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YUKI’S KOREAN DIARY · CHAPTER TWO

New Housemates

하숙집 사람들

A1 · Getting acquainted4 scenes12 key lines · 40 in full이름이 뭐예요?

A few questions. A new friend. A nickname to remember.

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The original Episode 02, with the subtitle language you choose.

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Read the original episode dialogue below. Start with 12 highlights, or open all 40 dialogue turns. The study section labels added practice examples separately.

12 highlighted dialogue turns.

SCENE 01 / 04

A welcome at the door

Yuki is so nervous that she does not recognize the landlady who gave her the key. A warm welcome helps her relax.

Yuki bows beside Mrs. Park at the boarding-house gate; artwork from Episode 02.

Mrs. Park

어서 들어와요! 환영해요!

Come on in! Welcome!

Mrs. Park

괜찮아요. 정말 반가워요!

That's okay. I'm so glad you're here!

SCENE 02 / 04

A name, a country, a conversation

Junho introduces himself very formally. Yuki shares her name and nationality, and asks Mrs. Park her name.

Mrs. Park laughs with Junho and Yuki in the living room; artwork from Episode 02.

Mrs. Park

유키 학생도 자기소개를 해요. 이름이 뭐예요?

Tell us about yourself too, Yuki. What's your name?

Yuki

네! 제 이름은 유키예요. 저는 일본 사람이에요.

Sure! My name is Yuki. I'm Japanese.

Yuki

야마다예요. 그런데 아주머니 성함은요?

It's Yamada. And may I ask your name, ma'am?

SCENE 03 / 04

Too many questions. One new friend.

Junho has so many questions that Mrs. Park gently stops him. Then Minji rushes in, and an awkward first meeting turns into a friendship.

Minji bursts into the room as Yuki, Mrs. Park and Junho look up; artwork from Episode 02.

Mrs. Park

아이고, 준호 학생! 질문이 너무 많아요! 여기는 하숙집이에요. 경찰서가 아니에요!

Goodness, Junho! Too many questions! This is a boarding house, not a police station!

Minji

그럼 우리 이제 친구예요?

So are we friends now?

Yuki

그럼요! 친구예요!

Of course! We're friends!

SCENE 04 / 04

A little snowflake, a new beginning

Yuki explains that her name means snow. Mrs. Park gives her a new nickname: 눈송이, Snowflake.

Junho smiles and gives a thumbs-up beside Yuki as they enjoy her new nickname; artwork from Episode 02.

Mrs. Park

유키는 무슨 뜻이에요?

What does "Yuki" mean?

Yuki

일본어로 '눈'이에요. 겨울의 하얀 눈이요.

It means "snow" in Japanese. White winter snow.

Mrs. Park

그럼 별명은… '눈송이'! 어때요?

Then your nickname is... Snowflake! How is that?

Yuki · inner thought

한국에서 생긴 첫 별명! 너무 좋아요!

My first nickname in Korea! I love it!

A new place begins to feel like home.

FROM THE STORY TO YOUR OWN WORDS

Let the conversation grow.

Ask a name. Ask a country. Return a question.

01

Questions that open a door.

01FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

이름이 뭐예요?

What’s your name?

A short, polite question for an everyday introduction. For someone senior or a more respectful setting, 성함이 어떻게 되세요? is a useful alternative.

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02COMPANION PRACTICE

어느 나라 사람이에요?

Which country are you from?

A complete practice version of Junho’s unfinished country question. Answer with a country: 저는 일본 사람이에요. The full question here is a learning example.

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03FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

그런데 아주머니 성함은요?

And may I ask your name, ma’am?

Yuki returns the name question using 성함, the respectful word for name. 은요?/는요? can leave out a repeated question when the context is clear.

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02

A short question. A real conversation.

TODAY’S GRAMMAR

뭐예요? / 어느 나라

Choose a question to match what you want to learn. 뭐예요? asks what something is. 어느 goes before a noun, as in 어느 나라, “which country.”

Ask a name → 이름이 뭐예요?
Ask a country → 어느 나라 사람이에요?
Return the same question → 은요? / 는요?

For a short follow-up, add 은요? after a final consonant and 는요? after a vowel: 성함은요? / 준호 씨는요? The earlier conversation supplies the missing question.

QUESTION

이름이 뭐예요?

ANSWER

제 이름은 유키예요.

What’s your name? → My name is Yuki.

뭐 means “what.” 이름이 뭐예요? asks for a name.

In the story, Junho says 저는 김준호입니다! and Mrs. Park suggests 김준호예요 for home. Both are polite; 입니다 is more formal. Also, avoid using 당신 as an automatic translation of “you” here. A name + 씨, or an omitted subject, usually fits better.
03

Your turn to ask.

PRACTICE 01

You want to learn a new housemate’s name. Which question fits?

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 02

Which question asks someone’s country?

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 03

Return the same question: “How about you, Junho?”준호 씨____?

Choose an answer to see why.

0 of 3 correct.

Four lines, in your own words.

Ask a name, answer, ask a country, and answer. Invented names are welcome. Then try adding a short follow-up with ___ 씨는요?

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KEEP GROWING

Keep the conversation going.

GRAMMAR REVIEW

N은/는 N이에요/예요

Review the sentences used in introductions

VOCABULARY REVIEW

Jobs & nationalities

Words for your own introduction
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