한글 읽기/말하기 연습 (Reading and Speaking Practice)
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Let’s chant “여우야, 여우야, 뭐하니?”, which is one of the childhood games in Korea.
"여우야, 여우야, 뭐하니?"
(Fox, fox, what are you doing?)
All: 여우야, 여우야, 뭐하니? (Fox, fox, what are you doing?)
It: 잠잔다. (I’m sleeping)
All: 잠꾸러기! (A sleepyhead)! 여우야, 여우야 뭐하니?
It: 세수한다. (I’m washing my face)
All: 멋쟁이 (What a cool guy)! 여우야, 여우야, 뭐하니?
It: 밥 먹는다. (I’m having a meal)
All: 무슨 반찬? (What kind of side dish?)
It: 개구리 반찬 (Frog side dish)
All: 죽었니? 살았니? (Are you dead? Alive?)
It: 살았다! (I am alive!)
*Grammar: Verb ending -(ㄴ/는)다: 잠잔다 (be sleeping), 세수한다 (be washing face), 밥 먹는다 (be having a meal) According to Talk To Me In Korean (https://talktomeinkorean.com/curriculum/level-5-korean-grammar/lessons/lesson-16-narrative-present-tense-in-korean-%e3%84%b4-%eb%8a%94%eb%8b%a4/), -(ㄴ/는)다 is the “narrative present tense form”. -(ㄴ/는)다 is most often used when speaking to someone who is NOT older than you AND with whom you are close, or when writing in a journal or reading a novel. |
You can see how this game works in this video clip (6:15) where popular Korean comedians play it to let kids know about childhood games in old days.