

Speaker 1:Now she asks, how about around three o'clockimoteoimoteo. You say, I'm sorry As for at three o'clock, it's a little inconvenient.

Speaker 2:Jaa mida m colanandeo s john colanandeo.

Speaker 1:You settle for another time. Your friend says that she'll come by subway. Try to say the subway is faster than the bus, isn't it. She agrees and says as the bus is slower than the subway busagachia nudio, She says, Then see you tomorrow.

Speaker 3:Karom nada kardom native.

Speaker 1:Shida, later, talking with a colleague, ask her can you play tennis?

Speaker 2:Tennis? Chissi sail?

Speaker 1:How would she answer? Yes, I can play, but I am a little bit slow.

Speaker 3:Yeah, chissy sail. How do you mind? Drum nyudiool JOm nudioil.

Speaker 1:It's another day. You're driving with a friend and you stop at the gas station. You say, I'm going to buy gasso. You also need a newspaper and some stamps. She says, you can buy a newspaper at the station's kiosk.

Speaker 3:Your capande so she mun knows, has sui sail. She says, I'll be waiting here, yogiso.

Speaker 1:At the kiosk, how do you ask where can I buy stamps?

Speaker 3:Oh?

Speaker 2:Yes, old purus.

Speaker 1:The clerk says, you can buy them at the post office.

Speaker 3:Wuto will get some has to be seld.

Speaker 1:At the post office, you buy some stamps, the clerk says, it's seven hundred and seventy five one.

Speaker 3:Chubais.

Speaker 1:You see a series of commemorative stamps and buy some. The clerk says it's eight hundred one. You give her a one thousand and one bill. She says it's two hundred one change. As you're leaving the post office, you run into another friend. She asks, in this week, ybon jue, can you play tennis?

Speaker 3:Tennisitu suisail?

Speaker 1:How do you say, yes, I can play?

Speaker 2:Yeah, chissy sail, Yeah, chissy sail.

Speaker 1:She asks if you can play tomorrow? Answer, As for tomorrow, it's a little bit inconvenient.

Speaker 2:Naiden jo on colandeo.

Speaker 1:She says, as for tomorrow it's a holiday, naiden hidio. Later that week, you run into yet another friend. You say, as for me, I'm going to dejon right away. You tell her you're going by bus. She says, the bus is slower than the subway.

Speaker 3:Postaga.

Speaker 1:Then the conversation turns to your children. Your friend says she will call the sun tomorrow.

Speaker 3:Naila dirigul adrigaol.

Speaker 1:Her son is in America. She says, I'll call to America tomorrow, literally tomorrow to America. I'll call.

Speaker 3:Maybe we'll get you on I guess.

Speaker 1:So ask her, can you play tennis.

Speaker 2:Tennis? Chissi sail, Yes.

Speaker 1:I can play, but I'm a little bit slow.

Speaker 3:Yeah, chissysa, how do you mind? Joam nudioil.

Speaker 1:She asks you if you can play tennis.

Speaker 3:Tomorrow may tennis? Chissi sall.

Speaker 1:Say, as for tomorrow, it's a little in.

Speaker 2:Convenient, Naiden Jolando.

Speaker 1:Explain. Ask for tomorrow it's a holiday, naid, everything is closed. Your friend is driving and she'll give you a ride home. On the way, she wants to stop at a grocery store. You say, I'll be waiting here. Y. She comes back shortly and says everything is expensive. Another day, a colleague asks if you can come over to her house. You tell her, as for today, it's a little bit inconvenient.

Speaker 2:On coland.

Speaker 1:You tell her that you're going to Dejon by bus. She says, as for the bus, it's slow busting in New Dyol, so you decide to go by train. At the ticket window, ask de johon one ticket please. The clerk tells you the kt X is faster than the express.

Speaker 2:Train kt XU.

Speaker 3:Who's on your table?

Speaker 1:Where there is the platform for the day? John bound?

Speaker 2:Budoboso Tejo names audio.

Speaker 1:She tells you. Now ask where can I buy stamps.

Speaker 2:Ouds old sail.

Speaker 1:The clerk says you can buy them at the station's kiosk.

Speaker 3:Your capandess see sail.

Speaker 1:This is the end of Unit twenty two.

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