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INTRODUCTION
Gyeongeun: 안녕하세요. 최경은입니다.
Hyunwoo: Hello everyone, Hyunwoo here. Beginner Series, Season 5, Lesson #22.
Gyeongeun: Hello everyone. I am 경은 and welcome to KoreanClass101.com.
Hyunwoo: With us, you will learn to speak Korean with fun and effective lessons.
Gyeongeun: We also provide you with cultural insights
Hyunwoo: And tips you won’t find in a textbook. So in this lesson 경은씨 what are we going to learn?
Gyeongeun: In this lesson, you will learn how to say, to want to try doing something in Korean.
Hyunwoo: And this conversation takes place
Gyeongeun: In the street
Hyunwoo: And the conversation is between
Gyeongeun: 지영 and 선균
Hyunwoo: Okay and the speakers are friends but they are using polite language to each other.
Gyeongeun: 존댓말
Hyunwoo: 존댓말. So now basic and premium subscribers.
Gyeongeun: If you have a 3G
Hyunwoo: You can see the lesson notes in your favorite browser on your phone.
Gyeongeun: Stop by KoreanClass101.com to find out more.
Hyunwoo: Okay now let’s listen to the conversation.
Gyeongeun: 네, 들어봐요.
DIALOGUE
지영: 우와. 이거 누구 오토바이예요?
선균: 제 거예요. 얼마 전에 구입했어요.
지영: 우와... 저 타 보고 싶어요!
선균: 네? 오토바이 탈 줄 알아요?
지영: 아니요. 근데 운전해 보고 싶어요.
선균: 안 돼요. 위험해요. 제가 태워 줄게요.
지영: 혼자 타 보고 싶어요.
선균: 안 돼요!!
jiyeong: uwa. igeo nugu otoba-i-yeyo?
seongyun: je geo-yeyo. eolma jeon-e gu-iphaesseoyo.
jiyeong: uwa... jeo ta bogo sipeoyo!
seongyun: ne? otoba-i tal jul arayo?
jiyeong: aniyo. geunde unjeonhae bogo sipeoyo.
seongyun: an dwaeyo. wiheomhaeyo. je-ga taewo julgeyo.
jiyeong: honja ta bogo sipeoyo.
seongyun: an dwaeyo!!
Jiyeong: Wow. Whose motorcycle is this?
Seon-gyun: It's mine. I've bought it recently.
Jiyeong: Wow...I want to try riding it!
Seon-gyun: Huh? Do you know how to ride a motorcycle?
Jiyeong: No. But I want to try driving it.
Seon-gyun: No, you shouldn't. It's dangerous. I'll give you a ride.
Jiyeong: I want to try riding it alone.
Seon-gyun: No, you can't!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Hyunwoo: So 경은씨 is there something that you want to try doing but people are telling you not to. For example, is there a type of dance that you want to try learning and people tell you, no you are not going to be able to learn it?
Gyeongeun: 아니요. 없는데요.
Hyunwoo: 없어요?
Gyeongeun: 네. 현우씨는요?
Hyunwoo: Well I want to try doing a lot of things. My friends always tell me, Oh you are spreading yourself too thin and just focus on these things that you are already doing. So it seems like people around you are actually encouraging you to try new things, right?
Gyeongeun: You are right. I think so.
Hyunwoo: That’s good, that’s good.
Gyeongeun: Yeah a few years ago, I told my friends that I wanted to learn Latin dance but they told me not to because I can’t dance.
Hyunwoo: But you still did, right?
Gyeongeun: Yeah.
Hyunwoo: Okay. In that case, in those cases, you can use this expression 해 보고 싶다. But we are going to learn how to say that in a little more detail in the grammar section of this lesson and for now, let’s go on to the vocabulary.
Gyeongeun: 네, 좋아요.
VOCAB LIST
Hyunwoo: 네. 첫 번째 단어는
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에
Hyunwoo: A while ago, a few days ago, some time ago.
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 얼마 전에 [natural native speed]
Hyunwoo: Next
Gyeongeun: 구입하다
Hyunwoo: To purchase, to buy.
Gyeongeun: 구입하다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 구입하다 [natural native speed]
Hyunwoo: 그리고
Gyeongeun: 타다
Hyunwoo: To ride
Gyeongeun: 타다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 타다 [natural native speed]
Hyunwoo: 그 다음에는
Gyeongeun: 운전하다
Hyunwoo: To drive
Gyeongeun: 운전하다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 운전하다 [natural native speed]
Hyunwoo: 그리고
Gyeongeun: 위험하다
Hyunwoo: To be dangerous.
Gyeongeun: 위험하다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 위험하다 [natural native speed]
Hyunwoo: 마지막으로
Gyeongeun: 태워 주다
Hyunwoo: To give someone a ride.
Gyeongeun: 태워 주다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 태워 주다 [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Hyunwoo: So now let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson and the first item that we are going to look at is actually a phrase and it is
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에
Hyunwoo: A while ago, some time ago, a few days ago.
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 얼마 전에 [natural native speed]
Hyunwoo: And the reason that we wanted to talk about this item is because depending on the intonation, it can mean how long ago or some time ago. They are two different things right?
Gyeongeun: 네, 맞아요.
Hyunwoo: So 경은씨 let’s compare these two meanings okay.
Gyeongeun: 네, 좋아요.
Hyunwoo: 한 번 비교해봐요. So how do you say some time ago.
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에
Hyunwoo: And now how about how much time ago, how long ago?
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에
Hyunwoo: All right. These two meanings might not sound very different to you right now.
Gyeongeun: Yeah.
Hyunwoo: So let’s give our listeners some examples. So how do you say how long ago did you come here?
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에 왔어요?
Hyunwoo: 얼마 전에 왔어요? How long ago did you come here and how would you say I bought this a while ago.
Gyeongeun: 얼마 전에 샀어요.
Hyunwoo: 얼마 전에 샀어요.
Gyeongeun: 네.
Hyunwoo: So if you look at those two phrases, you will see a slight difference between the intonation in the first sentence and the second sentence. 얼마 전에 왔어요? and 얼마 전에 샀어요.
Gyeongeun: 네, 맞아요.
Hyunwoo: So you add a little bit of more stress on 얼마.
Gyeongeun: 네.
Hyunwoo: When you want to ask when
Gyeongeun: 네, 맞아요.
Hyunwoo: 네. Okay and the second item that we want to look at is
Gyeongeun: 타다
Hyunwoo: To ride
Gyeongeun: 타다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 타다 [natural native speed]
Hyunwoo: And 타다 actually also means to burn.
Gyeongeun: 네, 맞아요. 불에 타다.
Hyunwoo: 불에 타다. To burn in the fire. Do you cook often?
Gyeongeun: No. I don’t.
Hyunwoo: When you do, does a lot of what you cook end up being burnt?
Gyeongeun: Sometimes.
Hyunwoo: Sometimes. 저도 음식을 하면 탈 때가 가끔씩 있어요.
Gyeongeun: 네, 저도요.
Hyunwoo: 특히, when I cook fish.
Gyeongeun: Ah you are right
Hyunwoo: Or when I make some fried rice, I actually leave the place and then come back a while later and 밥이 타요.
Gyeongeun: Oh…
Hyunwoo: That’s not good. Oh you just used a different word.
Gyeongeun: 네.
Hyunwoo: So what was the verb again?
Gyeongeun: 태우다
Hyunwoo: 태우다. And it is actually a transitive form of 타다. 타다 is an intransitive form to burn, to be burnt and 태우다 is to make something burnt.
Gyeongeun: 네. 저는 밥은 태워본 적이 없어요.
Hyunwoo: So you’ve never burnt rice when making it.
Gyeongeun: 네.
Hyunwoo: I believe you.
Gyeongeun: Thank you.
Hyunwoo: So remember that 타다 is to ride but it can also mean to burn. All right great and now let’s move on to the grammar point of this lesson.

Lesson focus

Hyunwoo: So 경은씨 what is the grammar point of this lesson?
Gyeongeun: The grammar point of this lesson is how to say to want to try doing something.
Hyunwoo: As in the example
Gyeongeun: 저도 운전해 보고 싶어요.
Hyunwoo: I want to try driving it too.
Gyeongeun: When you want to say that you want to try doing something in Korean, you can use the structure 아/어/여 보고 싶다.
Hyunwoo: Yeah this is the combination of 아/어/여 보다 and 고 싶다 and this structure is used when you talk about something that you hope to do but the reason that a lot of people say 아/어/여 보고 싶다 instead of just 고 싶다 is because this is a less direct way of saying that you want to do something.
Gyeongeun: Yes I do it too.
Hyunwoo: Yeah.
Gyeongeun: So if I want to say I want to use this, I could say 이거 쓰고 싶어요. But if I want to be more polite, I could say 이거 써 보고 싶어요. I want to try using this.
Hyunwoo: Yes that way you are being less direct and more polite.
Gyeongeun: You are right.
Hyunwoo: Because Korean people usually have a tendency of trying not to speak too directly. I want to use this, I want to.
Gyeongeun: No.
Hyunwoo: People are not really good at saying that. I am not good at saying that. So I always say 써 보고 싶어요.
Gyeongeun: 네. I want to try using…
Hyunwoo: Yeah I want to try. Can I use this for a second?
Gyeongeun: Yeah.
Hyunwoo: Very, very indirect and much more polite. So how do you form a sentence with this?
Gyeongeun: You take the verb stem and add 아/어/여 보고 싶다.
Hyunwoo: Okay for example
Gyeongeun: For example, 하다 is to do
Hyunwoo: And you make it
Gyeongeun: 해 보고 싶다
Hyunwoo: To want to do or to want to try doing something.
Gyeongeun: 네. For example, if I want to say, I want to try doing it too, I could say 저도 해 보고 싶어요.
Hyunwoo: Okay now let’s look at how it was used in the dialogue for this lesson.
Gyeongeun: 네. 저 타 보고 싶어요!
Hyunwoo: I want to try riding it.
Gyeongeun: 근데 운전해 보고 싶어요.
Hyunwoo: But I want to try driving it.
Gyeongeun: 혼자 타 보고 싶어요.
Hyunwoo: I want to try riding it alone, great job and before we go, how about we look at some sample sentences. So 경은씨 how would you say, I want to try drinking some of it too.
Gyeongeun: 저도 마셔 보고 싶어요.
Hyunwoo: And how would you say I want to try going there once?
Gyeongeun: 한 번 가 보고 싶어요.
Hyunwoo: And lastly how would you say I want to try doing it by myself?
Gyeongeun: 혼자 해 보고 싶어요.
Hyunwoo: Yeah, yeah and when you say 혼자 해 보고 싶어요, you might actually mean that you want to try doing it but you can also mean that you want to do it by yourself.
Gyeongeun: 네, 맞아요.
Hyunwoo: Just leave me alone right?
Gyeongeun: Yeah.
Hyunwoo: That’s what you mean sometimes.
Gyeongeun: You are right.

Outro

Hyunwoo: Okay so that just about does it for today and before we go, we want to tell you about a very good way to improve your 발음.
Gyeongeun: The voice recording tool
Hyunwoo: In the learning center, right?
Gyeongeun: You are right. Record your voice with a click of a button.
Hyunwoo: And then play back just as easily.
Gyeongeun: So you record your voice and then listen to it.
Hyunwoo: And compare it to the native speaker’s 발음.
Gyeongeun: And adjust your 발음 pronunciation.
Hyunwoo: This will help you improve your pronunciation fast. Okay with that said, we are going to say goodbye for now and we will see you at KoreanClass101.com.
Gyeongeun: 네, 안녕히 계세요.
Hyunwoo: 안녕히 계세요.

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