Story 3

Question 1

가영이는 회사와 집이 지루해요.

Answer 1

Gayoung is bored at work and at home.

Question 2

회사와 집

Answer 2

회사: Company
-와 - and
집: Home

Question 3

지루하다

Answer 3

To be boring

Question 4

매일 같은 것을 해요.

Answer 4

She does the same thing every day.

Question 5

그녀는 새로운 취미를 원해요.

Answer 5

She wants a new hobby.

Question 6

먼저, 요리를 시도해요.

Answer 6

First, she tries cooking.

Question 7

먼저

Answer 7

First or to begin with

Question 8

요리

Answer 8

Cooking (noun)

Question 9

시도하다

Answer 9

To try

Question 10

하지만 요리한 음식이 맛없어요.

Answer 10

However, the food she cooks is tasteless.

Question 11

요리한 음식

Answer 11

cooked food

Question 12

음식

Answer 12

Food

Question 13

맛없다

Answer 13

To be tasteless

Question 14

그다음, 수영을 시도해요.

Answer 14

Next, she tries swimming

Question 15

그다음

Answer 15

Next, then

Question 16

수영

Answer 16

Swimming (noun)

Question 17

하지만 그녀는 물을 무서워해요.

Answer 17

But she is afraid of water.

Question 18

그녀

Answer 18

She

Question 19

물

Answer 19

Water

Question 20

무서워하다

Answer 20

To be afraid of

Question 21

새로운 취미

Answer 21

새로운 - New
취미 - Hobby
New hobby

Question 22

원하다

Answer 22

To want

Question 23

가영이는 집에 가다가 애완동물 가게를 봐요.

Answer 23

Gayoung goes home and sees a pet store.
While going home, Gayeong sees a pet shop.

Question 24

가다가

Answer 24

Conjugated form of 가다 (to go) with -다가, which indicates an action interrupted by another action.

Question 25

애완동물 가게

Answer 25

Pet shop 애완동물 - pet 가게 - store/shop

Question 26

보다

Answer 26

To see

Question 27

애완동물 가게에 고양이가 있어요!

Answer 27

There is a cat in the pet shop!

Question 28

가영이는 고양이를 사서 매우 행복해요.

Answer 28

Gayeong buys the cat and is very happy.

Question 29

사서

Answer 29

Conjugated form of 사다 (to buy) with -서, indicating sequential actions ("buys and then...")

Question 30

매우 행복해요

Answer 30

(Is) very happy 매우 - Very 행복하다 - To be happy.

Question 31

가영이의 음식은 맛이 없어요.

Answer 31

Ga-yeong’s food doesn’t taste good. 맛이 없어요 (mas-i eop-seo-yo): 맛 (mas): Taste. -이 (-i): Subject marker. 없어요 (eop-seo-yo): "There isn’t" or "doesn’t exist." In this context, it means "lacks taste."

Question 32

가영이는 요리를 잘해요?

Answer 32

Does Ga-yeong cook well? 잘해요 (jal-hae-yo): 잘 (jal): Well. 하다 (ha-da): To do. Combined, 잘하다 means "to do well."

Question 33

아니요, 가영이는 요리를 잘하지 못해요.

Answer 33

잘하다 (jal-ha-da): To do well. -지 못하다 (-ji mot-ha-da): Negative form, meaning "cannot do well."