Confirming Delay Information and Where to Wait | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: During a travel delay, two travelers discuss an unclear announcement and decide where to wait for updated boarding information..

EN → KO / Level: B2

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Dialogue

A

안내 방송에 지연이 있다고 나오지만, 이유는 말해 주지 않네요.

AHN-neh bahng-SONG-eh jee-YEON-ee eet-TTAH-goh nah-oh-JEE-mahn, ee-YOO-neun mal-HEH joo-JEE ahn-NEH-yoh. The announcement says there is a delay, but it does not say why.
B

사람들이 탑승하기 전에 기차를 점검하고 있는 것 같아요.

sah-rahm-deu-REE tahp-SSEUNG-hah-gee jeon-eh gee-CHAH-reul jeom-GEOM-hah-goh een-NEUN geot gah-TAH-yoh. I think they are checking the train before letting people board.
A

여기 있어야 할까요, 아니면 다른 승강장을 찾아봐야 할까요?

yuh-GEE ee-SUH-yah hal-KKAH-yoh, ah-nee-MYUN dah-reun seung-GAHNG-jahng-eul chah-jah-BWAH-yah hal-KKAH-yoh. Should we stay here, or should we look for another platform?
B

일단 이 근처에 있어요. 상황이 바뀌면 직원들이 어디로 가야 하는지 알려 줄 거예요.

eel-DAHN ee geun-CHEO-eh ee-SUH-yoh. sah-HWANG-ee ba-KKWEE-myun jik-won-deu-REE uh-DEE-roh gah-yah hah-neun-JEE al-LYUH jool GUH-yeh-yoh. Stay close for now. If it changes, staff will say where to go.
A

짐이 있어서 계속 이리저리 이동하고 싶지 않아요.

JEEM-ee ee-SUH-suh gyeh-SOK ee-ree-JUH-ree ee-DONG-hah-goh ship-JEE ahn-AH-yoh. I have luggage, so I do not want to keep moving around.
B

승강장을 바꿔야 할 경우 직원들이 도와줄 수 있는지 물어볼게요.

seung-GAHNG-jahng-eul ba-KKWOH-yah hal gyeong-WOO jik-won-deu-REE doh-WAH-jool soo een-NEUN-jee moo-ruh-BOL-geh-yoh. I will ask whether they can help if we need to switch platforms.
A

변경 사항이 막판에 생기면 그게 도움이 될 거예요.

byun-GYEONG sah-HAHNG-ee mak-PAHN-eh saeng-GEE-myun geu-GEH doh-OO-mee doel GUH-yeh-yoh. That would help if the change comes at the last minute.
B

직원들이 전광판을 업데이트하면 추측하지 않고 이동할 수 있겠어요.

jik-won-deu-REE jeon-GWANG-pahn-eul eop-deh-ee-TEU-hah-myun choo-CHEUK-hah-jee ahn-KOH ee-DONG-hal soo eet-KESS-uh-yoh. Once they update the board, we can move without guessing.

Word by Word

안내 In this dialogue, 안내 means guidance or information provided to people, as in 안내 방송, an announcement broadcast. It is commonly used before words for information or directions. Travelers use it when referring to official guidance at a station, airport, or public facility.
방송에 방송에 means in or on the broadcast in 안내 방송에 지연이 있다고 나오지만. The particle 에 marks the broadcast as the place or medium where the information appears. This form is useful when saying that information is shown or announced in a broadcast.
지연이 지연이 means a delay as the subject of the sentence. The 이 marks 지연 as what exists or is being reported in 지연이 있다고. Use this form when a delay itself is the thing being described or announced.
있다고 있다고 means that there is or exists, reporting the content of the announcement in 지연이 있다고 나오지만. It connects the statement that a delay exists to the following verb. This form is useful when reporting that something is present or happening.
나오지만 나오지만 means appears or is announced, but in 안내 방송에 지연이 있다고 나오지만. The ending 지만 adds a contrast with the next statement about the missing reason. Use it when information is shown or announced but does not fully answer the question.
이유는 이유는 means the reason as the topic in 이유는 말해 주지 않네요. The 는 marks the reason as the information being contrasted with the delay announcement. This form is useful when shifting attention to the reason for an event.
말해 말해 contributes the meaning tell or say in 말해 주지 않네요. Here it combines with 주다 so that the telling is directed toward the listener. Use this form when passing on information to someone.
주지 주지 contributes the idea of doing something for the listener in 말해 주지 않네요. Together with 말해, the expression means tell someone, while the following 않네요 makes it negative. This pattern is useful when describing information that someone provides or fails to provide.
않네요 않네요 makes the statement negative and adds a tone of noticing the situation in 말해 주지 않네요. The speaker is observing that the reason is not being given. Use this ending when pointing out a newly noticed or mildly surprising fact.
사람들이 사람들이 means people as the subject of the boarding-related action. The 들 marks a plural group, and 이 marks that group as the subject. This form is useful when describing what passengers or other people are doing.
탑승하기 탑승하기 means boarding as an action in 사람들이 탑승하기 전에. The ending 기 turns the action into a noun-like form before 전에. Use this structure when placing one action before another.
전에 전에 means before in 사람들이 탑승하기 전에. It marks the time that precedes the action that follows. A common reuse pattern is an action in 기 전에 for something that must happen earlier.
기차를 기차를 means the train as the object of the inspection. The 를 marks 기차 as what is being checked in 기차를 점검하고. Use this form when the train is the thing receiving an action.
점검하고 점검하고 means checking or inspecting in 기차를 점검하고 있는 것 같아요. The ending 고 links 점검하다 to the following 있는 in the ongoing-action expression. This form is useful for describing an inspection that is currently in progress.
있는 있는 helps express an action in progress in 점검하고 있는 것 같아요. Together with 점검하고, it shows that the train is currently being checked rather than that the checking is merely planned. Use this form inside an ongoing-action description.
것 것 turns the preceding situation into a thing or fact in 점검하고 있는 것 같아요. With 같아요, the whole expression means that the situation seems to be true. This structure is useful when giving an impression rather than a certain statement.
같아요 같아요 means seems or I think here, based on the speaker's interpretation of the situation. In 점검하고 있는 것 같아요, it makes the statement tentative rather than fully certain. Use this expression when making a reasonable guess from what you observe.
여기 여기 means here, referring to the speakers' current place at the station. It identifies the location for staying in 여기 있어야 할까요. Travelers use it when deciding whether to remain at their present spot.
있어야 있어야 means must stay or be in 여기 있어야 할까요. The 어야 form presents staying here as the action under consideration or requirement. This form is useful when discussing where someone needs to remain.
할까요 할까요 forms a polite suggestion or consultation question in 여기 있어야 할까요. It asks whether the speakers should take the proposed action. Use this ending when asking someone to decide on a shared action.
아니면 아니면 means or otherwise and introduces the alternative to staying here. In 여기 있어야 할까요, 아니면 다른 승강장을 찾아봐야 할까요, it links two possible choices. Use it when presenting an alternative question.
다른 다른 means another or different and modifies 승강장을 in 다른 승강장을 찾아봐야 할까요. It distinguishes the possible platform from the one where the speakers are now. This form is commonly placed directly before the noun it describes.
승강장을 승강장을 means the platform as the object of looking for or switching to. The 를 marks 승강장 as the object in 다른 승강장을 찾아봐야 할까요. Use this form when a platform is the destination or object being considered in an action.
찾아봐야 찾아봐야 means should try to look for in 다른 승강장을 찾아봐야 할까요. It combines looking for something with trying or checking, then presents that action for consideration. This form is useful when suggesting that someone investigate a possible place or option.
일단 일단 means for now or first in 일단 이 근처에 있어요. It indicates a temporary first decision while waiting for more information. Travelers use it when choosing an immediate action that may change later.
이 이 means this and modifies 근처에 in 이 근처에 있어요. It points to the area close to the speakers. This form is used directly before a noun to identify something nearby or connected to the current situation.
근처에 근처에 means in or near the vicinity in 이 근처에 있어요. The 에 marks the place where the speakers should remain. Use it when telling someone to stay near a particular place or person.
있어요 있어요 means be or stay here, and in 이 근처에 있어요 it functions as a polite instruction to remain nearby. The form is gentle enough for advice between travelers. Use it when telling someone where to remain in a polite way.
상황이 상황이 means the situation as the subject in 상황이 바뀌면. The 이 marks the situation as what may change. This form is useful when discussing changes in circumstances rather than changes to a specific object.
바뀌면 바뀌면 means if or when it changes in 상황이 바뀌면. The 면 ending connects the change to the result that staff will give new directions. Use this form for a condition that may occur later.
직원들이 직원들이 means staff members as the subject of 알려 줄 거예요. The 들 marks multiple staff members, and 이 marks them as the people who will provide the information. Travelers use this form when referring to station or transport employees.
어디로 어디로 means where to or toward which place in 어디로 가야 하는지. The 로 marks the direction or destination of going. Use it when asking or explaining the destination someone should move toward.
가야 가야 means must go or should go in 어디로 가야 하는지. The 야 form presents going as necessary within the embedded question. This form is useful when asking which destination someone is required to go to.
하는지 하는지 marks an embedded question about what should be done in 어디로 가야 하는지. Here it helps turn the question of where to go into the information that staff will provide. Use this form when reporting or asking about an uncertain choice or action.
알려 알려 means let someone know or tell in 알려 줄 거예요. It contributes the act of giving information about the destination. Use this form when explaining that someone will provide directions or other needed information.
줄 줄 contributes the idea of doing something for someone in 알려 줄 거예요. Together with 알려, it means let someone know or tell them, and the following 거예요 refers to the expected future action. This pattern is useful for promises or expectations about providing help or information.
거예요 거예요 expresses an expected or planned future action in 직원들이 어디로 가야 하는지 알려 줄 거예요. It presents the staff's announcement as something the speaker expects to happen. Use it when describing what someone is likely or intended to do.
짐이 짐이 means luggage as the subject in 짐이 있어서. The 이 marks the luggage as the reason connected to the next clause. Travelers use this form when explaining that their belongings affect what they can do.
있어서 있어서 means because there is or because I have in 짐이 있어서 계속 이리저리 이동하고 싶지 않아요. Here it gives the reason for not wanting to keep moving. Use this form to connect a reason to a resulting preference or action.
계속 계속 means continuously or keep doing in 계속 이리저리 이동하고 싶지 않아요. It shows that the movement would be repeated or prolonged. Use it before an action when you want to emphasize that it continues.
이리저리 이리저리 means here and there or around in 계속 이리저리 이동하고 싶지 않아요. It describes movement in various directions rather than toward one fixed place. Travelers use it when they do not want to move around repeatedly while carrying belongings.
이동하고 이동하고 means moving or relocating in 이동하고 싶지 않아요. The 고 form connects the action of moving to the following expression of desire. Use it when describing movement from one place to another, especially in a formal or practical context.
싶지 싶지 contributes the negative form of wanting in 이동하고 싶지 않아요. It says that the speaker does not want the action to happen, with the negation completed by 않아요. This form is useful for politely expressing an unwanted action.
않아요 않아요 completes the negative statement in 이동하고 싶지 않아요. With 싶지, the whole expression means do not want to move around. Use this polite ending to state that someone does not do or does not want something.
바꿔야 바꿔야 means must switch or change in 승강장을 바꿔야 할 경우. The 야 form presents switching platforms as a required condition. Use it when an action becomes necessary because of a change in arrangements.
할 할 modifies 경우 in 바꿔야 할 경우 and means that must be done in the relevant situation. It connects the required action 바꿔야 to the noun 경우. This pattern is useful for describing a case in which a particular action is necessary.
경우 경우 means case or situation in 바꿔야 할 경우. It frames switching platforms as a possible circumstance rather than a confirmed event. Use it when explaining what happens in a particular situation.
도와줄 도와줄 means help in the form used before 수 in 도와줄 수 있는지. It describes the staff's possible action of helping the travelers. Use this form before an expression of ability or possibility when discussing whether someone can help.
수 수 means possibility or ability in 도와줄 수 있는지. Together with 도와줄, it forms the idea of being able to help. This pattern is useful when asking whether an action is possible.
있는지 있는지 asks whether the possibility exists in 도와줄 수 있는지. The whole expression means whether they can help, while 있는지 marks that question inside 물어볼게요. Use it when checking whether someone is able or permitted to do something.
물어볼게요 물어볼게요 means I will ask in 직원들이 도와줄 수 있는지 물어볼게요. It presents asking as the speaker's intended next action. Travelers use it when volunteering to check information with staff or another person.
변경 변경 means a change or alteration in 변경 사항이 막판에 생기면. It is a formal noun used for an adjustment to an arrangement or plan. This form is useful in travel or administrative announcements about changed details.
사항이 사항이 means the matter or item as the subject in 변경 사항이 생기면. Together with 변경, it refers to a change-related matter or changed detail. The 이 marks that matter as what may arise at the last minute.
막판에 막판에 means at the last minute or at the very end in 막판에 생기면. The 에 marks the time when the change might occur. Use it when an event happens just before a deadline or departure.
생기면 생기면 means if or when it arises in 변경 사항이 막판에 생기면. It presents the change as something that may come up unexpectedly. Use this conditional form for a new problem, need, or situation that appears.
그게 그게 means that as the subject in 그게 도움이 될 거예요. Here it points back to the help or arrangement just discussed. Use it when referring to a previously mentioned thing as the subject of a new statement.
도움이 도움이 means help as the subject in 그게 도움이 될 거예요. The 이 marks help as what will be useful. This form is commonly used when saying that an action or arrangement will be helpful.
될 될 means will be or will become in 도움이 될 거예요. In 도움이 되다, it contributes the meaning be helpful rather than becoming a physical object. Use this form before 거예요 when describing expected usefulness.
전광판을 전광판을 means the information board as the object of the update. The 를 marks the board as what staff will update in 전광판을 업데이트하면. Travelers use this form when referring to an electronic board displaying transport information.
업데이트하면 업데이트하면 means if or when someone updates in 전광판을 업데이트하면. The 면 ending connects the board update to the result that the travelers can move without guessing. Use it for a condition involving a change to displayed or shared information.
추측하지 추측하지 contributes the meaning guess in 추측하지 않고. The 지 form connects the action to 않고, so the whole expression means without guessing. Use this form when describing an action that is deliberately avoided.
않고 않고 means without doing or without, connecting the avoided action to the next action in 추측하지 않고 이동할 수 있겠어요. Here it means the travelers can move without making guesses. Use it to say that one action happens while another is not done.
이동할 이동할 means can or will move in 이동할 수 있겠어요. It modifies 수 and identifies moving as the possible action. Use this form before an expression of ability or possibility when discussing future movement.
있겠어요 있겠어요 expresses tentative possibility in 이동할 수 있겠어요. With 이동할 수, the whole statement means that moving should be possible once the board is updated. Use this form when making a cautious or hopeful assessment about what can happen.

Grammar Points

-(으)면

상황이 바뀌면 직원에게 물어볼게요.

sah-HWANG-ee ba-KKWEE-myun jik-WON-eh-geh moo-ruh-BOL-geh-yoh.

If the situation changes, I’ll ask a staff member.

Attach -(으)면 to a verb or adjective to express a condition: “if/when ….”

-아/어야 하다

일단 근처 승강장을 찾아봐야 해요.

eel-DAHN geun-CHEO seung-GAHNG-jahng-eul chah-jah-BWAH-yah heh-yoh.

For now, I have to look for a nearby platform.

-아/어야 하다 expresses necessity or obligation: “must/have to ….”

Korean Vocabulary

근처 noun
geun-CHEO nearby area; vicinity
기차 noun
gee-CHAH train
말해 주다 verb
mal-HEH joo-DAH to tell; to let someone know 말해 주지
상황 noun
sah-HWANG situation
승강장 noun
seung-GAHNG-jahng platform
안내 방송 noun
AHN-neh bahng-SONG announcement
이유 noun
ee-YOO reason
일단 adv
eel-DAHN for now; first of all
점검하다 verb
jeom-GEOM-hah-dah to inspect; to check 점검하고 있는
지연 noun
jee-YEON delay
찾아보다 verb
chah-jah-BOH-dah to look for 찾아봐야
탑승하다 verb
tahp-SSEUNG-hah-dah to board 탑승하기

Quiz

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to board

Show Answer탑승하기

to look for

Show Answer찾아봐야

for now; first of all

Show Answer일단

situation

Show Answer상황