YUKI’S KOREAN DIARY · CHAPTER THREE

At Home

나의 작은 방

A1 · My little room4 scenes12 key lines · 32 in full있어요 · 없어요 · 아니에요

A room of her own. A little help. A quieter good night.

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12 highlighted dialogue turns.

SCENE 01 / 04

A door to your own little room

Minji shows Yuki around the house. The bedroom door needs a push—and a new life waits on the other side.

Minji

그리고 이쪽이 유키 씨 방이에요!

And this one's your room, Yuki!

Yuki

어? 방문이 안 열려요!

Huh? The door won't open!

Minji

아, 이 문은 앞으로 밀어 주세요. 이렇게요!

Oh, please push this door forward. Like this!

SCENE 02 / 04

What is here—and what is missing?

There is furniture, but no books on the bookshelf. A sofa is in the hallway, and the clock on the wall turns out to be a mirror.

Minji

가구는 다 있어요. 침대, 책상, 의자…

All the furniture's here. A bed, a desk, a chair…

Yuki

와, 책장이 있어요! 그런데 책장에 책이 없어요.

Wow, there's a bookshelf! But there are no books on it.

Minji

소파는 복도에 있어요. 좀 오래됐어요. 그래도 편해요!

The sofa's in the hallway. It's kind of old. But it's comfy!

Yuki

아, 시계가 아니에요. 거울이에요! 안녕하세요, 거울 씨! 이제 여기가 제 방이에요!

Oh, it's not a clock. It's a mirror! Hello, Mr. Mirror! This is my room now!

SCENE 03 / 04

Unpacking, with a little help

Yuki puts away her clothes and spreads the blanket. When the internet will not connect, Junho helps her out.

Yuki · to herself

이불도 폈어요! 이제 인터넷… 어? 인터넷 연결이 안 돼요!

Blanket's all set! Now the internet… Huh? It won't connect!

Yuki

와, 됐어요! 감사합니다!

Yay, it works! Thank you!

SCENE 04 / 04

A noisy night, a cozy ending

Junho sings next door, keeping Yuki awake. After she speaks up and he apologizes, her new room finally feels peaceful.

Yuki · to herself

무슨 소리예요? 옆방에서 노래가 들려요.

What's that sound? I can hear singing next door.

Yuki

준호 씨! 너무 시끄러워요! 지금은 밤이에요!

Junho! It's too loud! It's nighttime now!

Yuki · inner thought

이불 속은 따뜻해요. 그리고 편안해요. 잘 자요, 유키…

It's warm under the blanket. And cozy. Good night, Yuki…

Good night, Yuki. This little room is yours now.

FROM THE STORY TO YOUR OWN WORDS

Make room for your own words.

Say what is here, what is missing, and what something is not.

Small words for your own space.

01FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

책장에 책이 없어요.

There are no books on the bookshelf.

Yuki has a bookshelf, but no books in it yet. 없어요 tells us something is absent. 책장에 gives the location; 책이 names the missing thing.

Back to scene 02 ↗

02FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

소파는 복도에 있어요.

The sofa is in the hallway.

Minji answers Yuki’s question about the sofa. 있어요 says it is there, and 복도에 tells us where. The sofa is not missing from the whole house.

Back to scene 02 ↗

03FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

시계가 아니에요. 거울이에요!

It is not a clock. It is a mirror!

Yuki corrects what she first thought the object was. 아니에요 means “is not a noun.” It does not mean that the object is absent.

Back to scene 02 ↗

Here. Missing. Something else.

TODAY’S GRAMMAR

있어요 · 없어요
이/가 아니에요

Use 있어요 when something is there and 없어요 when it is absent. Use N이/가 아니에요 to correct what something is: 시계가 아니에요. 거울이에요.

Something is here → 책상이 있어요.
Something is missing → 책이 없어요.
It is not that thing → 시계가 아니에요.

Choose 이 after a final consonant and 가 after a vowel: 책이 / 의자가. Add 에 to a location: 책장에 책이 없어요. The location comes before 있어요 or 없어요.

QUESTION

방에 뭐가 있어요?

ANSWER

책상이 있어요.

What is in the room? → There is a desk.

Companion practice based on the room scene. 있어요 says something exists. 책상 ends in a consonant, so use 책상이.

The sofa is in the hallway, so it is not absent from the whole house. 없어요 describes absence in a context; 아니에요 describes what something is not. The correct spelling is 아니에요. The longer nighttime lines are for story comprehension, not this quiz.

Look around. Say it in Korean.

PRACTICE 01

The bookshelf is empty. Complete Yuki’s sentence.책장에 책이 ____.

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 02

The round object is a mirror. Say that it is not a clock.시계가 ____.

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 03

Complete Minji’s description of the sofa’s location.소파는 복도____ 있어요.

Choose an answer to see why.

0 of 3 correct.

Three sentences about your space.

Write one sentence with 있어요, one with 없어요, and one with 아니에요. Describe your room or an imaginary room. For the last sentence, say what an object is not, then what it is.

Listen with your device’s Korean voice.

Your room description

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At Home

First, watch the story.

A door to your own little room

What is here—and what is missing?

Unpacking, with a little help

A noisy night, a cozy ending

Make room for your own words.

Small words for your own space.

책장에 책이 없어요.

소파는 복도에 있어요.

시계가 아니에요. 거울이에요!

Here. Missing. Something else.

있어요 · 없어요이/가 아니에요

Look around. Say it in Korean.

Your room, in Korean.

Three sentences about your space.

Keep making yourself at home.

있어요 · 없어요
이/가 아니에요