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공항에 있어요
A visitor lands early and her friend is still on the underground.
A chat between Lisa and her Korean friend Seoyeon. They still use polite -아요/-어요 and 씨. Read it for the facts: who is where, when, and where to meet.
서연 씨, 저 지금 공항에 있어요!
와! 비행기가 일찍 왔어요?
네, 삼십 분 일찍 왔어요.
저는 지금 지하철 안이에요. 네 시 반에 공항에 가요.
괜찮아요. 저는 커피숍에서 기다려요.
배고파요? 공항 커피숍에 맛있는 빵이 있어요.
네, 조금 배고파요. 빵하고 커피를 사요.
좋아요. 어느 커피숍이에요?
일 층 출구 옆 커피숍이에요. 저는 빨간 가방이 있어요.
알았어요. 곧 가요!
서연 씨, 저 공항에 있어요!
비행기가 일찍 왔어요?
네, 삼십 분 일찍 왔어요.
저는 지하철 안이에요. 네 시 반에 공항에 가요.
저는 커피숍에서 기다려요.
어느 커피숍이에요?
일 층 출구 옆 커피숍이에요.
알았어요!
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More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Korean for travelling
- Words
- 54
- Sentences
- 18
- Words per sentence
- 3.0
- in the vocabulary
- 100 %
- measured level
- 1
- Reading time
- 1 min
Grammar in this text
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네 시 반에
Telling the time: 네 시 반, half past four — native number for the hour, 반 for half. Telling the time: 세 시 이십 분 →
삼십 분
Minutes take the Sino-Korean numbers: 삼십 분. Sino-Korean numbers: 일, 이, 삼 →
빵하고
하고 joins two nouns in speech: bread and coffee. And between nouns: 와/과, 하고, (이)랑 →
The words from 1 up in this text
Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: 30 of the 37 of the 38 words in this text are at 1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.
가다
to go
1가방
bag
1곧
soon
1공항
airport
1괜찮아요
it is all right; no problem; no, thank you
1기다리다
to wait (for)
1네
four (before a counter)
1네
yes; I see
1맛있다
to be tasty, delicious
1반
half; half past
1배고프다
to be hungry
1분
minute
1비행기
aeroplane
1빨갛다
to be red
1빵
bread; roll; pastry
1사다
to buy
1삼
three
1시
o'clock; hour (on the clock)
1씨
Mr, Ms (after a name)
1안
inside
1알았어요
OK, got it
1어느
which (of several)
1옆
side; next to
1오다
to come
1와
wow
1일
one
1일찍
early
1있다
to be (somewhere); to have
1저
I, me (humble)
1조금
a little, a bit
1
The word lists for this text
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Comprehension questions
3 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. Why is Lisa already at the airport?
Look at Lisa’s answer to Seoyeon’s question about the plane.
Look for 일찍 (early).
삼십 분 일찍 왔어요
2. When will Seoyeon get to the airport?
Seoyeon writes it when she says she is on the underground.
Look for 시 (o’clock) and 반 (half).
네 시 반에 공항에 가요
3. Where will Lisa wait?
Lisa answers the question 어느 커피숍?.
Look for 층 (floor) and 옆 (next to).
일 층 출구 옆 커피숍이에요