Level 5 · Unit 4
Sujin's Friday
Open-mic night at the café, and the walk home
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What you’ll learn
- V/A-(으)ㄴ 나머지So … that it tipped over — an extreme state and what it led to
- V/A-(으)ㄹ 지경이다 · -(으)ㄹ 지경으로To the point where … — a situation at its limit
- V-다 못해 · A-다 못해Unable to bear it any longer — or past the limit into something else
- V-는 둥 마는 둥 · -다는 둥 -다는 둥 · N(이)라는 둥Half-doing it · saying this and that — two patterns with 둥
Sori’s tips in this unit
- Responding with care when someone says it's hard
- Pushed to the limit — 나머지, 지경, 다 못해, 정도로
- Feelings and strengths: -감 (感) and -력 (力)
The scene opens
- J
Junho
형, 오늘 오픈마이크 다음 순서가 수진 누나예요. 직접 만든 노래를 처음 부른대요.
Hyung, Sujin's next at the open mic tonight. She says she's singing a song she wrote herself, for the first time.
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쉿, 무대에 올라간다. 휴대폰은 넣어.
Shh, she's going up on stage. Put your phone away.
- S
Sujin
안녕하세요, 수진입니다. 오늘 부를 노래는… 죄송해요, 잠깐만요.
Hello, I'm Sujin. The song I'm going to sing tonight is… I'm sorry, just a moment.
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
- 5Words37 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