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Nice to meet you 만나서 반가워요
마지막 장입니다! 새 단어 10개(meet, again, together, everyone, know, see, say, eat, drink, love)를 배우고, 지금까지 배운 모든 것 — be 동사, have, 대명사, 관사, 복수 -s, 의문사, 전치사 — 을 한데 모아 자연스러운 대화로 연습합니다. 새 문법은 없어요. 발음 코너에서는 연결 발음을 점검합니다 — "nice to meet you"처럼 단어를 이어서 말하기. 문화 코너 주제는 "높임말 없는 공손함"입니다.
Dialogue
Nice to Meet You — 만나서 반가워요
- Emma Hi! I'm Emma. Nice to meet you. 안녕하세요! 저는 엠마예요. 만나서 반가워요.
- Minsu Hello! I Minsu. 안녕하세요! 저는 민수예요. (실수: be 동사가 빠졌어요 — "I am Minsu")
- Emma Nice to meet you, Minsu! You know Jack? 만나서 반가워요, 민수! 잭을 알아요?
- Minsu Yes, I know Jack. Nice to see you again! 네, 잭을 알아요. 또 만나서 반가워요!
Dialogue
Together Again — 다시 함께
- Jack Come, Minsu! We eat together. Everyone is there. 와요, 민수! 우리 함께 먹어요. 모두 저기 있어요.
- Minsu I see everyone again. I love this! 모두를 다시 봐요. 정말 좋아요!
- Jack Yes! Eat and drink, Minsu. 네! 먹고 마셔요, 민수.
- Minsu We are together again. Nice to see everyone! 우리 다시 함께예요. 모두를 봐서 반가워요!
Vocabulary
| 汉字 | Pinyin | POS | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| meet | /miːt/ | v. | 만나다 |
| again | /əˈɡen/ | adv. | 다시 |
| together | /təˈɡeðər/ | adv. | 함께 |
| everyone | /ˈevriwʌn/ | pron. | 모두 |
| know | /noʊ/ | v. | 알다 |
| see | /siː/ | v. | 보다 |
| say | /seɪ/ | v. | 말하다 |
| eat | /iːt/ | v. | 먹다 |
| drink | /drɪŋk/ | v. | 마시다 |
| love | /lʌv/ | v. | 사랑하다 |
Grammar
Putting it all together 모두 한데 모으기
No new grammar this time — just a review of the whole book. To introduce yourself and talk about your world, combine the pieces you know: "be" (I am, you are, it is), "have" (I have, she has), pronouns and possessives (my, your, his, her), "a/an" with the singular and "-s" with the plural (a book / two books), wh-questions (what, where, which, how many), and prepositions (in, on, under). For example: "Hi, I am Minsu. I have two sisters. This is my bag — it is on the table. Nice to meet you!" Every sentence here uses rules from earlier chapters. That is the whole of Band 1.
이번에는 새 문법이 없어요 — 책 전체를 복습합니다. 자기를 소개하고 주변을 이야기하려면 배운 조각들을 합치세요: "be"(I am, you are, it is), "have"(I have, she has), 대명사와 소유격(my, your, his, her), 단수에 "a/an" 복수에 "-s"(a book / two books), 의문사(what, where, which, how many), 전치사(in, on, under). 예: "Hi, I am Minsu. I have two sisters. This is my bag — it is on the table. Nice to meet you!" 여기 모든 문장이 앞 장들의 규칙을 써요. 그게 밴드 1 전체예요.
- Hi! I am Minsu. Nice to meet you. /haɪ aɪ æm ˈmɪnsuː naɪs tə miːt juː/ 안녕하세요! 저는 민수예요. 만나서 반가워요.
- I have two brothers and one sister. /aɪ hæv tuː ˈbrʌðərz ænd wʌn ˈsɪstər/ 저는 형제가 둘, 여동생이 하나 있어요.
- What's this? It's my bag. It's on the table. /wʌts ðɪs ɪts maɪ bæɡ ɪts ɒn ðə ˈteɪbl/ 이건 뭐예요? 제 가방이에요. 탁자 위에 있어요.
- I know everyone. See you again! /aɪ noʊ ˈevriwʌn siː juː əˈɡen/ 저는 모두를 알아요. 또 만나요!
Culture
Politeness without honorifics 높임말 없는 공손함
영어에는 존댓말/반말 체계가 없어요 — 듣는 사람의 지위에 따라 높아지거나 낮아지는 동사 어미가 없습니다. 대신 공손함은 단어와 말투에 실려요: 어떤 작은 단어를 더하는지, 그리고 얼마나 따뜻하게 들리는지.
"Please"와 "thank you"가 일을 해요
Adding "please", "thank you", "sorry", and "excuse me" is how you stay polite in English — and speakers use them far more often than a Korean speaker might expect. "Coffee, please" and "Thank you!" carry the courtesy that a raised speech level would carry in Korean. Leaving them out does not sound neutral; it sounds blunt.
수준을 높이지 말고 부드럽게
Where Korean would raise the speech level, English softens the words around the request. "Could you…", "Would you mind…", and "Maybe we could…" make an ask gentler without any change to the verb endings. The full forms come in later bands, but the instinct starts now: to be polite, wrap the request, do not re-conjugate it.
"Sorry", 따뜻함, 그리고 절은 없음
English speakers say "sorry" a lot — for bumping into someone, interrupting, even for mishearing. It is social lubrication, not a deep apology. And there is no bow: a nod, a smile, and eye contact do the work instead. Over-formality can even read as cold, so keep your tone warm and friendly.
확실하지 않으면 "please", "thank you", "sorry"를 넉넉히 더하고 말투를 따뜻하게 유지하세요 — 그게 한국어에서 높임말이 담당할 대부분을 덮어 줘요.
pronunciation
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