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할머니와 드라마

Every night at nine, a grandmother and her grandchild watch the same drama.

A story about a family habit. Notice -고, which joins two actions (“we eat and watch”), and how Korean puts the time first: 밤 아홉 시에.

저는 할머니와 같이 살아요. 할머니는 일흔 살이에요. 할머니는 한국 드라마를 정말 좋아해요.

할머니는 매일 밤 아홉 시에 텔레비전 앞에 앉아요. 저도 할머니 옆에 앉아요. 우리는 귤을 먹고 같이 봐요.

오늘은 비가 많이 오는 날이었어요. 텔레비전에서 남자와 여자가 버스 정류장에서 만났어요. 남자는 비를 맞았어요. 여자가 자기 우산을 남자에게 줬어요. 그리고 여자는 혼자 비를 맞고 걸어갔어요.

할머니는 그 여자를 아주 좋아했어요. "정말 좋은 사람이에요!"

열 시에 끝났어요. 할머니가 웃었어요. "내일도 같이 보자!" 저도 웃었어요.

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Korean in TV dramas

Words: 72
Sentences: 17
Words per sentence: 4.2
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: 1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

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먹고
-고 joins two actions: they eat tangerines and watch. And, and then: -고 →
아홉 시에 · 열 시에
Hours take the native numbers: 아홉 시, 열 시. Telling the time: 세 시 이십 분 →
아홉 시에
에 also marks a point in time: at nine, at ten. 에: to a place, at a place, at a time →

The words from 1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: 30 of the 47 of the 47 words in this text are at 1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

같이
together
1
걸어가다
to walk (somewhere), go on foot
1
귤
tangerine
1
그
that (near you, or just mentioned)
1
그리고
and; and then
1
끝나다
to end, to finish
1
날
day; the weather (of a day)
1
남자
man; male
1
내일
tomorrow
1
드라마
TV drama; TV series
1
만나다
to meet
1
많이
a lot, much
1
맞다
to be right, correct
1
매일
every day
1
먹다
to eat
1
밤
night
1
버스
bus
1
보다
to see; to look; to watch
1
비
rain
1
사람
person; people
1
살
year of age
1
살다
to live
1
시
o'clock; hour (on the clock)
1
아주
very
1
아홉
nine
1
앉다
to sit down
1
앞
front; in front of
1
여자
woman; female
1
열
ten
1
옆
side; next to
1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 19 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

The first verbs 10 People and family 5 The first adverbs 4 I and you, this and that, who and what 4 The clock and the calendar 4 Native numbers: 하나, 둘, 셋 3 Getting around 3 Directions and where things are 2 Weather and the seasons 2 Linking words and everyday adverbs 1 The first adjectives 1 The first counters 1 Daily routine 1 Food and drink 1 Things around the house 1 At home 1 Media and entertainment 1 The wider family and the people around you 1 Studying Korean 1

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. What time does the grandmother sit down in front of the TV?

2. In today’s episode, what did the woman give the man?

3. When did the episode end?