Borrowing a Bicycle Repair Kit | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: In a shared space, one adult borrows bicycle repair tools and asks for guidance while changing a flat tire..

EN → KO / Level: B1

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Use Borrowing a Bicycle Repair Kit to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

자전거 타이어가 펑크 나서 수리 키트가 필요해요.

jah-jun-GUH TAI-uh-ga PUNG-kuh NA-suh SOO-ree KEE-tuh-ga pee-RYUH-hae-yo. My bicycle tire is flat, and I need a repair kit.
B

타이어 레버와 여분의 튜브가 들어 있는 키트가 있어요.

TAI-uh REH-buh-wa YUH-bun-eh TOO-boo-ga tuh-ruh IN-neun KEE-tuh-ga ISS-uh-yo. I have a kit with tire levers and a spare inner tube.
A

바퀴를 올바르게 빼는 방법을 보여 주실 수 있어요?

BAH-kwee-reul ohl-BAH-reu-geh P'AE-neun BAHNG-buh-beul BOH-yuh JOO-shil soo ISS-uh-yo? Could you show me how to remove the wheel correctly?
B

먼저 자전거를 조심스럽게 뒤집으세요.

MUHN-juh jah-jun-GUH-reul joh-SHIM-suh-ROP-keh DWEe-jib-uh-SEH-yo. Start by turning the bike upside down carefully.
A

혼자서 튜브를 교체해 본 적이 한 번도 없어요.

HOHN-jah-suh TOO-boo-reul GYOH-cheh-hae bohn JUH-gi hahn BUHN-doh UHP-suh-yo. I have never changed an inner tube by myself before.
B

설명을 주의 깊게 따라 하고, 어느 부품도 억지로 움직이지 마세요.

SUHL-myuhng-eul JOO-eh GEEP-keh TTAH-rah hah-goh, uh-neu boo-p'oom-doh UHK-jjee-roh OOM-jik-ee-jee mah-SEH-yo. Follow the instructions carefully, and do not force any part to move.
A

교체한 후에 공기압을 확인해야 하나요?

GYOH-cheh-hahn HOO-eh GOONG-gee-ahp-eul HWAH-gin-hae-ya hah-NAH-yo? After I replace it, should I check the pressure?
B

타이어는 단단하게 느껴져야 하지만 너무 딱딱하면 안 돼요.

TAI-uh-neun dahn-DAHN-ha-geh nuh-KYUH-juh-ya hah-jee-mahn NUH-moo TTAHK-tahk-ha-myuhn ahn DWEH-yo. The tire should feel firm, but not too hard.
A

첫 단계를 시도하는 동안 근처에 있어 주실 수 있어요?

CHUHT dahn-GYEH-reul SHEE-doh-ha-neun DOHNG-ahn GUHN-chuh-eh ISS-uh JOO-shil soo ISS-uh-yo? Could you stay nearby while I try the first step?
B

키트를 사용하는 동안 첫 부분을 하나씩 설명해 드릴게요.

KEE-tuh-reul sah-YONG-ha-neun DOHNG-ahn CHUHT boo-boon-eul hah-NAH-ssik SUHL-myuhng-hae duh-ril-GEH-yo. I can talk you through the first part while you use the kit.

Word by Word

자전거 ‘자전거’ means bicycle in this dialogue. It is used before a noun such as a tire and is useful when discussing bicycle parts or repairs.
타이어가 ‘타이어가’ means the tire, with 가 marking it as the subject of the sentence. It identifies the tire as the thing that has gone flat, so use this form when describing a tire’s condition.
펑크 ‘펑크’ means a puncture or flat condition here. In ‘펑크 나서’, it describes the problem that causes the need for a repair kit, so it is useful when reporting a damaged tire.
나서 ‘나서’ connects the tire problem to its result, meaning because it occurred or happened. In ‘펑크 나서’, it gives the reason for needing the kit and is useful for explaining a cause before a result.
수리 ‘수리’ means repair and appears before ‘키트’ to describe the kit’s purpose. Use it before an object or service when talking about fixing something.
키트가 ‘키트가’ means the kit, with 가 marking it as the subject of ‘필요해요’. It presents the kit as the item that is needed, which is useful when requesting a particular tool set.
필요해요 ‘필요해요’ means is needed or is necessary in this sentence. It is a polite way to state a need, commonly used after the needed item.
타이어 ‘타이어’ means tire. Here it forms the name of a tool, ‘타이어 레버’, and it is useful when identifying bicycle equipment.
레버와 ‘레버와’ means lever with 와 connecting it to another listed item. In ‘타이어 레버와 여분의 튜브’, it introduces one part of the kit and is useful for linking items in a list.
여분의 ‘여분의’ means spare or extra and comes before the noun it describes. Here it specifies an extra tube in the kit, so use it when identifying a backup item.
튜브가 ‘튜브가’ means the tube, with 가 marking it as the subject inside the description of the kit. It identifies the tube as the item contained in the kit, which is useful when listing kit contents.
들어 ‘들어’ contributes the meaning of being contained or included in the expression describing the kit. It is used with ‘있는’ to say that an item is inside something, especially when describing contents.
있는 ‘있는’ indicates that something is present or contained in the kit. In this dialogue it helps describe a kit that includes a tube, so use it after a description of what an object contains.
있어요 ‘있어요’ means there is, is available, or is possessed in this context. The speaker uses it to offer a kit, making it useful when saying that an item is available.
바퀴를 ‘바퀴를’ means the wheel, with 를 marking it as the object of removal. It identifies the bicycle part being taken off, so use this form when asking about removing or handling a specific object.
올바르게 ‘올바르게’ means correctly or properly. It modifies the way the wheel is removed, so use it when asking for or describing a correct procedure.
빼는 ‘빼는’ means removing or taking out and describes the method being discussed. It comes before ‘방법을’, so it is useful when turning an action into a description of how to do it.
방법을 ‘방법을’ means the method or way, with 를 marking it as the object of showing. It is used when asking someone to demonstrate how an action should be done.
보여 ‘보여’ means show in the request ‘보여 주실 수 있어요?’. It is followed by ‘주실’ to frame the showing as something done for the speaker, making it useful when requesting a demonstration.
주실 ‘주실’ adds a respectful and considerate meaning of doing something for the speaker. In ‘보여 주실 수 있어요?’, it makes the request for help more polite, which is useful when asking another person to demonstrate something.
수 ‘수’ expresses possibility in ‘보여 주실 수 있어요?’. Together with the surrounding expression, it asks whether the other person can show the method, so use it when making a polite ability or possibility question.
먼저 ‘먼저’ means first or before the other steps. It tells the learner which action to begin with, so use it when giving instructions in a sequence.
자전거를 ‘자전거를’ means the bicycle, with 를 marking it as the object being turned over. It is useful when giving an instruction about what should be moved or handled.
조심스럽게 ‘조심스럽게’ means carefully or cautiously and describes how the bicycle should be turned. Use it when an action requires care to avoid damage or injury.
뒤집으세요 ‘뒤집으세요’ means please turn it upside down and gives a polite instruction. In this scene it tells someone how to position the bicycle before repair, so use it for a respectful practical command.
혼자서 ‘혼자서’ means by oneself or alone. It emphasizes that the speaker has not performed the repair without help, so use it when describing an action done independently.
튜브를 ‘튜브를’ means the tube, with 를 marking it as the object being replaced. It is useful when identifying the specific part that someone changes or repairs.
교체해 ‘교체해’ means replace or change and comes before ‘본’ to describe having tried the replacement. Use it before an experience expression when talking about attempting to change a part.
본 ‘본’ indicates having tried or experienced the action before. In ‘교체해 본 적이’, it helps ask whether the speaker has previous experience with replacing the tube, so use it after an action when discussing past experience.
적이 ‘적이’ refers to an occasion or experience and is marked as the subject of the negative expression that follows. In ‘적이 한 번도 없어요’, it forms a statement that the speaker has no such experience, useful when describing lack of practice.
한 ‘한’ means one before ‘번’. In ‘한 번도’, it helps emphasize the count of experiences and is useful when specifying that something happened one time or not even one time.
번도 ‘번도’ means even once in this negative experience expression. The marker 도 adds emphasis, so ‘한 번도 없어요’ states that the experience has not occurred even once.
없어요 ‘없어요’ means there is none or one does not have something. With ‘적이’, it says the speaker has never had that experience, which is useful when honestly reporting no prior practice.
설명을 ‘설명을’ means the explanation or instructions, with 를 marking it as the object of following. In this scene it refers to repair guidance, so use it when talking about directions someone should follow.
주의 ‘주의’ means attention or care in the expression ‘주의 깊게’. It contributes the idea of paying close attention to the instructions, which is useful when emphasizing careful listening or reading.
깊게 ‘깊게’ means deeply or closely and combines with ‘주의’ to describe careful attention. Use it in this kind of adverbial expression when telling someone to pay close attention.
따라 ‘따라’ means follow in the instruction to follow the explanation. It is connected to ‘하고’ before the next instruction, so use it when telling someone to follow directions and continue with another action.
하고 ‘하고’ connects the instruction before it with the next instruction. In ‘따라 하고’, it means to follow the explanation and then carry out the following action, which is useful for linking practical steps.
어느 ‘어느’ means any or whichever in ‘어느 부품도’. With the negative expression that follows, it broadens the instruction to every possible part, so use it when referring to an unspecified item in a negative statement.
부품도 ‘부품도’ means any part, with 도 adding an emphatic even or any sense. Together with the prohibition, it says not to force any part, which is useful for warning against treating all parts in a category that way.
억지로 ‘억지로’ means forcibly or by force. It describes an unsafe way of moving a part, so use it when warning someone not to make an object move through excessive force.
움직이지 ‘움직이지’ contributes the meaning do not move in ‘움직이지 마세요’. It is used with ‘마세요’ to prohibit movement, which is useful when giving a safety instruction.
마세요 ‘마세요’ is a polite way to say please do not. Here it completes the prohibition against forcing parts to move, so use it for respectful negative instructions.
교체한 ‘교체한’ means replaced and describes the replacement that has occurred before the next action. In ‘교체한 후에’, it helps place checking after the replacement, so use it before a time expression for a completed action.
후에 ‘후에’ means after and places the following action later than the event before it. Here it tells the speaker to check the pressure after replacing the tube, so use it to order repair steps.
공기압을 ‘공기압을’ means air pressure, with 를 marking it as the object to check. It identifies the condition being measured after the repair, so use it when discussing pressure in a tire.
확인해야 ‘확인해야’ means must or need to check in this question about the next repair step. It presents checking the pressure as a possible requirement, so use it when asking whether an inspection is necessary.
하나요 ‘하나요’ turns the preceding action into a polite question about whether it should be done. In ‘확인해야 하나요?’, it asks whether checking is required, which is useful when seeking guidance.
타이어는 ‘타이어는’ means as for the tire, with 는 marking the topic. It introduces the tire’s expected condition and is useful when giving a general evaluation or guideline about it.
단단하게 ‘단단하게’ means firmly or with a firm feel in this sentence. It describes how the tire should feel, so use it when explaining a desired physical condition.
느껴져야 ‘느껴져야’ means should feel or should be perceived as. It presents firmness as the expected condition of the tire, so use it when stating how something ought to feel.
하지만 ‘하지만’ means but and introduces a limitation to the previous statement. Here it contrasts firm with too hard, so use it when adding an important exception or restriction.
너무 ‘너무’ means too or overly and modifies the description of hardness. It warns that the tire should not exceed a suitable degree, so use it before an adjective when describing excess.
딱딱하면 ‘딱딱하면’ means if it is hard or stiff. With ‘너무’, it describes the condition that should be avoided, so use it in a conditional warning about an overly hard object.
안 ‘안’ means not in ‘안 돼요’. It contributes the negative meaning that the overly hard condition is unacceptable, so use it before a verb or expression when forming a simple negative.
돼요 ‘돼요’ means is okay or is acceptable in ‘안 돼요’, rather than literally meaning becomes. The negative expression gives a polite warning that something must not happen, useful in safety guidance.
첫 ‘첫’ means first and comes directly before a noun. In ‘첫 단계’, it identifies the initial step of the repair, so use it when referring to the beginning of an ordered process.
단계를 ‘단계를’ means the step, with 를 marking it as the object of trying. It identifies the particular stage the speaker plans to attempt, which is useful when discussing one part of a procedure.
시도하는 ‘시도하는’ means trying or attempting and modifies ‘동안’. It describes the action taking place while the speaker asks the other person to remain nearby, so use it before a time expression for an ongoing attempt.
동안 ‘동안’ means while or during. In ‘시도하는 동안’, it sets the period when the other person should stay nearby, so use it to connect an action with the time it continues.
근처에 ‘근처에’ means nearby, with 에 marking the location. It specifies where the other person should remain, so use it with a verb of being or staying when requesting a nearby location.
있어 ‘있어’ contributes the meaning of being or staying present in the request to remain nearby. It is followed by ‘주실’ to ask for that presence as a favor, which is useful when requesting support during an activity.
키트를 ‘키트를’ means the kit, with 를 marking it as the object of using. It identifies the equipment the learner will handle, so use it when describing use of a particular tool set.
사용하는 ‘사용하는’ means using and modifies ‘동안’. It describes what the learner is doing while receiving guidance, so use it before a time expression for an activity in progress.
부분을 ‘부분을’ means the part or section, with 를 marking it as the object being explained. In this dialogue it refers to the first part of the procedure, so use it when focusing on one section of a larger task.
하나씩 ‘하나씩’ means one by one or step by step. It shows that the explanation will proceed gradually rather than all at once, so use it when guiding someone through separate items or stages.
설명해 ‘설명해’ means explain and is followed by ‘드릴게요’. It introduces the act of giving guidance to the learner, so use it before a polite expression promising an explanation.
드릴게요 ‘드릴게요’ means I will do or provide it for you in a polite, considerate way. Here it promises to explain the procedure for the learner, so use it when offering helpful guidance or assistance.

Grammar Points

동사-아서/어서

펑크 나서

PUNG-kuh NA-suh

because it is flat

-아서/어서 connects a cause to a result. Here, it means that something is happening because the tire is flat.

동사-는 동안

시도하는 동안

SHEE-doh-ha-neun DOHNG-ahn

while trying

-는 동안 expresses an action or period that continues while another event happens.

Korean Vocabulary

먼저 adv
MUHN-juh first
바퀴 noun
BAH-kwee wheel
보여 주실 수 있어요 phrase
BOH-yuh JOO-shil soo ISS-uh-yo could you show me
빼는 방법 phrase
P'AE-neun BAHNG-buhp way to remove
수리 키트 phrase
SOO-ree KEE-tuh repair kit
여분의 det
YUH-bun-eh spare
올바르게 adv
ohl-BAH-reu-geh correctly
자전거 noun
jah-jun-GUH bicycle
타이어 noun
TAI-uh tire
타이어 레버 phrase
TAI-uh REH-buh tire lever
튜브 noun
TOO-boo inner tube
펑크 나서 verb
PUNG-kuh NA-suh because it is flat

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

Start by turning the bike upside down carefully.

Show Answer먼저 자전거를 조심스럽게 뒤집으세요.

After I replace it, should I check the pressure?

Show Answer교체한 후에 공기압을 확인해야 하나요?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

correctly

Show Answer올바르게

wheel

Show Answer바퀴

bicycle

Show Answer자전거

first

Show Answer먼저