Lesson 3

빨리 사야 돼!
I have to buy it quickly!

Full text (1 sentence)
디자인이 너무 예뻐서 예전부터 사고 싶었던 가방이 있었는데 가격이 너무 부담스러워서 몇 달째 망설이기만 하고 있다가 오늘 어떤 인터넷 쇼핑몰에서 할인 행사를 해서 절반 가격으로 살 수 있길래, 이번에도 못 사면 앞으로 평생 못 살 것 같아서 바로 회원 가입을 해서 계정 만들고 주문하려고 했더니 그 사이에 품절이 되어 버렸어요.

Key vocabulary & expressions
예전부터 = from a long time ago, for a while now
가격이 부담스럽다 = the price is too high, the price is not affordable
몇 달째 = for a few months now
망설이다 = to hesitate
할인 행사 = promotional event, promotion
절반 가격 = half price
평생 = lifetime, for one’s lifetime
회원 가입 = membership sign-up
계정 = account
품절이 되다 = to sell out, to become out of stock

Linking parts
Noun + -이/가 있었는데 = there was this + Noun
-기만 하고 있다가 = I was only doing … and then
-길래 = this happened, so …; someone did this, so …
-(으)ㄹ 것 같아서 = it looked like it would … so
-(으)려고 했더니 그 사이에 = I was going to + Verb + and then during that time

Translation
There was this bag that I’ve been wanting to buy because the design is so pretty, but the price is too high so I’ve been hesitating for a few months now. And today an online shop was having a promotion and I could buy it at half the price, so I thought I would never be able to buy it in my entire life if I can’t buy it this time, and I was going to sign up, make an account and order it right away, but while I was doing that, it became out of stock.