Jogging as a hobby | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: During a personal conversation, one adult describes a new jogging routine around the park and a goal to keep running..

EN → KO / Level: A2

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Dialogue

A

퇴근 후에 조깅을 시작했어요.

tweh-GEUN hoo-EH JOH-ging-eul shee-JAK-hae-ssuh-YOH I started jogging after work.
B

지금까지 어때요?

jee-GEUM-kkah-JEE uh-TTEH-yoh How is it going so far?
A

제 속도는 느리지만 점점 나아지고 있어요.

jeh SOHK-ttoh-neun nuh-REE-jee-man JUM-jum nah-ah-JEE-goh ee-SSUH-yoh My pace is slow, but I am improving.
B

정해진 달리기 코스가 있어요?

jung-HAE-jin dahl-LEE-gee KOH-suh-gah ee-SSUH-yoh Do you have a regular route?
A

저는 보통 공원 주위를 달려요.

juh-neun BOH-toong GONG-won JOO-wee-reul dahl-LYUH-yoh I usually run around the park.
B

어떤 목표를 이루려고 노력하고 있어요?

uh-TTUN MOHK-pyoh-reul ee-roo-RYUH-goh noh-RYUK-ha-goh ee-SSUH-yoh What goal are you working toward?
A

멈추지 않고 조깅하고 싶어요.

MUHM-choo-jee AHN-koh JOH-ging-ha-goh shee-PUH-yoh I want to jog without stopping.
B

천천히 조금씩 늘려 가면 현실적인 목표예요.

chun-CHUN-hee joh-GUHM-ssik NUHL-lyuh GAH-myun hyun-SHEEL-jjuh-gin MOHK-pyo-yeh-yoh That is realistic if you build up slowly.

Word by Word

퇴근 퇴근 means finishing work or getting off work in 퇴근 후에. It is a noun used before 후에 to identify the time after work. Use it when describing an activity that happens after the workday.
후에 후에 means after in 퇴근 후에. It follows a time or event noun to show when something happens afterward. Use it when scheduling or describing an activity after a particular time or event.
조깅을 조깅을 means jogging as the object of 시작했어요. The 을 marks jogging as the activity that was started. Use an activity noun in this position when saying that you start that activity.
시작했어요 시작했어요 means started in 퇴근 후에 조깅을 시작했어요. It is the polite past form related to 시작하다, so it reports that the activity began. Use it when telling someone about a new hobby, routine, or activity that you began.
지금까지 지금까지 means so far or until now in 지금까지 어때요? It sets the period whose current condition or progress is being asked about. Use it when checking how something has gone up to the present.
어때요 어때요 means how is it or how is it going in 지금까지 어때요? It politely asks about a condition, experience, or progress. Use it after a topic when asking someone for an evaluation or update.
제 제 means my in 제 속도는. It identifies 속도 as belonging to the speaker. Use it before a noun when politely referring to something that belongs to or concerns you.
속도는 속도는 means as for the pace in 제 속도는 느리지만. 속도 means pace or speed, and 는 marks it as the topic being described. Use this form when setting the pace or speed as the topic of a statement.
느리지만 느리지만 means is slow, but in 제 속도는 느리지만 점점 나아지고 있어요. It comes from 느리다 and uses 지만 to connect a drawback with a contrasting point. Use it when acknowledging that something is slow or limited before adding a positive or different statement.
점점 점점 means gradually or increasingly in 점점 나아지고 있어요. It shows that the improvement happens little by little over time. Use it before a word describing change when progress is gradual.
나아지고 나아지고 means getting better or improving in 점점 나아지고 있어요. It is related to 나아지다 and connects with 있어요 to describe improvement that is continuing. Use it when reporting that a skill, condition, or situation is becoming better.
있어요 있어요 helps show that the improvement in 나아지고 있어요 is ongoing. With a preceding -고 form, it indicates that the action or change is in progress rather than finished. Use it when describing something that is currently continuing.
정해진 정해진 means set or fixed in 정해진 달리기 코스가 있어요? It describes the running route as one that has already been decided. Use it before a noun for a route, plan, time, or arrangement that is already set.
달리기 달리기 means running in 달리기 코스. Here it identifies the activity connected with the course. Use it before another noun when specifying that something relates to running.
코스가 코스가 means the route or course as the subject of 있어요 in 정해진 달리기 코스가 있어요? The 가 marks the course as the thing whose existence is being asked about. Use a noun followed by 가 있어요 when asking whether something exists or is available.
저는 저는 means I or as for me in 저는 보통 공원 주위를 달려요. 저 means the polite first-person pronoun, and 는 sets the speaker as the topic. Use it at the start of a statement about your own routine or situation.
보통 보통 means usually or normally in 저는 보통 공원 주위를 달려요. It describes the action as a regular habit. Use it before an action when saying what you generally do.
공원 공원 means park in 공원 주위를 달려요. It names the place around which the speaker runs. Use it with a place expression when describing where an outdoor activity takes place.
주위를 주위를 means around the surrounding area in 공원 주위를 달려요, giving the meaning around the park. 주위 means the surrounding area, and 를 marks that area in the running expression. Use a place noun followed by 주위를 when describing moving around that place.
달려요 달려요 means run in 저는 보통 공원 주위를 달려요. It is the polite present form related to 달리다 and describes the speaker's usual activity. Use it after a route or place expression when saying that someone runs there or around it.
어떤 어떤 means what kind of or which in 어떤 목표를 이루려고 노력하고 있어요? It asks the listener to identify the type or choice of the following noun. Use it directly before a noun when asking for more specific information about that noun.
목표를 목표를 means goal as the object of the effort in 어떤 목표를 이루려고 노력하고 있어요? 목표 means a goal, and 를 marks it as the object connected with achieving it. Use it after a goal noun when that goal is the object of an action.
이루려고 이루려고 means in order to achieve in 어떤 목표를 이루려고 노력하고 있어요? It connects the goal with the purpose of the effort being made. Use it when explaining what someone is trying or working to achieve.
노력하고 노력하고 means making an effort and, in 어떤 목표를 이루려고 노력하고 있어요. It is related to 노력하다 and connects with 있어요 to show that the effort is continuing. Use it when describing ongoing effort toward a goal.
멈추지 멈추지 means stopping in the negative form in 멈추지 않고 조깅하고 싶어요. It is related to 멈추다 and prepares the negative action for the following connector 않고. Use it before 않고 when expressing that an action does not happen.
않고 In 멈추지 않고, 않고 connects the negative action with the following action, giving the full phrase the meaning without stopping. It follows the negative form 멈추지 and links it to 조깅하고 싶어요. Use this construction when describing an action done without another action happening.
조깅하고 In 조깅하고 싶어요, 조깅하고 supplies the action jogging before 싶어요. Together, 조깅하고 싶어요 means want to jog; the desire is expressed by the full construction, not by 조깅하고 alone. Use an action form ending in -고 before 싶어요 when expressing a wish to do that action.
싶어요 싶어요 expresses want to in 조깅하고 싶어요. It follows the action form 조깅하고 to show the speaker's desire to jog. Use it when politely saying that you want to do an activity.
천천히 천천히 means slowly in 천천히 조금씩 늘려 가면. It describes the careful manner of increasing the activity. Use it before an action when giving advice to proceed at a slow pace.
조금씩 조금씩 means little by little or in small amounts in 천천히 조금씩 늘려 가면. It shows that the increase should happen in gradual increments. Use it with an action involving gradual progress or change.
늘려 늘려 means increase or build up in 늘려 가면. It is related to 늘리다 and names the action of making the amount or level larger. Use it when describing a gradual increase, with the thing being increased stated as the object when needed.
가면 In 늘려 가면, 가면 makes the condition mean if you continue or build up gradually. It contributes the idea that the action proceeds over time, rather than simply meaning physical movement. Use this kind of conditional expression when giving advice about what happens if an activity continues.
현실적인 현실적인 means realistic in 현실적인 목표예요. It describes the goal as practical and possible in the situation being discussed. Use it before a noun when evaluating whether a plan or goal is achievable.
목표예요 목표예요 means is a goal in 현실적인 목표예요. 목표 means goal, and 예요 politely identifies the preceding noun phrase as a goal. Use it after a noun phrase when politely saying what something is or how it can be classified.

Grammar Points

-지만

속도는 느리지만 점점 나아지고 있어요.

SOHK-ttoh-neun nuh-REE-jee-man JUM-jum nah-ah-JEE-goh ee-SSUH-yoh

The pace is slow, but it is gradually improving.

-지만 connects two contrasting ideas and means “but” or “although.”

-(으)려고

어떤 목표를 이루려고 노력하고 있어요.

uh-TTUN MOHK-pyoh-reul ee-roo-RYUH-goh noh-RYUK-ha-goh ee-SSUH-yoh

I am working hard to achieve a goal.

-(으)려고 shows the purpose or intention of an action: “in order to” or “to.”

Korean Vocabulary

나아지고 있어요 verb
nah-ah-JEE-goh ee-SSUH-yoh am improving
느리지만 adj
nuh-REE-jee-man slow, but
달리기 noun
dahl-LEE-gee running
속도 noun
SOHK-ttoh pace
시작했어요 verb
shee-JAK-hae-ssuh-YOH started
어때요 adj
uh-TTEH-yoh how is it
점점 adv
JUM-jum gradually
정해진 verb
jung-HAE-jin regular; set
제 pron
jeh my
조깅 noun
JOH-ging jogging 조깅을
지금까지 adv
jee-GEUM-kkah-JEE so far
퇴근 후에 phrase
tweh-GEUN hoo-EH after work

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I started jogging after work.

Show Answer퇴근 후에 조깅을 시작했어요.

How is it going so far?

Show Answer지금까지 어때요?

My pace is slow, but I am improving.

Show Answer제 속도는 느리지만 점점 나아지고 있어요.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

slow, but

Show Answer느리지만

so far

Show Answer지금까지

started

Show Answer시작했어요

gradually

Show Answer점점