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| INTRODUCTION |
| Seol: μλ νμΈμ. μ€μ€μ λλ€. |
| Minkyong: μλ νμΈμ. λ―Όκ²½μ λλ€. |
| Keith: Keith here. What Canβt You Do? Seol, this is talking about you because you are like superwoman. You can do a lot of things. What canβt you do? |
| Seol: Oh well, I donβt know. I think I can do everything. |
| Keith: κ·Έλ§ μ’ ν©μλ€. Letβsβ¦ |
| Seol: Yeah, yeah why donβt you introduce our new member instead of asking me what can I do? |
| Keith: Okay thatβs a good idea. So before we get into todayβs lesson and dialogue, can you introduce yourself? We have a new member on our team. |
| Minkyong: μλ νμΈμ. λ―Όκ²½μ λλ€. μ λ μ¬ν΄ μ€λ¬΄ μ΄μ΄κ³ λνμμ λλ€. μ λ μ²μνλ κ²μ μ’μν©λλ€. |
| Seol: Oh my god! |
| Keith: I have never heard that in my life. I like cleaning. How do we say that? |
| Minkyong: μ²μνλ κ²μ μ’μν©λλ€. |
| Keith: I donβt know if this will be useful for the listeners or not. |
| Seol: No⦠|
| Keith: μ²μνλ κ²μ μ’μν©λλ€. |
| Seol: But μ²μνλ€ is something that you have to memorize. |
| Keith: Yeah to clean. So why do you like cleaning? Where did you grow up? |
| Minkyong: I donβt know. I just like things to be clean and tidy. |
| Seol: I wish to have a roommate like you. |
| Keith: You wish to have a maid. |
| Seol: Oh yeah. |
| Keith: We are not calling you maid. Donβt worry. |
| Minkyong: Okay. |
| Keith: κ±±μ λ§μΈμ. Donβt worry. All right so why donβt we jump back into todayβs conversation. What are we talking about? Whatβs going on in todayβs conversation. What canβt you do? |
| Minkyong: This is in the middle of an interview. |
| Keith: Yeah and as this is an interview, what kind of language are we going to be using? |
| Seol: Itβs formal. |
| Keith: Yeah because when you are at an interview, you want to be the most polite that you can be. One of the listeners in our forum requested more lessons in the formal politeness level. So if you ever have any lesson requests, we are going to try to honor you as much as possible. So post in the forum. We have a lesson request in there and you can post in there and we will try our best to honor your request. So today we are going into the formal politeness level because |
| Seol: We have to be formal in the interview. You have to get a job. |
| Keith: Yeah, yeah. You have to get a job. So we went over the formal politeness level in the very, very beginning, all the way in the beginning and then we switched over to the standard politeness level and a little bit of the intimate politeness level. Letβs go back. Letβs review a little bit. Minkyong, how do you say I like cleaning in the standard politeness level? |
| Minkyong: μ²μνλ κ²μ μ’μν΄μ. |
| Keith: And how do we say that in the formal politeness level? |
| Minkyong: μ²μνλ κ²μ μ’μν©λλ€. |
| Keith: So whatβs your occupation Seol? |
| Seol: μ λ νμμ΄μμ. |
| Keith: In the standard okay. How do we say that in the formal politeness level? |
| Seol: μ λ νμμ λλ€. |
| Keith: Most of the formal politeness level ends in |
| Seol: λλ€ |
| Keith: Yeah for the most part. And how about a question? |
| Seol: Keithλ νμμ λκΉ? |
| Keith: Yeah and thatβs being very polite. I felt very awkward. |
| Seol: Keithλ νμμ΄μμ? |
| Keith: Yeah. Much more natural but in the interview situation, you use this kind of language. |
| Seol: λ€ |
| Keith: So tell me about your experiences in a Korean interview. Have you ever had a interview in Korean? |
| Minkyong: Of course I have. μ΄λ κ² formalν λλμ΄μμ. |
| Keith: Itβs really formal. |
| Minkyong: λ€. 보ν΅μ μ μ₯μ μ κ³ κ°μ. |
| Keith: A suit? you were a suit. |
| Seol: λ€. κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ μ‘΄λλ§λ‘ μκΈ°ν΄μ. |
| Keith: Yeah in polite language but here we break it down into formal politeness level. Okay so the κ³Όμ₯λ what is κ³Όμ₯λ? |
| Seol: Somebody who is in charge of the department. |
| Keith: Yeah maybe department chief or section chief. And the section chief or department chief is interviewing μ΄μ€μ. Sounds like your name. |
| Seol: Yeah. |
| Keith: μ€μ€. |
| Minkyong: But here his surname is μ΄ and my surname is μ€. |
| Keith: Well we can pretend this is you. |
| Minkyong: Okay, okay sure. |
| Keith: Okay. So what is he asking him? |
| Minkyong: He is asking what he can do. |
| Keith: Yeah and μ΄μ€μ can do a lot of things. All right, so letβs listen in. |
| DIALOGUE |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μμ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ? μ°λ¦¬ νμ¬λ μμ΄ λ§μ΄ μ¨μ. |
| μ΄μ€μ: μμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μΌλ³Έμ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: μΌλ³Έμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μ€κ΅μ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: μ€κ΅μ΄λ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: νλμ€μ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: λ€. νλμ€μ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μ... μ€νμΈμ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: λꡬλ? ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: (λΉν©νλ©°) λ€? μ΄... λꡬ? λꡬ ν μ μμ΅λλ€... νμ§λ§... |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μΌκ΅¬λ? μΌκ΅¬λ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: λ€??? (κΈ°λ»νλ©°) μ΄... λ€! μΌκ΅¬ ν μ μμ΅λλ€! |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: (κΈ°λ»μ) μμΈ! |
| Hyunwoo: μ΄λ²μλ μ²μ²ν ν λ² λ |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μμ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ? μ°λ¦¬ νμ¬λ μμ΄ λ§μ΄ μ¨μ. |
| μ΄μ€μ: μμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μΌλ³Έμ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: μΌλ³Έμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μ€κ΅μ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: μ€κ΅μ΄λ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: νλμ€μ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: λ€. νλμ€μ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μ... μ€νμΈμ΄λ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: λꡬλ? ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: (λΉν©νλ©°) λ€? μ΄... λꡬ? λꡬ ν μ μμ΅λλ€... νμ§λ§... |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μΌκ΅¬λ? μΌκ΅¬λ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| μ΄μ€μ: λ€??? (κΈ°λ»νλ©°) μ΄... λ€! μΌκ΅¬ ν μ μμ΅λλ€! |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: (κΈ°λ»μ) μμΈ! |
| Hyunwoo: μμ΄λ‘ ν λ² λ |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μμ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ? μ°λ¦¬ νμ¬λ μμ΄ λ§μ΄ μ¨μ. |
| Section ChieMinkyong: Can you speak English? We use a lot of English in this office. |
| μ΄μ€μ: μμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Yunseok Lee: I can speak English. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μΌλ³Έμ΄λ? |
| Section ChieMinkyong: Japanese? |
| μ΄μ€μ: μΌλ³Έμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Yunseok Lee: I can speak Japanese. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μ€κ΅μ΄λ? |
| Section ChieMinkyong: Chinese? |
| μ΄μ€μ: μ€κ΅μ΄λ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Yunseok Lee: I can also speak Chinese. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: νλμ€μ΄λ? |
| Section ChieMinkyong: French? |
| μ΄μ€μ: λ€. νλμ€μ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Yunseok Lee: Yes, I can speak French. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μ... μ€νμΈμ΄λ? |
| Section ChieMinkyong: Hmm...Spanish? |
| μ΄μ€μ: ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Yunseok Lee: Yup. |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: λꡬλ? ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Section ChieMinkyong: Basketball? Can you play? |
| μ΄μ€μ: (λΉν©νλ©°) λ€? μ΄... λꡬ? λꡬ ν μ μμ΅λλ€... νμ§λ§β¦ |
| Yunseok Lee: (embarrassed) Excuse me? Uh...basketball? I can't play basketball...but... |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: μΌκ΅¬λ? μΌκ΅¬λ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Section ChieMinkyong: Baseball? Can you play? |
| μ΄μ€μ: λ€??? (κΈ°λ»νλ©°) μ΄... λ€! μΌκ΅¬ ν μ μμ΅λλ€! |
| Yunseok Lee: Excuse me???? (happy) Oh, yes! I can play baseball! |
| κ³Όμ₯λ: (κΈ°λ»μ) μμΈ! |
| Section ChieMinkyong: (happy) Aww yeah! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Keith: Well he is a talented guy. |
| Seol: Yeah I want to have a guy like him in our company if I have a company. |
| Keith: Can speak English, Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish. You know who it sounds like? |
| Seol: Yeah Hyunwoo. |
| Keith: Sounds like Hyunwoo. |
| Seol: Yeah. So I think the model of μ΄μ€μ might be νμ° |
| Keith: Maybe, okay so we are talking about languages English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French and one common thing among all of these? |
| Seol: They all end in μ΄. |
| Keith: And what is that μ΄? |
| Minkyong: Language. |
| Keith: Yeah so any language that we have |
| Minkyong: It ends with μ΄. |
| Keith: Yeah so letβs have a couple of examples. Actually why donβt we do that in the vocabulary section? |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Keith: To use |
| Minkyong: μ°λ€ μ°λ€ [slowly - broken down by syllable] μ°λ€ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: A lot, many |
| Minkyong: λ§μ΄ λ§μ΄ [slowly - broken down by syllable] λ§μ΄ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Company |
| Minkyong: νμ¬ νμ¬ [slowly - broken down by syllable] νμ¬ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: After that we have |
| Minkyong: μ°λ¦¬ |
| Keith: We, us, our |
| Minkyong: μ°λ¦¬ [slowly - broken down by syllable] μ°λ¦¬ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: And next is, one of the languages |
| Minkyong: μμ΄ |
| Keith: English |
| Minkyong: μμ΄ [slowly - broken down by syllable] μμ΄ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: After that |
| Minkyong: μΌλ³Έμ΄ |
| Keith: Japanese |
| Minkyong: μΌλ³Έμ΄ [slowly - broken down by syllable] μΌλ³Έμ΄ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next |
| Minkyong: μ€κ΅μ΄ |
| Keith: Chinese |
| Minkyong: μ€κ΅μ΄ [slowly - broken down by syllable] μ€κ΅μ΄ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: After that |
| Minkyong: νλμ€μ΄ |
| Keith: French |
| Minkyong: νλμ€μ΄ [slowly - broken down by syllable] νλμ€μ΄ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: And next we have |
| Minkyong: μ€νμΈμ΄ |
| Keith: Spanish |
| Minkyong: μ€νμΈμ΄ [slowly - broken down by syllable] μ€νμΈμ΄ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: Next is a sport. |
| Minkyong: λꡬ |
| Keith: Basketball |
| Minkyong: λꡬ [slowly - broken down by syllable] λꡬ [natural native speed] |
| Keith: And finally |
| Minkyong: μΌκ΅¬ |
| Keith: Baseball. |
| Minkyong: μΌκ΅¬ [slowly - broken down by syllable] μΌκ΅¬ [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Keith: Now as we mentioned before, all the languages, every single language in Korean ends in |
| Seol: μ΄ |
| Keith: So how do we construct the language? |
| Seol: We need a countryβs name and we just add μ΄. |
| Keith: Very simple and this μ΄ actually has a νμ behind it, so this is actually kind of advanced. You can just pick a country name and add μ΄. There you go. You got a language. So letβs have a couple of examples outside of todayβs vocabulary. |
| Minkyong: μ΄ν리μμ΄ |
| Keith: Italian. The country name |
| Minkyong: μ΄ν리μ |
| Keith: And then |
| Minkyong: μ΄ |
| Keith: End. Italian maybe not, okay. |
| Seol: μλμ΄ |
| Keith: Arabic. Arab is not a country |
| Seol: Not a country but they use the same language. |
| Keith: Yeah so we have Arabμ΄. |
| Seol: μλμ΄ |
| Keith: Arabic okay. |
| Minkyong: λͺ½κ³¨μ΄ |
| Keith: Mongolian. Okay and we can keep going on forever, very simple. So letβs move on. So we have a hunter word here, μ΄. Another hunter word that we have in our vocabulary is |
| Minkyong: ꡬ |
| Keith: Yeah and this means ball. So in any sport, if you shoot a basketball or if you kick a soccer ball, if you spike a volleyball, all those have the word ball in there. So we have ꡬ for those sports. So in todayβs example, what do we have? |
| Seol: λꡬ |
| Keith: Basketball. |
| Seol: μΌκ΅¬ |
| Keith: Baseball. What else do we have? |
| Minkyong: μΆκ΅¬ |
| Keith: Soccer. |
| Seol: 배ꡬ |
| Keith: Volleyball. |
| Minkyong: νꡬ |
| Keith: Ping-Pong. How about Tennis? |
| Seol: Thatβs just tennis. |
| Keith: No tennisꡬ? |
| Seol: In fact we have another word for Tennis, itβs μ ꡬ but nobody uses it. |
| Minkyong: Nobody really use that. |
| Keith: Okay but there is that νμ in there? |
| Minkyong: Yeah. |
| Keith: So we are going over some really advanced words over here or not words but just syllables. Yeah. So if you check out todayβs PDF, we are going to have the νμ in there. So and a bunch of sample words that include these as well. All right letβs move on. Letβs talk about μ°λ€ to use. Now but it also means |
| Minkyong: To write |
| Keith: Yeah itβs the same thing. |
| Minkyong: Yeah it sounds same. |
| Keith: So how do you tell the difference? |
| Seol: Just in context, if you say νκΈμ μ°λ€ it is writing νκΈ obviously but when you say μ»΄ν¨ν°λ₯Ό μ°λ€ you cannot write computer. |
| Keith: Yeah so itβs computer use. |
| Seol: Yeah you are using computer. |
| Keith: Yeah so μ°λ€ has two meanings, to write and to use and in todayβs conversation μ΄λ»κ² λμμ΄μ? |
| Minkyong: μ°λ¦¬ νμ¬λ μμ΄ λ§μ΄ μ¨μ. |
| Keith: We use a lot of English in the office and the reason we want to go over this is because μ°λ€ has a irregular conjugation. Itβs a μΌ verb. The verb stem ends in the vowel γ ‘ but we donβt want to get too much into the detail today. So check out the PDF if you want a detailed write up on the conjugation of this verb. Alright so letβs move on to todayβs grammar point. |
| μ€λμ grammar pointκ° λμμ? |
Lesson focus |
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| Seol: μ μλ€. |
| Keith: Can do. |
| Seol: μ μλ€ |
| Keith: Can't do. Now, this express ability, capability, or possibility. So, let's go over a couple examples. How about in today's conversation? |
| Seol: κ³Όμ₯λμ΄ job applicantμκ² λ¬Όμ΄λ³΄μ£ . μμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λκΉ? |
| Keith: He asked μ΄μ€μ, "Can you speak English?" |
| Seol: κ·Έλ¬λκΉ μ΄μ€μμ¨κ° βμμ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€.βλΌκ³ λλ΅νμ΄μ. |
| Keith: He answered, "I can speak English." And what I find interesting is μμ΄ νλ€. It's a νλ€ verb, so you English do. |
| Seol: λ€. μμ΄λ ν μ μλκ±°μ£ . |
| Keith: Yeah, so you do English. So with all the languages, you do. νλ€. Let's go over a couple examples of what languages you can speak. |
| Seol: λ―Όκ²½μ¨, μμ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Keith: Can you speak English? |
| Minkyong: λ€. μμ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ. |
| Seol: λ―Όκ²½μ¨, μ€κ΅μ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Minkyong: μλμ. μ€κ΅μ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ. |
| Keith: Can't speak Chinese. |
| Seol: Keith, μ€νμΈμ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Keith: μ‘°κΈλ°μ λͺ» ν΄μ. Just a little bit. So if you want to ask someone if you can speak a language. "Can you speak English?" So what's the verb "to speak English"? |
| Seol: μμ΄ νλ€ |
| Keith: So let's take the verb stem. |
| Seol: μμ΄ν |
| Keith: That νλ€ verb. That verb stem is ν. And then we add γΉ because it ends in a vowel. So what do we have now? |
| Seol: μμ΄ ν |
| Keith: And then we add on... |
| Seol: μ μμ΄μ? μμ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Keith: And this is "Can you speak English?" So that μλ€ is where you can express tense, mood, and politeness level. What about the sports? What do you do for the sports? μμ΄ νλ€ μ€κ΅μ΄ νλ€ What about basketball? |
| Minkyong: λꡬ νλ€ |
| Keith: Basketball do. Once again, we're using this "do" verb, νλ€. So λꡬ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Minkyong: μλμ. λꡬ ν μ μμ΄μ. |
| Keith: If you notice there, the negative form of this, "I can't play basketball," is... |
| Seol: ν μ μλ€ |
| Keith: Yeah, so the only thing we did was change ν μ μλ€ to μλ€. |
| Seol: κ°λ¨ν΄μ. |
| Keith: Yeah, very simple. So let's go over what we can't do. |
| Seol: Keith, μ»΄ν¨ν° ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Keith: ν μ μμ΄μ. |
| Seol: κ·Έλμ? κ·Έλ¬λ©΄ μ...ν¬ν μ΅ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Keith: ν μ μμ΄μ. |
| Seol: νλ μ΄ μ€ν μ΄μ ν μ μμ΄μ? |
| Keith: ν μ μμ΄μ.. I'm a very talented man. |
| Seol: Yeah, I guess so. ν μ μλκ² λμμ? |
| Keith: μ€κ΅μ΄ ν μ μμ΄μ. |
| Seol: κ·Έλ¦¬κ³ ? |
| Keith: μΌκ΅¬ ν μ μμ΄μ. |
| Seol: λ? |
| Keith: Well, there's a lot of things I can't do. You win. Just to recap really quickly, how do we make the formal politeness level? We had ν μ μμ΄μ, so the formal politeness level is ν μ... |
| Minkyong: μμ΅λλ€. |
| Keith: Yeah, so we have the verb μλ€. The verb stem is? |
| Minkyong: μ |
| Keith: And then we add on? |
| Minkyong: μ΅λλ€ |
| Keith: And that's the formal politeness conjugation, when you want to be the most polite possible. and thatβs how it came out in todayβs conversation. |
| Minkyong: ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Keith: λμ? |
| Minkyong: νλμ€μ΄ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Keith: Really, you can speak French? |
| Minkyong: A little bit. |
| Keith: Yeah |
| Minkyong: Yeah |
| Keith: Well she is better than you Seol. |
| Seol: Yeah I agree. I lose. |
Outro |
| Keith: Okay so thatβs going to do for today. How did you feel about your first lesson? |
| Minkyong: It was fun, I had fun recording. |
| Keith: λ€μμλ ν μ μμ΄μ? So can you do it next time too? |
| Minkyong: μ. ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Keith: All right. |
| Seol: μ λ ν μ μμ΅λλ€. |
| Keith: Well I know you can do. |
| Seol: μ ν΄ λ³΄κ² μ΅λλ€. |
| Keith: You are a professional podcaster. |
| Seol: Thank you. |
| Keith: You donβt seem so convinced. So, remember to stick around and listen to the end of this audio track. Okay. Thatβs going to do it. See you later. |
| Minkyong: See you later. |
| Seol: μλ . |
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