YUKI’S KOREAN DIARY · CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Spring Picnic

봄 소풍

A1 · Spring & connections4 scenes12 key lines · 29 in full-고 / -고요

Warm skies, good friends, and a flower to take home.

Study notes ↓

First, watch the story.

The original Episode 16, with the subtitle language you choose.

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Read the original episode dialogue below. Start with 12 highlights, or open all 29 original dialogue turns. The study section labels added practice examples separately.

12 highlighted dialogue turns.

SCENE 01 / 04

Open the window. Spring is here.

Yuki opens her window to a warm morning. Minji talks about Korea’s four seasons, and Yuki has the perfect reason to go outside: a class picnic.

Yuki smiling through her open window on a warm spring morning, from the original Episode 16 video.

Yuki

와! 오늘 날씨가 정말 따뜻해요!

Wow! The weather is so warm today!

Minji

드디어 봄이에요. 한국에는 사계절이 있어요. 봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울!

Spring is finally here. Korea has four seasons. Spring, summer, fall, winter!

Yuki

하늘이 맑고 햇빛이 반짝반짝해요!

The sky is clear and the sunlight sparkles!

SCENE 02 / 04

A picnic, a bicycle, and strawberries.

The class gathers in the park. Yuki follows Lucas on a bike, takes a tumble, and decides a walk will do. Then Amina brings out the strawberries.

Amina, Yuki, Lucas, and Théo enjoying their picnic together.

Yuki

반 친구들하고 함께 공원에 왔어요. 정말 좋아요!

I came to the park with my classmates. This is so great!

Yuki

아야… 저는 그냥 산책할게요.

Ow… I'll just go for a walk.

Yuki

와, 빨갛고 정말 맛있겠어요!

Wow, they're so red — they look delicious!

SCENE 03 / 04

Spring flowers. A summer flower in a photo.

Flowers bloom and birds sing. Théo introduces mugunghwa with a photo and explains that it blooms in summer. Lucas has one practical question: so there are none here now?

Yuki and Amina admiring spring blossoms in the park.

Amina

꽃이 많이 피었어요. 나무도 푸르고 예뻐요!

So many flowers are in bloom. The trees are green and pretty too!

Théo

무궁화는 여름에 피어요. 여기 사진을 보세요. 분홍색 꽃이에요.

Mugunghwa blooms in summer. Look at this picture. The flowers are pink.

SCENE 04 / 04

A little water. A little spring to take home.

Back at the guesthouse, Mrs. Park helps Yuki plant seeds and reminds her not to overwater them. She gives Yuki a flower from her garden, bringing a little spring into Yuki’s room.

Yuki planting flower seeds with Mrs. Park in the garden.

Yuki

이렇게요? 꽃씨를 심는 건 처음이에요!

Like this? It's my first time planting flower seeds!

Yuki

네! 조금만요.

Okay! Just a little.

Yuki

감사합니다! 제 꽃병에 넣을게요!

Thank you! I'll put it in my vase!

Yuki · to herself

제 방에도 봄이 왔어요!

Spring has come to my room, too!

Théo shows mugunghwa in a photo and says it blooms in summer. The flower Mrs. Park gives Yuki comes from her garden; it is not a flower that has just grown from Yuki’s seeds.

FROM THE EPISODE SCRIPT · LEARNING REPLAY

Warm weather. Green trees. A kind neighbor.

These three turns come from the episode script’s learning replay. The linked videos finish with six vocabulary cards and do not include this spoken replay. Practise these lines here after reading the story.

Yuki

봄이에요. 날씨가 따뜻하고 하늘이 맑아요.

It's spring. The weather is warm and the sky is clear.

Amina

나무가 크고 꽃이 예뻐요.

The trees are tall and the flowers are pretty.

Yuki

아주머니는 친절하고 재미있어요. 같이 꽃씨를 심어요.

Mrs. Park is kind and fun. We plant flower seeds together.

A little spring, all the way home.

FROM THE STORY TO YOUR OWN WORDS

Let one thought grow into two.

Connect what you see with -고. Add a little more with -고요.

01

A clear sky. Green trees. A kind heart.

01FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

하늘이 맑고 햇빛이 반짝반짝해요!

The sky is clear and the sunlight sparkles!

Yuki connects two descriptions with -고. Start from 맑다: remove 다 and add 고 → 맑고. 반짝반짝 describes repeated sparkling.

Back to scene 01 ↗
02FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

나무도 푸르고 예뻐요!

The trees are green and pretty too!

Amina adds another spring sight with 도 (“too”). 푸르다 becomes 푸르고 before -고; the 르 stays. The polite ending comes at the end: 예뻐요.

Back to scene 03 ↗
03FROM THE SCRIPT’S LEARNING REPLAY

아주머니는 친절하고 재미있어요.

Mrs. Park is kind and fun.

From the script’s learning replay. 친절하다 becomes 친절하고, joining two qualities of Mrs. Park. Use the dictionary stem 친절하-, not the polite form 친절해요.

Back to the learning replay ↗
02

Two thoughts, one small connection.

TODAY’S GRAMMAR

-고 / -고요

Connect actions or descriptions with -고. Add a related fact politely with -고요. The same stem works for both.

CONNECT · ANDV/A stem + 고

맑다 → 맑고
하늘이 맑고 햇빛이 반짝반짝해요.

ADD · AND ALSOV/A stem + 고요

날씨가 따뜻해요.
하늘도 맑고요.

Remove 다 from the dictionary form and attach 고. No consonant/vowel choice is needed: 파다 → 파고, 맑다 → 맑고, 친절하다 → 친절하고.

Keep the stem before 고: 푸르다 → 푸르고, 빨갛다 → 빨갛고. Do not start with the polite -아요/어요 form. The final predicate ends the connected sentence politely.

-고 can list facts or actions. Context may suggest “and then”; it does not always mean a sequence or give a reason. -고요 works as a related addition in a conversation.

CONNECT TWO IDEAS

맑다 → 맑 + 고 → 맑고

FROM THE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE

하늘이 맑고 햇빛이 반짝반짝해요!

The sky is clear and the sunlight sparkles!

맑다 → 맑고. One clear sky and sparkling sunlight: two descriptions joined with “and.”

The sky and tree examples are original lines; the warm-weather and kindness examples come from the script’s learning replay. Planting and -고요 are added practice. The moving illustrations explain the grammar.
03

Check the form. Make it yours.

PRACTICE 01

Join the two descriptions using 따뜻하다 + -고.날씨가 ___ 하늘이 맑아요.

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 02

Complete Amina’s description of the trees. Start from 푸르다.나무도 ___ 예뻐요!

Choose an answer to see why.

PRACTICE 03

Politely add one more fact after “The weather is warm.”날씨가 따뜻해요. 하늘도 ___.

Choose an answer to see why.

0 of 3 correct.

What is spring like where you are?

Describe two things with -고: 날씨가 따뜻하고 꽃이 예뻐요. Then try adding a second fact in conversation: 날씨가 따뜻해요. 꽃도 예쁘고요. You can also describe a person with 친절하다 and 재미있다.

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