YUKI’S KOREAN DIARY · CHAPTER FOUR

Moving-in Day

이삿짐은 어디에?

A1 · Moving day4 scenes12 key lines · 33 in full을/를 · 이/가 · -ㅂ니다/습니다

A truck full of boxes. A few helping hands. A letter from home.

First, watch the story.

The original Episode 04, with the subtitle language you choose.

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Read the original episode dialogue below. Start with 12 highlights, or open all 33 story dialogue turns. The study section labels added practice examples separately.

12 highlighted dialogue turns.

SCENE 01 / 04

A truckload of new beginnings

Yuki’s belongings arrive from Japan. The driver checks the shipment, and the boxes pile up outside her new home.

The driver

안녕하세요! 이삿짐을 확인합니다. 일본에서 온 이삿짐이에요. 유키 씨 짐이에요?

Hello! I'm checking the moving shipment. These belongings are from Japan. Are they yours?

The driver

몇 층 몇 호예요?

What floor, and what unit?

Yuki

네! 한국에서 새로 시작해요!

Yep! I'm starting fresh in Korea!

SCENE 02 / 04

Three floors, and no elevator

The button Yuki spots is a doorbell. With no elevator, Junho helps carry the boxes up the stairs—carefully!

Yuki

이 버튼을 눌러요? 엘리베이터 버튼이에요?

Do I press this button? Is it the elevator button?

Mrs. Park

그건 초인종이에요. 우리 집은 엘리베이터가 없어요.

That's the doorbell. Our house doesn't have an elevator.

Junho

유키 씨, 아래 조심하세요!

Yuki, watch your step!

SCENE 03 / 04

A place for everything

Minji suggests the desk by the window and boxes under the bed. But the room still has boxes everywhere.

Minji

자, 회의 시작! 책상은 창문 옆에 놓아요. 창문 쪽이 밝아요!

Okay, let's start our meeting! Let's put the desk next to the window. It's bright there!

Minji

상자는 침대 밑에 둬요. 옷은 옷장 안쪽에 넣어요.

Let's put the boxes under the bed and the clothes inside the wardrobe.

Minji

이 상자 안에는 뭐가 있어요?

What's inside this box?

SCENE 04 / 04

A little piece of home

Snacks, a stuffed animal, and books emerge from the boxes. At the bottom, Yuki finds a letter in her mother’s handwriting.

Yuki

그 상자에는 제 책이 있어요.

That box has my books in it.

Yuki

어? 편지예요… 엄마 글씨예요.

Huh? A letter… It's Mom's handwriting.

Yuki · inner thought

'사랑해요, 유키. 밥 잘 먹어요!' …엄마, 보고 싶어요.

"I love you, Yuki. Eat well!" …Mom, I miss you.

FROM THE ORIGINAL VIDEO · LEARNING REPLAY

Say the moving checklist aloud.

These three review turns follow the 33 story turns in the original video. Practice the formal style here.

The driver

짐을 확인합니다. 상자가 큽니다.

I'm checking the belongings. The box is large.

Yuki

책상을 놓습니다. 의자도 놓습니다.

I put the desk in place. I put the chair in place too.

Minji

가방에 책을 넣습니다. 상자에도 넣습니다.

I put books in the bag and in the box too.

A new life begins—with a little love from home.

FROM THE STORY TO YOUR OWN WORDS

A moving checklist, in your own words.

Say what you do and describe an object in the formal polite style.

Three lines to take into your new home.

01FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

이삿짐을 확인합니다.

I’m checking the moving shipment.

The driver checks the belongings. 이삿짐 is the object of 확인하다, so it takes 을. 확인하다 becomes 확인합니다 in the formal polite style.

Back to scene 01 ↗

02FROM THE VIDEO’S LEARNING REPLAY

책상을 놓습니다. 의자도 놓습니다.

I put the desk in place. I put the chair in place too.

From the video’s learning replay. 책상 takes 을; 놓다 becomes 놓습니다. 도 means “too” and replaces the object particle here: 의자도.

Back to the learning replay ↗

03FROM THE VIDEO’S LEARNING REPLAY

상자가 큽니다.

The box is large.

From the video’s learning replay. We describe the box, so use 가 with the adjective 크다. Its stem 크 ends in a vowel: 크 + ㅂ니다 → 큽니다.

Back to the learning replay ↗

An action. A description. One clear sentence.

TODAY’S GRAMMAR

을/를 · 이/가
-ㅂ니다 / 습니다

Use 을/를 for the object of an action: 책상을 놓습니다. Use 이/가 for the thing you describe: 상자가 큽니다. Both sentences use formal polite endings.

Consonant-ending stem
놓다 → 놓 + 습니다 → 놓습니다
Vowel-ending stem
크다 → 크 + ㅂ니다 → 큽니다
확인하다 → 확인합니다

For the object, use 을 after a final consonant and 를 after a vowel: 책상을 / 의자를. For a description, use 이 / 가: 책상이 / 상자가. 도 means “too”: 의자도 놓습니다.

BUILDING BLOCKS

책상 + 을 + 놓다

YOUR SENTENCE

책상을 놓습니다.

desk + object particle + put → I put the desk in place.

The answer is from the original learning replay. 놓 has a final consonant, so add 습니다. 놓습니다 is pronounced [노씀니다].

The story keeps everyday 해요-style conversation. The driver’s check and the learning replay introduce the formal style. The parts above are added learning aids; the completed sentences come from the replay. For stems ending in ㄹ, drop ㄹ before ㅂ니다; that exception is not part of this quiz.

Check the form. Make it yours.

PRACTICE 01

Use 놓다 in the formal polite style.책상을 ____.

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 02

Describe the box using 크다 in the formal polite style.상자가 ____.

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 03

Choose the particle for the books you put into the bag.가방에 책____ 넣습니다.

Choose an answer to see why.

0 of 3 correct.

Two lines for your moving checklist.

Choose something you put in place or pack, then describe an object. Write one action sentence with 을/를 and one description with 이/가. Finish both in the formal polite style.

Listen with your device’s Korean voice.

Your moving checklist

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Moving-in Day

First, watch the story.

A truckload of new beginnings

Three floors, and no elevator

A place for everything

A little piece of home

Say the moving checklist aloud.

A moving checklist, in your own words.

Three lines to take into your new home.

이삿짐을 확인합니다.

책상을 놓습니다. 의자도 놓습니다.

상자가 큽니다.

An action. A description. One clear sentence.

을/를 · 이/가-ㅂ니다 / 습니다

Check the form. Make it yours.

Ready for a fresh start.

Two lines for your moving checklist.

Keep building your new everyday.

을/를 · 이/가
-ㅂ니다 / 습니다