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Korean reading · beginner

No restaurant at the station

Hungry, out of time, and in the wrong building. A short story from the Open Lingo Korean course, written so that a learner who has finished the first 6 modules knows every word and grammar point in it. Read each line, then check the English underneath.

Examples are written in Hangul. New to it? Start with the hangul chart.

  1. 여기는 역이에요.

    I'm at the station.

  2. 저는 시간이 없어요.

    I don't have time.

  3. 역에 식당이 있어요?

    Is there a restaurant in the station?

  4. 아니요, 식당이 없어요.

    No — there's no restaurant.

  5. 그런데 가게가 있어요.

    But there is a shop.

  6. 가게에 빵이 있어요.

    The shop has bread.

  7. 저

    빵 두 개 주세요.

    "Two pieces of bread, please."

  8. 제 가방에 빵이 있어요.

    There's bread in my bag.

  9. 저는 학교에 가요.

    I go to school.

Words to know

그런데
but, and yet
가요
go, am going

Comprehension question

역에 뭐가 있어요?

  • 가게가 있어요
  • 식당이 있어요
  • 병원이 있어요
Show answer

가게가 있어요

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