Lesson 1

카페에서 한국어 공부
Studying Korean at a cafe

Full text (2 sentences)
어제는 원래 어디 갈 계획이 있었는데 약속이 취소되어서 집에만 있을 생각이었지만, 날씨도 좋고 해서 근처 카페에서 요즘에 많이 못 한 한국어 공부를 좀 하려고 밖에 나갔어요. 그런데 막상 카페에 가니 이상하게 집중이 잘 안 돼서, 원래 공부하려고 가져갔던 책은 전혀 안 보고 게임만 하다가 집에 왔어요.

Key vocabulary & expressions
원래 = originally
계획 = plan
약속이 취소되다 = one’s plans get cancelled, one’s scheduled event gets cancelled
막상 = when one actually does something
이상하게 = strangely
집중이 잘 안 되다 = can’t focus well

Linking parts
-(으)ㄹ 생각이었지만 = I was going to … but; I was planning to … but
-고 해서 = since, because, so
-(으)려고 = in order to; planning to
Noun + -만 하다가 + Verb = I was only doing + Noun + and then + Verb

Translation
I was originally planning on going somewhere yesterday but my plans were cancelled so I was going to just stay at home, but since the weather was good, I went outside to study some Korean at a nearby coffee shop because I haven’t studied much recently. But when I actually went to the cafe, strangely, I couldn’t focus well, so I didn’t read the books I’d brought with me to study at all, and just came home after only playing video games.