
Scene 20 of 50
초가 열 개예요
Ten candles
Your goalI can wish someone happy birthday, give a present, and say if I'm married, if I have children and where my parents live.
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지우안녕하세요! 오늘은 제 생일이에요. 이제 열 살이에요!
Hello! Today is my birthday. I am ten now!
생일 축하해요! 지훈 씨와 제 선물이에요.
Happy birthday! This is from Jihun and me.
생일 축하해요! 지훈 씨와 제 선물이에요.
Happy birthday! This is from Jihun and me.

She tears off the paper.
지우스케치북! 노란색이에요! 정말 고마워요!
A sketchbook! A yellow one! Thank you very much!

Sujin carries out a big cake with ten candles.
수진여기 케이크예요. 초가 열 개 있어요.
Here is the cake. There are ten candles.
지우하나, 둘, 셋… 열!
One, two, three… Ten!

A tall woman with a light-brown ponytail sits down next to you.
선영안녕하세요. 저는 김선영이에요. 지우 엄마예요. 새 이웃이에요?
Hello. I am Kim Seonyeong, Jiwoo’s mother. Are you the new neighbour?
네. 반가워요, 선영 선생님.
Yes. Nice to meet you, Dr Kim.
네. 반가워요, 선영 선생님.
Yes. Nice to meet you, Dr Kim.
선영반가워요. 결혼했어요?
Nice to meet you too. Are you married?
아니요.
No.
아니요.
No.
선영아이가 있어요?
Do you have children?
아니요. 아이도 없어요.
No. No children either.
아니요. 아이도 없어요.
No. No children either.
선영부모님은 어디에 살아요?
Where do your parents live?
함부르크에 살아요.
They live in Hamburg.
함부르크에 살아요.
They live in Hamburg.
최정숙벌써 모두 알아요. 결혼은 아니요. 아이는 없어요. 부모님은 함부르크예요.
I already know everything. Not married, no children, parents in Hamburg.
선영그럼요. 엄마는 늘 모두 알아요.
Of course. Mum always knows everything.

Ms Choi takes out the photo that always faced the wall and turns it round: a boy of ten with a trumpet and a terrible haircut, at a window of number 7.
최정숙이제 열 살이에요. 봐요. 지훈 씨도 이 사진에서 열 살이에요.
You are ten now. Look. Jihun is ten in this photo too.
제 창문이에요!
That is my window!
제 창문이에요!
That is my window!
지훈저예요. 그 집은 옛날에 제 집이었어요.
That is me. That flat used to be mine.
지우머리 모양이 이상해요!
Your hair looks funny!
최정숙옛날 머리 모양이에요. 이상해요. 그래서 사진은 벽 쪽이었어요.
It is his old haircut. It looks funny. That is why the photo faced the wall.

For once, the trumpet plays in daylight, and the whole house sings.
최정숙지훈 씨, 연주해 주세요.
Jihun, play something for us.
지훈지금요? 낮에요?
Now? During the day?
최정숙네. 오늘은 괜찮아요.
Yes. It is allowed today.
최정숙생일 축하해요! 모두 같이요!
Happy birthday! Everyone together!

Nabi walks off across the courtyard with one of the candles in his mouth.
지우나비! 열 번째 초!
Nabi! The tenth candle!
최정숙나비도 생일이 좋아요.
Nabi likes birthdays too.

Who says this?
안녕하세요! 오늘은 제 생일이에요. 이제 열 살이에요!
안녕하세요! 오늘은 제 생일이에요. 이제 열 살이에요!
What does it mean?
스케치북! 노란색이에요! 정말 고마워요!
Which line do you hear?
One, two, three… Ten!
Put the words in order.
Yes. Nice to meet you, Dr Kim.
Yes. Nice to meet you, Dr Kim.
Who says this?
부모님은 어디에 살아요?
부모님은 어디에 살아요?
What does it mean?
아니요. 아이도 없어요.
아니요. 아이도 없어요.
Which line do you hear?
Of course. Mum always knows everything.
Put the words in order.
That is me. That flat used to be mine.
Who says this?
머리 모양이 이상해요!
머리 모양이 이상해요!
What does it mean?
옛날 머리 모양이에요. 이상해요. 그래서 사진은 벽 쪽이었어요.
Which line do you hear?
Yes. It is allowed today.
Put the words in order.
Happy birthday! Everyone together!
What happens first?
Put the lines in the order they come in the scene.

Scene complete
초가 열 개예요
Goal reachedI can wish someone happy birthday, give a present, and say if I'm married, if I have children and where my parents live.
