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Life in Korea · Unit 8

Making plans, saying no, being invited

Saturday is hard, Sunday is fine, and lunch at Bori's

Sori and Hoya

This unit is part of the Life in Korea Pass — opening soon.

Until then, you can find your level with the level test, or start at the beginning of Level 1.

What you’ll learn

  • 언제 시간 돼요? · V-(으)ㄹ래요? · N 어때요? · V-는 게 어때요?Making a plan: asking for time and proposing
  • N은/는 좀 · -(으)ㄹ 것 같아요 · -아/어서 못 VSaying no softly
  • N에 놀러 오다/가다 · -는데 올래요? · -아/어 주셔서Inviting and being invited
  • 내가 쏠게 · 제가 낼게요 · 각자 내요 · 따로 계산해 주세요Paying: treating and splitting

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • The soft no: what Koreans hear inside it
  • One sentence for the friend, the next for the friend's mother
  • As a guest, and the 집들이
  • 회식, 뒤풀이, 1차 and 2차

The scene opens

  1. B

    Bori

    호야, 이번 주 토요일에 시간 돼? 같이 영화 볼래?

    Hoya, are you available this Saturday? Do you want to watch a film together?

  2. Hoya

    토요일은 좀 어려울 것 같아. 소리쌤 할머니 댁에 가기로 했어.

    Saturday might be a bit hard. I've arranged to go to Sori-ssaem's grandmother's house.

  3. B

    Bori

    아, 그래? 그럼 일요일은 어때?

    Oh, really? Then how about Sunday?

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar4 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
    Words29 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