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Level 8 · Unit 11

Old sentence endings (optional)

Copying two old sijo with a brush, in a calligraphy class

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • V-노라 · V-았/었노라 (옛글 문장 끝 — 이해 전용) → 현대어 V-ㄴ/는다 · V-았/었다Reading an old sentence end: -노라 (recognition only)
  • V/A-(으)리라 · V/A-았/었으리라 (옛글·문학 문장 끝 — 이해 전용) → 현대어 -겠다 · -(으)ㄹ 것이다Reading an old sentence end: -(으)리라 (recognition only)

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • -노라, -노라면, -노라고: look at what comes after
  • The old letters in the two sijo
  • Old feel and modern feel: 어여쁘다 · 이르다
  • Writing styles and scripts with -체 (體)

The scene opens

  1. 유

    유석정

    이번 시간에는 시조 두 수를 붓으로 옮겨 써 보겠습니다. 안나 씨는 왼쪽 교본, 호야 씨는 오른쪽 교본을 보세요. 먹은 천천히 갈고, 붓끝은 먹물에 반쯤만 적시세요.

    This session we'll copy two sijo with the brush. Anna, take the model book on the left; Hoya, the one on the right. Grind the ink stick slowly, and dip the tip of the brush only halfway into the ink.

  2. Hoya

    네. ‘청산은 어찌하여 만고에 푸르르며’… 선생님, 글씨가 예스러워서 한 획 한 획 쓰기가 조심스러워요.

    Okay. 'Why are the blue hills green through all the ages'… The script looks so old-fashioned that I'm careful with every stroke.

  3. A

    Anna

    제 쪽은 ‘가노라 삼각산아’로 시작해요. 선생님, ‘가노라’는 ‘가노라면’에서 ‘면’이 빠진 거죠? 계속 가다 보면, 그런 뜻 아니에요?

    Mine starts with 가노라 삼각산아. Is 가노라 just 가노라면 with the 면 dropped? 'If you keep going', isn't that it?

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar2 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
    Words42 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