Speech Room · Unit 7 · On the Level 2 path

Casual speech 2: switching and social rules

Grandmother switches, Hoya slips

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What you’ll learn

말(을) 놓다 · -아/어도 돼요? · -(으)ㄹ게요말 놓기: asking and offering to be casual
the ending follows the listenerSwitching between 반말 and 존댓말 in one conversation
N 은/는 · 이/가 · 을/를 dropped · 끊어 말하기Clipped speech (끊어 말하기): dropping particles
이건 · 이걸 · 이게 · 난 · 넌 · 뭘 · 근데Shortened forms (줄임말)

Sori’s tips in this unit

Texting: 반말 in writing
The safe default: 존댓말 with strangers
Older friends and friends' families: 형 · 누나 · 오빠 · 언니
When you get it wrong: 왜 반말이야?

The scene opens

호야 씨, 오늘은 보리 씨도 같이 왔어요. 할머니께 인사하고, 보리 씨도 소개해 드리세요.

Hoya, Bori came along today too. Say hello to Grandmother, and introduce Bori to her.
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Sori's grandmother

어서 와요, 호야 씨. 우리 이제 많이 친해졌지요? 오늘부터는 말 놓을게.

Come on in, Hoya. We've gotten close now, haven't we? From today I'll talk to you casually. (she switches to 반말 in the middle of the line)
어, 안녕! 오랜만이야, 할머니!

Oh, hi! Long time no see, Grandma!

Inside the unit

1
SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
2
Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
3
Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
4
Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
5
Words25 words, which go into your spaced review
6
PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
7
Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
8
Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
9
Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card