Keeping Valuables Safe in a Crowded Market | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: At a crowded market, two adults talk about keeping valuables in safe pockets and staying close while walking..

EN → KO / Level: A2

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Dialogue

A

이 시장은 생각보다 더 붐벼요.

ee shee-JAHNG-un seng-GAHK-ppo-dah duh BOOM-byeh-yoh This market is more crowded than I expected.
B

귀중품은 앞주머니에 넣어 두세요.

gwee-JOONG-poom-un AHP-jjoo-muh-nee-eh nuh-uh doo-SEH-yoh Keep your valuables in the front pocket.
A

가방 지퍼를 끝까지 잠글까요?

guh-BAHNG JEE-puh-rul kkeut-KKAH-jee jahm-gul-KKAH-yoh Should I zip my bag completely?
B

가방 지퍼를 끝까지 잠그고 앞에 들고 계세요.

guh-BAHNG JEE-puh-rul kkeut-KKAH-jee jahm-guh-goh AHP-eh duhl-goh gyeh-SEH-yoh Zip it fully and hold it in front of you.
A

제 휴대폰은 안쪽 주머니에 있어요.

jeh hyoo-DEH-pohn-un AHN-jjohk joo-muh-nee-eh ee-SUH-yoh My phone is in the inside pocket.
B

그게 바깥쪽 주머니에 있는 것보다 더 안전해요.

guh-geh bah-KKAT-jjohk joo-muh-nee-eh IN-nun guht-PPOH-dah duh AHN-juhn-heh-yoh That is safer than the outside pocket.
A

우리가 걸을 때 조심할게요.

oo-ree-GAH guh-REUL tteh joh-SHIM-hahl-KKAY-yoh I will be careful while we walk.
B

떨어지지 않게 가까이 있으세요.

TTOH-ruh-jee-jee AHN-keh gah-KKAH-ee ee-ssuh-SEH-yoh Stay close so we do not get separated.

Word by Word

이 이 means this and points to the market being discussed in 이 시장은. It comes before the noun it identifies, so it is useful when referring to a specific nearby or already-known thing.
시장은 시장은 means the market as the topic of the sentence. 시장 means market, and the ending marks it as what the sentence is about; a reusable pattern is [noun] as the topic followed by its description.
생각보다 생각보다 means than I expected or compared with what I thought in this sentence. It introduces the standard of comparison before 더 붐벼요, and it can be reused when reality differs from an expectation.
더 더 means more here, increasing the degree of being crowded in 더 붐벼요. It commonly comes before an adjective or descriptive verb when comparing a greater degree.
붐벼요 붐벼요 describes the market as crowded. In 이 시장은 생각보다 더 붐벼요, it says that the market is more crowded than expected; this polite form is useful when describing a crowded place to another person.
귀중품은 귀중품은 means valuables as the topic of the instruction. 귀중품 means valuable belongings, and the ending marks them as what should be put away; the topic can be followed by an instruction about that item.
앞주머니에 앞주머니에 means in the front pocket. 앞주머니 is front pocket and the ending marks the destination or location, as in putting something into 앞주머니에; this is useful when giving specific storage instructions.
넣어 넣어 means put in and connects that action to keeping the valuables there in 넣어 두세요. It is used before a following action or expression when one action leads into another, especially when telling someone where to place something.
두세요 두세요 means keep or leave it in place in 넣어 두세요. Together, 넣어 두세요 tells the listener to put the valuables in the pocket and keep them there; this is useful for polite instructions about storing something.
가방 가방 means bag in 가방 지퍼를 끝까지 잠글까요? It is the object whose zipper is being closed, and it can be reused before a particle or another noun to talk about a bag and its parts.
지퍼를 지퍼를 means the zipper as the object of 잠그다 in 지퍼를 끝까지 잠글까요? 지퍼 means zipper, and the ending marks what is being closed; this pattern is useful when asking about or describing an action on a specific object.
끝까지 끝까지 means all the way or to the end in 끝까지 잠글까요? It shows that the zipper should be closed completely, and it can be reused with an action to indicate reaching its endpoint.
잠글까요 잠글까요 means shall I zip it or should I close it in this question about the bag zipper. It politely asks whether the speaker should perform the action, so it is useful when offering to do something for safety or convenience.
잠그고 잠그고 means zip it and, connecting closing the zipper with the next action in 잠그고 앞에 들고 계세요. It is useful for linking two actions that the listener should carry out in sequence.
앞에 앞에 means in front in 앞에 들고 계세요. It gives the location where the bag should be held, and it can be reused after an object or action to specify that something is in front.
들고 들고 means holding it and in 들고 계세요. It connects holding the bag with the request to keep it that way; this form is useful when one action is maintained while another expression follows.
계세요 계세요 means please stay or keep being in the respectful request 들고 계세요. With 들고, the whole expression asks the listener to keep holding the bag; it is useful for polite requests about continuing a state or action.
제 제 means my in 제 휴대폰은. It identifies the phone as belonging to the speaker, and it is useful before a noun when politely referring to the speaker’s own belongings.
휴대폰은 휴대폰은 means the phone as the topic of the sentence. 휴대폰 means mobile phone, and the ending marks it as the item whose location is then given in 안쪽 주머니에 있어요.
안쪽 안쪽 means inside or inner side in 안쪽 주머니. It specifies the inner part of the bag, and it can be used before a noun when distinguishing an inner location from an outer one.
주머니에 주머니에 means in the pocket in 안쪽 주머니에 있어요. 주머니 means pocket and the ending marks the location, so it is useful for stating where an object is kept.
있어요 있어요 means is located or is there in 제 휴대폰은 안쪽 주머니에 있어요. It completes a location statement, and a reusable pattern is [thing] followed by [place] and then 있어요.
그게 그게 means that as the subject of the comparison in 그게 바깥쪽 주머니에 있는 것보다 더 안전해요. It refers to the phone being in the inside pocket or to that arrangement, and it is useful when pointing back to something already mentioned.
바깥쪽 바깥쪽 means outside or outer side in 바깥쪽 주머니. It identifies the outer pocket as the comparison point, and it is useful before a noun when describing an exterior position.
있는 있는 means being or located in 바깥쪽 주머니에 있는 것보다. Here it links the location phrase to 것, making the meaning the thing that is located in the outside pocket; this pattern is useful for describing an object by where it is.
것보다 것보다 means than that thing or option in 바깥쪽 주머니에 있는 것보다. Here it compares the inside-pocket arrangement with the option of being in the outside pocket, and it can be reused after a described thing or option in a comparison.
안전해요 안전해요 means is safe or secure here, and the comparison with 바깥쪽 주머니에 있는 것보다 makes it mean safer. It is useful for giving a simple safety assessment about a place, method, or arrangement.
우리가 우리가 means we as the subject of the walking clause in 우리가 걸을 때. It identifies the people who will walk, and it can be reused when explicitly stating who performs an action.
걸을 걸을 refers to walking in 걸을 때. Together with 때, it means when or while we walk; this form is useful before a time expression to describe an action taking place during another event.
때 때 means when or while in 걸을 때. It attaches to the walking expression to set the time of being careful, and a reusable pattern is an action followed by 때 for describing when something happens.
조심할게요 조심할게요 means I will be careful or I will take care in this situation. It expresses the speaker’s intention or promise to act carefully while walking, so it is useful when reassuring someone that the speaker will follow a safety instruction.
떨어지지 떨어지지 expresses not becoming separated in 떨어지지 않게. In this dialogue it refers to the two people not getting separated while moving through the market; it is useful before a following negative expression when preventing separation or another unwanted result.
않게 않게 means so that not or without, completing the purpose expression 떨어지지 않게. Together, 떨어지지 않게 explains why the listener should stay close, and the pattern [action]지 않게 can be reused to say that something should happen without a specified result.
가까이 가까이 means close or nearby in 가까이 있으세요. It describes the distance the listener should maintain from the speaker, and it is useful with a verb of staying or being when asking someone not to move far away.
있으세요 있으세요 means please stay or be in the polite request 가까이 있으세요. Here it asks the listener to remain close so the two people do not get separated; it is useful for politely asking someone to remain in a particular place or state.

Grammar Points

N보다

생각보다 시장이 붐벼요.

seng-GAHK-ppo-dah shee-JAHNG-ee BOOM-byeh-yoh

The market is more crowded than expected.

생각보다 means “than expected”; 보다 marks the standard used for comparison.

V-아/어 두다

귀중품을 앞주머니에 넣어 두세요.

gwee-JOONG-poom-ul AHP-jjoo-muh-nee-eh nuh-uh doo-SEH-yoh

Put your valuables in the front pocket and keep them there.

아/어 두다 means doing something in advance or leaving the result in place.

Korean Vocabulary

가방 noun
gah-BAHNG bag
귀중품 noun
gwee-JOONG-poom valuables
끝까지 adv
kkeut-KKAH-jee all the way
넣어 두다 phrase
nuh-uh DOO-dah to put and keep 넣어 두세요
들다 verb
duhl-dah to hold; to carry 들고
붐비다 verb
BOOM-bee-dah to be crowded 붐벼요
생각보다 phrase
seng-GAHK-ppo-dah than expected
시장 noun
shee-JAHNG market
앞주머니 noun
AHP-jjoo-muh-nee front pocket
잠그다 verb
jahm-guh-dah to zip up; to close 잠글까요
지퍼 noun
JEE-puh zipper
휴대폰 noun
hyoo-DEH-pohn phone

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

This market is more crowded than I expected.

Show Answer이 시장은 생각보다 더 붐벼요.

Keep your valuables in the front pocket.

Show Answer귀중품은 앞주머니에 넣어 두세요.

Should I zip my bag completely?

Show Answer가방 지퍼를 끝까지 잠글까요?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

front pocket

Show Answer앞주머니

than expected

Show Answer생각보다

to zip up; to close

Show Answer잠글까요

to be crowded

Show Answer붐벼요