Level 5 · Unit 3
Prices up, pay the same
The receipts meeting at the kitchen table
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What you’ll learn
- V-(으)ㄹ 바에(야) · V-(으)ㄹ 바에는If it comes to that, I'd rather … — choosing the lesser evil
- V/A-(으)ㅁ에 따라As X changes, Y changes — moving in step (written)
- -(으)ㄹ 전망이다 · -(으)ㄹ 것으로 보인다 · -(으)ㄴ/는 것으로 나타났다News endings — is expected to, looks likely to, was found to
- N에 달하다 · N에 그치다Reaching N · stopping at only N — reading the size of a number
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Reading economic news like Sori: fact, forecast or guess?
- Rates and ratios: -율 or -률?
- -(으)ㄹ 바에야, -느니, -는 대신에 — three ways to weigh two options
The scene opens
- J
Junho
자, 녹화 시작합니다! ‘한 달 생활비 챌린지’ 셋째 주, 셰어하우스 영수증 회의입니다!
Right, we're rolling! ‘One-month living-costs challenge’, week three — the shared-house receipts meeting!
- B
Bori
카메라 치워. 영수증부터 봐.
Put the camera away. Look at the receipts first.
- S
Sujin
이번 주 장보기요, 산 건 똑같은데 지난주보다 만 원 넘게 나왔어요.
This week's shopping — we bought exactly the same things, but it came to over ten thousand won more than last week.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
- 3Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
- 4Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
- 5Words36 words, which go into your spaced review
- 6PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
- 7Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
- 8Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
- 9Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card