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Newbie Lesson S4
So What? Speaking Korean May Get You Out of This Driving Fiasco!

21 Korean Hangul
Romanization
English
Vocabulary
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Grammar Points 3
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Korean Hangul
경찰 아주머니, 면허증 주세요.
아줌마 네? 왜요?
경찰 과속입니다.
아줌마 네? 제가요? 죄송해요... 제가 오늘... 중요한 약속이 있어요.
경찰 그래서요? 면허증 주세요.
아줌마 그래서... 집에서 빨리 나왔어요.
경찰 그래서요?
아줌마 그래서 지금 면허증이 없어요... 한 번만 봐주세요. 네?
경찰 안 돼요. 벌금입니다.

Romanization
gyeongchal ajumeoni, myeonheojeung juseyo.
ajumma ne? waeyo?
gyeongchal gwasok-imnida.
ajumma ne? je-gayo? joesonghaeyo... je-ga oneul... jung-yohan yaksok-i
isseoyo.
gyeongchal geuraeseoyo? myeonheojeung juseyo.
ajumma geuraeseo... jib-eseo ppalli nawasseoyo.
2 gyeongchal geuraeseoyo?
ajumma geuraeseo jigeum myeonheojeung-i eopseoyo... han beon-man
bwajuseyo. ne?
gyeongchal an dwaeyo. beolgeum-imnida.

English
Police Officer Ma'am, please give me your driver's license.
Woman What? Why?
Police Officer You were speeding.
Woman What? Me? I'm sorry. I have...an...important appointment today.
Police Officer So? Give me your driver's license.
Woman So...I hurried out of my house.
Police Officer So?

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Woman So...I don't have my driver's license card with me now. Please let
it slide...will you?
Police Officer No. You're going to be fined.

Vocabulary
Hangul Romanization English
면허증 myeonheojeung driver's license card
주다 juda to give
과속 gwasok speeding
중요하다 jungyohada to be important
약속 yaksok promise, appointment,
engagement
집 jip house, home
빨리 ppalli fast, quickly
나오다 naoda to come out
봐주다 bwajuda to let it slide

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

면허증 보여 주세요. "Please show me your driver's license."
시간을 주세요. "Give me some time."
3 과속하지 마세요. "Don't drive too fast."
경험은 정말 중요해요. "Experience is really important."
약속 시간이 언제예요? "When is the appointment?'
그러면 언제 집에 갈래? "Then when will you go home?"
빨리 일어나! "Get up quickly!"
주머니에서 이것이 나왔어요. "This came out of my pocket."
이번만 봐줄게. "I'll let it slide just this once."

Grammar Points
The Focus of This Lesson Is How to Say "So" or "Therefore" in Korean and also to Learn
Some Expressions about Driving.
그래서 지금 면허증이 없어요.
"So I don't have my driver's license now."

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When you want to say "so" or "therefore" in Korean, the simplest way to say this is just using
the word 그래서 (geuraeseo). You can conjugate the verb of a previous sentence to connect
two sentences, but even if you don't do that, saying 그래서 (geuraeseo) will link two
sentences just as well. And like in English, if you just say 그래서? (geuraeseo?) as a
question, it can both be a curious inquiry as to what happened next and a sarcastic "so
what?"

For Example:

1. 어제 비가 왔어요. 그래서 집에 있었어요.

eoje bi-ga wasseoyo. geuraeseo jib-e isseosseoyo.
"It rained yesterday. So I stayed at home."

Examples from This Dialogue

Korean Romanization "English"

그래서요? geuraeseoyo? "So?"
그래서... 집에서 빨리 geuraeseo... jib-eseo "So...I hurried out of
나왔어요. ppalli nawasseoyo. the house."
그래서요? geuraeseoyo? "So?"
그래서 지금 면허증이 geuraeseo jigeum "So I don't have my
없어요... myeonheojeung-i driver's license
4 eopseoyo. now."

Sample Sentences

Korean Romanization "English"

그래서 언제 올 거예요? geuraeseo eonje ol "So when are you
geo-yeyo? going to come?"
그래서 어떻게 했어요? geuraeseo eotteoke "So what did you
haesseoyo? do?"
그래서 결론이 뭐예요? geuraeseo gyeollon-i "So what's the
mwo-yeyo? conclusion?"

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