1. Han Jiwoo

    오늘 날씨가 정말 좋아요.

    The weather is really nice today.

  2. Han Jiwoo

    어? 쓰레기통이 어디에 있어요?

    Huh? Where is the trash can?

  3. Grandma Choi

    지우 씨, 안녕하세요! 지금 뭐 해요?

    Hello, Jiwoo! What are you doing right now?

  4. Han Jiwoo

    안녕하세요, 할머니! 집 쓰레기를 버려요. 투명 봉투에 쓰레기가 있어요.

    Hello, Grandma! I'm throwing away the household trash. The trash is in a clear bag.

  5. Grandma Choi

    아, 투명 봉투는 아니에요. 종량제 봉투를 사요.

    Oh, it shouldn't be a clear bag. Buy a pay-as-you-throw trash bag.

  6. Han Jiwoo

    종량제 봉투요? 지금 집에 종량제 봉투가 없어요.

    A pay-as-you-throw bag? I don't have any pay-as-you-throw bags at home right now.

  7. Grandma Choi

    마트에 종량제 봉투가 있어요. 큰 봉투가 있고 작은 봉투가 있어요.

    They have pay-as-you-throw bags at the mart. There are large bags and small bags.

  8. Han Jiwoo

    아, 그래요? 그리고 아침에 분리수거를 해요.

    Oh, really? And we do recycling in the morning.

  9. Grandma Choi

    맞아요. 여기에 플라스틱과 캔이 있어요.

    That's right. There's plastic and cans in here.

  10. Han Jiwoo

    네! 플라스틱을 따로 버려요. 상자를 따로 버려요.

    Yes! I'll put the plastic out separately. And the boxes separately.

  11. Grandma Choi

    맞아요, 지우 씨. 분리수거를 해요.

    That's right, Jiwoo. We do the recycling.

  12. Grandma Choi

    제 종량제 봉투를 써요. 여기 봉투가 하나 있어요.

    Use my pay-as-you-throw bag. Here's one.

  13. Han Jiwoo

    감사합니다! 제가 오늘 할머니 쓰레기를 들어요.

    Thank you! I'll carry your trash today, Grandma.

  14. Grandma Choi

    고마워요, 지우 씨.

    Thank you, Jiwoo.

  15. Han Jiwoo

    일 층 경비실 앞에 분리수거장이 있어요. 같이 가요.

    The recycling area is in front of the security office on the first floor. Let's go together.

  16. Grandma Choi

    그래요, 같이 가요. 지우 씨는 주말에 뭐 해요?

    All right, let's go together. What do you do on weekends, Jiwoo?

  17. Han Jiwoo

    저는 주말에 청소를 하고 장을 봐요.

    On weekends, I clean up and go grocery shopping.

  18. Grandma Choi

    저는 주말에 청소를 하고 산책을 해요.

    On weekends I clean and go for a walk.

Words in this chapter

  • 쓰레기 sseuregi trash / garbage
  • 봉투 bongtu bag / envelope
  • 집 jip house / home
  • 사람 saram person / people
  • 오늘 oneul today
  • 무엇 mueot what
  • 여기 yeogi here
  • 어디 eodi where
  • 버리다 beorida to throw away
  • 사다 sada to buy
  • 있다 itda to have / to exist
  • 없다 eopda to not have / to not exist
  • 크다 keuda to be big
  • 작다 jakda to be small
  • 좋다 jotda to be good
  • 종량제 봉투 jongryangje bongtu standardized garbage bag
  • 분리수거 bullisugeo recycle sorting
  • 경비실 gyeongbisil security office

Phrases

  • 안녕하세요? Hello.
  • 이거 있으세요? Do you have this?
  • 어디에 있어요? Where is it?
  • 감사합니다. Thank you.

Check yourself

  1. 종량제 봉투

    What does this phrase mean?

  2. 분리수거

    What does this Korean word mean?

  3. 마트에 종량제 봉투가 있어요.

    In this sentence from the dialogue, what does the word '마트' mean?

  4. 집 쓰레기를 ____.

    Which option correctly completes the sentence with the polite informal present tense form of the verb '버리다' (to throw away)?

  5. 저는 주말에 청소를 ____ 장을 봐요.

    Which verb form correctly connects the action of cleaning ('청소하다') to buying groceries ('장을 보다') to show sequential actions?

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