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10:20
Lena 🇩🇪Sinchon · active now
Sunday 10:20

Morning, Jiwoo! Sorry, a Sunday question.좋은 아침, 지우! 미안, 일요일부터 질문 하나.

Her trash bag back at her door, with a yellow sticker of a crossed-out banana peel

My trash bag came back. With a sticker 😅내 쓰레기봉투가 돌아왔어. 스티커까지 붙어서 😅

I think there’s food in it.🍌

Only a banana peel!바나나 껍질 하나뿐인데!

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What do you want to say?
음식이 들어 있어서 그런 것 같다고 하기There’s probably food in it저런, 뭘 버렸냐고 묻기Oh no, what did you throw away?

Not on (on the outside). What short word means inside the bag?

음식이 들어 있어서 그런 것 같아.
I think .
Lena texts. You pick what you mean, then write it in English yourself.
Now you try

They live somewhere. They text you from there.

Every friend has a city, a job and a week going on. They text when something happens, in the English people really send: short, casual, full of things no textbook prints.

DanielDaniel
Sydney · 2:41 pm

Daniel, 34

Runs a beach café in Sydney. Lived in Busan, and still misses it.

The café closes at 2:30.카페는 2시 반에 닫아.
Then it's me, Kimchi and the beach.그다음엔 나랑 김치랑 바다.
PriyaPriya
London · 7:52 am

Priya, 26

Your old flatmate. Twelve-hour nights in A&E.

Twelve hours in A&E.응급실에서 12시간.
Then toast.그다음엔 토스트.
SamSam
Seongsu, Seoul · 8:10 am

Sam, 30

From Toronto. Pulls shots at a roastery in Seongsu.

Latte art.라테 아트.
My hearts look like potatoes.내 하트는 감자처럼 생겼어.
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Ten friends so far, and more arriving. Each has their own stories, voice and slang, from a beach café in Sydney to a 3 a.m. gaming chat in Vancouver.

Meet them all

So who's on the other end?

Is Lena a real person?

No. Every friend is a character with a life and an ongoing story, written ahead of time and checked by an editor. Nobody is waiting on you, so take your time.

Then what's real?

The English. Every line is how a native actually texts, and every reply you send is the phrase a native would use, written by you.

How do I reply if I don't know the words?

Choose what you mean in Korean. The sentence appears with blanks; type the missing words. Hints point the way without giving it away.

Is it a chatbot?

No. A chatbot will say anything. These stories are written, so every reply has a right answer worth learning, and your friend reacts to what you meant, never to your spelling.

Korea first. Then the other way around.

We're starting with Korean speakers learning English. Next, the same friends and the same keyboard for everyone learning Korean.

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