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Life in Korea 2 · Unit 2 · Side branch after Level 3

The lease and moving in

You said you'd do the wallpaper: the lease and the keys

On moving day, a new tenant phones her landlord at the villa door with the key from the post box in her hand.

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What you’ll learn

  • -다고 하셨는데요You said … — a polite reminder
  • 언제까지 V-아/어야 돼요?By when do I need to …?

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Lease words: 임대인, 임차인, 특약
  • Culture note: moving day words — 잔금, 열쇠, 비밀번호, 주소 신고

The scene opens

  1. T

    Tenant

    여보세요, 사장님. 201호 계약하는 사람인데요.

    Hello? It's the person signing for room 201.

  2. L

    Landlord

    아, 네. 계약서 보셨어요?

    Ah, yes. Have you looked at the contract?

  3. T

    Tenant

    네, 보내 주신 계약서 봤어요. 그런데 몇 가지 물어봐도 돼요?

    Yes, I've read the contract you sent. But may I ask a few things?

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
    Words34 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