Phone Conversation Opening
(Minji calls Steve to find out why he was absent.)
| 스티브: | 여보세요. | Hello. | Opening |
| 민지: | (여보세요) 거기 스티브씨 집이지요? | It's Steve's place, isn't? | Asking to confirm the number |
| 스티브: | 네, 그런데요. | Yes, it is. So . . . | Confirming the number |
| 민지: | 스티브씨 좀 바꿔 주세요. | May I speak to Steve, please? | Swtich board request |
| 스티브: | 전데요. |
Speaking [so . . .] |
Confirming the speaker |
| 실례지만 누구세요? | Excuse me, but may I ask who's calling? | Asking for caller identification | |
| 민지: | 저 김민지예요. |
This is Minji Kim. |
Caller identification |
| 오늘 왜 학교에 안 왔어요? | Why didn't you come to school today? | ||
| 스티브: | (아, 민지 씨.) 저 감기에 걸려서 못 갔어요. | I couldn't go because I got a cold. |