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Level 5 · Unit 10

Paper season

Tax papers in a hospital corridor

Tax papers in a hospital corridor. Grandma slipped on the ice; Hoya has a deadline and a phone call.

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What you’ll learn

  • N에 있어(서) · N에게 있어(서) · V-는 데 있어(서)When it comes to N — framing a judgement in formal Korean
  • V/A-(으)ㄹ지라도 · N일지라도 · V/A-(으)ㄴ들 · N인들Even if … · What good would it do even if … — strong and rhetorical concessions
  • N(이)나마 · ADV-게나마Even if only N — making do, gratefully
  • N을/를 막론하고 · N을/를 불문하고Regardless of N — no exceptions

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • The concession family: -아/어도, -더라도, -(으)ㄹ지라도, -(으)ㄴ들, -아/어 봤자
  • Paper words with -서, -증, -장
  • How an official notice talks

The scene opens

  1. T

    Team leader Yoon

    호야 씨, 연말정산 서류 오늘까지인 거 알죠? 인사팀에서 아직 못 받았다고 하던데요.

    Hoya, you know the year-end tax papers are due today, right? HR says they haven't had yours yet.

  2. Hoya

    죄송합니다, 팀장님. 집주인 할머니께서 어젯밤에 빙판길에서 넘어지셔서 입원하셨습니다. 지금 병원에 와 있습니다.

    I'm sorry, sir. My landlady fell on the ice last night and was taken into hospital. I'm at the hospital now.

  3. T

    Team leader Yoon

    아이고, 많이 다치셨어요? 서류는 내일 오전까지 보내도 돼요. 인사팀에는 내가 말해 둘게요.

    Oh dear, is she badly hurt? You can send the papers by tomorrow morning. I'll tell HR.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
  3. 3
    Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
  4. 4
    Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
  5. 5
    Words38 words, which go into your spaced review
  6. 6
    PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
  7. 7
    Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
  8. 8
    Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
  9. 9
    Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card