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INTRODUCTION
Tim: 안녕하세요, KoreanClass101.com 여러분. Tim입니다.
Debbie: Debbie here. A Korean Interruption.
Tim: I am Kim and thanks again for being here with us for this Lower Intermediate Season 2 lesson. KoreanClass101.com 여러분, 잘 지내셨나요?
Debbie: 네.
Tim: 데비씨, 데비 씨도 잘 지내셨죠?
Debbie: Yes I’ve been well. Thanks for asking. Tim and I will help you learn to speak Korean with fun
Tim: 재밌고
Debbie: And effective.
Tim: 그리고 능률적인
Debbie: Lessons.
Tim: 수업들을 배울 거예요. Debbie, what’s today’s topic?
Debbie: Today, we will go over giving a reason something did or did not happen because you were busy doing something else. For example,
Tim: 노느라고. Because I was busy playing.
Debbie: Oh I see as in because I was busy playing, I couldn’t do something else.
Tim: Yes. In Korean, the grammar point is verb stem plus 느라고.
Debbie: Okay where does this conversation take place?
Tim: 전화에서. On the phone.
Debbie: The conversation is between
Tim: 팀과 수진.
Debbie: Since the speakers are close friends, the speakers will be speaking informal Korean.
Tim: 반말입니다.
Debbie: Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
팀: 여보세요.
수진: 여보세요. 팀?! 무슨 일이야? 왜 이렇게 전화를 안 받어?
팀: 미안해. 수진아. 뭐 좀 하느라고.
수진: 무슨 일? 철수하고 나하고 얼마나 기다린 줄 알아?
팀: 사실은 차가 갑자기 서서. 차하고 씨름 좀 하느라고.
수진: 차가 고장난 거야?
팀: 그게 아니고 기..름.이. 다 떨어져서 차가 선 거였어. 그래서 2시간 동안 주유소까지 차를 미느라고. 아..오래 기다리게 해서 미안.
수진: 나보다는 철수가 배고픔을 참느라고 고생을 했지. 물론, 지금은 자장면과 짬뽕을 맛있게 먹고 있겠지만.
팀: 뭐? 자장면하고 짬뽕을 한꺼번에?!
철수: 누가 내 얘기를 하나? 왜 이렇게 귀가 간지럽지?!
Tim: 이번엔 천천히 들어 보겠습니다.
Debbie: Let’s listen to it one time slowly.
팀: 여보세요.
수진: 여보세요. 팀?! 무슨 일이야? 왜 이렇게 전화를 안 받어?
팀: 미안해. 수진아. 뭐 좀 하느라고.
수진: 무슨 일? 철수하고 나하고 얼마나 기다린 줄 알아?
팀: 사실은 차가 갑자기 서서.차하고 씨름 좀 하느라고.
수진: 차가 고장난 거야?
팀: 그게 아니고 기..름.이. 다 떨어져서 차가 선 거였어. 그래서 2시간 동안 주유소까지 차를 미느라고. 아..오래 기다리게 해서 미안.
수진: 나보다는 철수가 배고픔을 참느라고 고생을 했지. 물론, 지금은 자장면과 짬뽕을 맛있게 먹고 있겠지만.
팀: 뭐? 자장면하고 짬뽕을 한꺼번에?!
철수: 누가 내 얘기를 하나? 왜 이렇게 귀가 간지럽지?!
Tim: 자, 이번에는 영어 번역과 함께 들어 보겠습니다.
Debbie: Now let’s listen to it with the translation.
팀: 여보세요.
Tim: Hello.
수진: 여보세요. 팀?! 무슨 일이야? 왜 이렇게 전화를 안 받아?
Sujin: Hello. Tim? What happened? Why didn't you pick up the phone?
팀: 미안해. 수진아. 뭐 좀 하느라고.
Tim: I'm sorry, Sujin. I was doing something…
수진: 무슨 일? 철수하고 나하고 얼마나 기다린 줄 알아?
Sujin: What were you doing? Do you know how long Cheolsu and I have been waiting?
팀: 사실은 차가 갑자기 서서. 차하고 씨름 좀 하느라고.
Tim: Actually, my car stopped running all of a sudden…I was dealing with car problems…
수진: 차가 고장난 거야?
Sujin: Did your car break down?
팀: 그게 아니고 기..름.이. 다 떨어져서 차가 선 거였어. 그래서 2시간 동안 주유소까지 차를 미느라고. 아..오래 기다리게 해서 미안.
Tim: That wasn't it. the gas.. tank.. was empty, so the car stopped running. I had to push the car to the gas station for two hours. Ah.. I'm sorry I made you wait for so long.
수진: 나보다는 철수가 배고픔을 참느라고 고생을 했지. 물론, 지금은 자장면과 짬뽕을 맛있게 먹고 있겠지만.
Sujin: I think Cheolsu suffered more than me because he had to control himself from his hunger. Of course, he's probably enjoying his bowls of black bean noodles and spicy seafood noodles.
팀: 뭐? 자장면하고 짬뽕을 한꺼번에?!
Tim: What? He's eating both black bean noodles and spicy seafood noodles?
철수: 누가 내 얘기를 하나? 왜 이렇게 귀가 간지럽지?!
Cheolsu: Is someone talking about me? Why are my ears itchy?
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Debbie: 팀, 무엇을 좀 물어봐도 돼요? Tim, can I ask you something?
Tim: 물론이죠. Of course.
Debbie: Why did 철수 say 왜 이렇게 귀가 간지럽지? Why are my ears itchy in the conversation?
Tim: 아...그거요? 한국말에요 when we think someone is saying something bad about us, we say 귀가 간지럽다 my ears are itchy.
Debbie: 예? 귀가 간지럽다. My ears are itchy means that it seems like somebody is saying something bad about us?
Tim: Umm…
Debbie: That’s an interesting expression.
Tim: 근데 데비 씨, 어젯밤에요... By the way, Debbie, last night
Debbie: 예, 팀 씨.
Tim: 귀가 엄청 간지러웠거든요. My ears were so itchy.
Debbie: 예?
Tim: 제 생각에는요 I think 데비 씨가 제 욕을 많이 한 거 같아요. 맞죠? You were saying a lot of bad things about me, right?
Debbie: 네? 어떻게 알았어요? How did you know?
Tim: See? 그럴 줄 알았어요. I knew it. 데비, 바보. 데비, 멍청이. 데비, 데비...데비, 데비 미워.
Debbie: 지금 귀가 간지러워요, 팀. Tim, my ears are itchy now.
Tim: 복수예요. Itch my revenge.
Debbie: 알았어요. 지난밤에는 미안했어요. Okay I am sorry about last night.
Tim: 다시는 그러지 마세요. Please don’t ever do that again.
Debbie: 예. 자, 그럼 let’s move on to today’s key vocabulary. Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
VOCAB LIST
Debbie: The first word is
Tim: 여보세요.
Debbie: Hello, used on the phone.
Tim: 여보세요 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 여보세요 [natural native speed]
Debbie: The next word is
Tim: 얼마나.
Debbie: For how long, how much.
Tim: 얼마나 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 얼마나 [natural native speed]
Debbie: The next word is
Tim: 고장나다.
Debbie: To be broken, to break.
Tim: 고장나다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 고장나다 [natural native speed]
Debbie: And next
Tim: 기름이 떨어지다.
Debbie: To run out of gas.
Tim: 기름이 떨어지다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 기름이 떨어지다 [natural native speed]
Debbie: The next word is
Tim: 주유소.
Debbie: Gas station.
Tim: 주유소 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 주유소 [natural native speed]
Debbie: And next up
Tim: 고생하다.
Debbie: To suffer, to have a hard time.
Tim: 고생하다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 고생하다 [natural native speed]
Debbie: The next word is
Tim: 배고픔을 참다.
Debbie: To control hunger, to suppress hunger.
Tim: 배고픔을 참다 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 배고픔을 참다 [natural native speed]
Debbie: The next word is
Tim: 물론.
Debbie: Of course, as a matter of fact.
Tim: 물론 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 물론 [natural native speed]
Debbie: The next word is
Tim: 한꺼번에.
Debbie: All at once, at the same time.
Tim: 한꺼번에 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 한꺼번에 [natural native speed]
Debbie: And finally
Tim: 얘기.
Debbie: Story, talk.
Tim: 얘기 [slowly - broken down by syllable] 얘기 [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Debbie: Let’s have a closer look at the usage of some words from this lesson. Today, we only have one word and the word is
Tim: 뭐뭐하고 씨름하다.
Debbie: Tim, 씨름 means wrestling, right?
Tim: Yes.
Debbie: So does 무엇무엇하고 씨름하다 mean to wrestle with?
Tim: Yes. That’s the literal meaning but
Debbie: But
Tim: In today’s dialogue, Tim said 차하고 씨름 좀 하느라고. What does that literally mean?
Debbie: Because I was wrestling with my car. Wrestling with my car? No one would wrestle with a car.
Tim: Right. So then, what would be a better way to say it, Debbie?
Debbie: To have trouble with my car.
Tim: 딩동댕! 뭐뭐하고 씨름하다 often means to struggle or have trouble with something or someone. For example, 차하고 씨름하다 means
Debbie: Ah I struggled with my car or I had trouble with my car.
Tim: Yes.
Debbie: I see. Well how would you use it in a situation where you are taking an exam at school and you are struggling with a question.
Tim: Umm a question is 문제 and to struggle with is 뭐뭐하고 씨름하다. So it would be 문제하고 씨름하다.
Debbie: Got it. 문제하고 씨름하다 to struggle with a question. What if your computer is broken? Let’s say you’ve been trying to fix it for hours. Can we also use 씨름하다 to wrestle with to describe that situation?
Tim: Yes, 컴퓨터하고 씨름하다 to have trouble with my computer.
Debbie: That’s a very interesting expression.
Tim: Isn’t it?
Debbie: Yes. So listeners, please keep that one in mind. Now let’s move on to the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Debbie: The focus of today’s lesson is talking about giving a reason something did or did not happen because you were busy doing something else.
Tim: Yes. 한국어로 뭐뭐느라고.
Debbie: This expression 느라고 is often used when trying to explain the cause of an action, an outcome or a situation that is unexpected. Tim, can you tell us the formation of this expression?
Tim: 알겠습니다. Okay. Its formation is verb stem plus 느라고.
Debbie: Can you show us one?
Tim: Sure. For example, to do is 하다. 하 is the verb stem. So 하 plus 느라고 becomes 하느라고 and it means because I was busy doing something.
Debbie: Here is an example. 팀은 제 전화를 받을 수 없었습니다. Tim couldn’t answer my phone call. 왜냐하면 because... Tim, tell me why.
Tim: 음...왜냐하면요 because 무엇을 하느라고 바빴거든요. Because I was busy doing something.
Debbie: No Tim, you didn’t do anything but sleep.
Tim: Yes. 잠을 자느라고 바빴어요. Because I was busy sleeping.
Debbie: 잠자느라고?
Tim: Yes.
Debbie: Because you are busy sleeping.
Tim: Umm..
Debbie: Tim, can you break the phrase down for us?
Tim: Sure. To sleep is 자다. 자 is the verb stem. Therefore 자 plus 느라고 becomes 자느라고 and it means
Debbie: Because I was busy sleeping.
Tim: Yes. 자느라고 바빴어요.
Debbie: Okay Tim, why don’t we practice making some sentences together with the listeners.
Tim: 좋은 생각입니다. Good idea.
Debbie: Okay then let’s try the first one with the verb to eat.
Tim: To eat is 먹다. What’s the verb stem of 먹다, Debbie?
Debbie: 먹.
Tim: Umm yes then,
Debbie: 먹 plus 느라고 is 먹느라고 meaning
Tim: Because I was busy eating.
Debbie: This time, let’s use the verb to study.
Tim: To study is 공부하다. What’s the verb stem, Debbie?
Debbie: 공부하.
Tim: Yes then
Debbie: 공부하 plus 느라고. So it becomes 공부하느라고 meaning because I was busy studying.
Tim:딩동댕! Can you come up with a sentence using 공부하느라고?
Debbie: I forgot to eat because I was busy studying Korean.
Tim: Good. 한국어를 공부하느라고 밥 먹는 것도 까먹었어요. 에이, 여러분 거짓말이에요. That’s a lie. 데비 씨, 정말로 밥 먹는 거 까먹었어요? Did you really forget to eat?
Debbie: 왜요? 그럼 팀은요? Why? What about you, Tim?
Tim: 예? 저는 뭐요? Yes, what about me?
Debbie: Well Tim sometimes forgets to sleep because he is always busy eating.
Tim: What! 항상 먹느라고 가끔 자는 것도 까먹는다고요? Oh!
Debbie: That’s why you sleep all day long during the weekends.
Tim: Umm that makes sense.
Debbie: Okay last one. What about to play?
Tim: Umm to play is 놀다. What’s the verb stem of 놀다, Debbie?
Debbie: The verb stem of 놀다 is 놀. However, this one is little tricky. Listeners, if the verb stem ends in a ㄹ 받침 like 놀 then we have to remove the ㄹ 받침. So 놀 becomes 노 and then we attach 느라고.
Tim: Yes listeners, 노 plus 느라고 becomes 노느라고 which is because I was busy playing.
Debbie: Umm what about the verb to push 밀다?
Tim: Umm good. The same rule applies here. Its verb stem is 밀 but
Debbie: When you attach 느라고 you remove the ㄹ 받침. So 밀 becomes 미.
Tim: Yes. So it becomes 미느라고 which is because I was busy pushing.
Debbie: Got it. 근데요, 팀 by the way Tim, why couldn’t you come into the office yesterday?
Tim: Because I was busy playing. 노느라고 바빠서요. 죄송합니다.

Outro

Debbie: Okay I won’t tell anyone. Well everyone, that’s all for today’s lesson.
Tim: 들어 주셔서 감사하고요. Thanks for listening.
Debbie: Bye, everyone.
Tim: 그럼 다음 시간에 만나요. See you next time.

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