2StoryTravel1 min

바다가 보이는 숙소

A seaside trip, a lost phone full of photos and a kind restaurant owner.

A travel story in the polite past. Watch -아서/-어서, which gives a reason or links two steps, and the honorific -(으)시- when the narrator talks about the guesthouse owner.

지난여름에 저는 친구와 같이 바다 근처의 작은 도시에 갔어요. 우리는 바다가 보이는 게스트하우스에서 이틀 동안 묵었어요.

첫날 저녁에 우리는 바다 앞을 천천히 걸었어요. 바람이 시원하고 하늘이 정말 예뻤어요. 저는 휴대폰으로 사진을 많이 찍었어요.

그런데 숙소에 돌아와서 보니까 휴대폰이 없었어요. 가방 안에도 없고 주머니에도 없었어요. 그날 찍은 사진도 모두 그 안에 있었어요.

우리는 다시 바다로 나갔어요. 하지만 너무 어두워서 아무것도 찾을 수 없었어요. 저는 정말 슬펐어요.

그때 게스트하우스 사장님이 전화를 받으셨어요. 바다 앞 식당 주인이 휴대폰을 찾았어요. 사장님은 저를 차로 식당까지 데려다주셨어요.

식당 주인은 웃으면서 휴대폰을 줬어요. "의자 밑에 있었어요." 저는 너무 고마워서 다음 날 그 식당에서 점심을 먹었어요.

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Korean for travelling

Words: 98
Sentences: 17
Words per sentence: 5.8
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: 2
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

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어두워서 · 고마워서
-아서/-어서 gives a reason: too dark, so she could not find anything; so grateful, so she went back. Because, and then: -아서/어서 →
받으셨어요 · 데려다주셨어요
The honorific -(으)시- for the owner, an older person she respects: 받으셨어요, 데려다주셨어요. The honorific -(으)시-: 가세요, 가셨어요 →
찾을 수 없었어요
-(으)ㄹ 수 없다: cannot — it was impossible to find anything in the dark. Can and cannot: -(으)ㄹ 수 있다/없다 →

The words from 2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 19 of the 66 words in this text are at 2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

게스트하우스
guesthouse; hostel
2
그날
that day
2
그때
then; at that time
2
그런데
but; by the way
2
다음
next; following
2
도시
city; town
2
돌아오다
to come back
2
동안
for; during
2
묵다
to stay (at a hotel or with someone)
2
밑
underneath, under
2
보이다
to be seen; to be visible
2
사장님
the boss; company president
2
숙소
accommodation; place to stay
2
슬프다
to be sad
2
아무것도
nothing (with a negative)
2
이틀
two days
2
주머니
pocket
2
하늘
sky
2
휴대폰
mobile phone
2

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Comprehension questions

4 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. How long did they stay at the guesthouse?

2. Why was losing the phone especially bad?

3. Where was the phone found?

4. What did she do the next day?