Seollal in Modern Korea: Tradition, Traffic, and Change

Today's Korean Word: 동계 올림픽  Today's Dialogue 여: 저 진짜 지원 씨한테 너무 서운해요. 남: 왜요? 여: 내일 약속 취소했잖아요. 남: 할 일이 많다잖아요. 이해해 줘요.  

January 1st in the lunar calendar falls on February 17th this year, and that's 설날 (Seollal), Lunar New Year in Korea. In this episode, we are going to talk about which parts of the traditional holiday are changing, and what's not changing. 

Dialogue from Seyo App 남: 내일 우리 회식하는 날 맞죠?  여: 네. 지난번에 갔던 삼겹살집 예약할까요? 남: 거기는 어려울 것 같아요. 매주 목요일 휴무래요. 여: 그럼 다른 곳 찾아볼게요.  Word of The Day 자리 

How English-friendly is Korea? What is the scope or range of experiences you can realistically have while living in Korea if you don't speak the language? I discussed this and some other lighter topics with Billy from the Go! Billy Korean YouTube channel. 

Today's quiz:  What sound does the ground make when it cries? 땅이 울면 어떤 소리를 낼까요?  Dialogue 여: 뭐 좀 마실래요? 남: 커피 주세요. 여: 커피 너무 많이 마시는 거 아니에요? 커피 대신에 차 마셔요. 남: 너무 졸려서 안 돼요. 커피 주세요. Word of the Day 썰 

In this episode, I sat down with a long-time listener of TTMIK from India, who came to visit Korea for the first time as an advanced Korean speaker. Divjjot Singh is our guest today, and he studied Korean for 10 years and finally had his first opportunity to visit Korea.  Today's quiz: Which of these describes a bigger sound? (1) 콩콩콩 (2) 쿵쿵쿵  Thank you for listening and learning Korean with Talk To Me In Korean. https://talktomeinkorean.com 

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