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Life in Korea · Unit 13 · Side branch after Level 2

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They shorten everything: Junho's chat with Bori

Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Short words: friends first
  • 헐, 대박 and ㅋㅋ — you know them already
  • 요즘 말 · 옛날 말 (now words and older words)

The scene opens

  1. J

    Junho

    보리 형! 별다줄 알아요?

    Bori! Do you know 별다줄?

  2. B

    Bori

    별다줄?

    별다줄?

  3. J

    Junho

    별걸 다 줄여요! 그래서 별다줄ㅋㅋ 한국 사람들은 말을 진짜 많이 줄여요.

    'They shorten everything!' — so, 별다줄 lol. Koreans really shorten words a lot.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar0 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
    Words19 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