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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Korean with Fexingo. I am Lucas. Luna: And I am Luna. Hi everyone. Lucas: We are starting our day fresh today. Luna: Yes. It is a new episode. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, we appreciate you being here. Luna: It really does help to hear these patterns over and over. Lucas: Exactly. Today we focus on the start of your day. Luna: The morning routine. Lucas: Let us begin with the very first action. Luna: Waking up. Lucas: Right. The word is 일어난요. Luna: ill eona yo. Lucas: Let us try it slowly. 일어나요. Luna: 일어나요. Lucas: Good. It means 'to wake up' or 'get out of bed'. Luna: So when the alarm goes off? Lucas: Precisely. You get up. 일어나요. Luna: 일어나요. Okay, I got out of bed. Lucas: Now what do you do? You go to the bathroom. Luna: To clean my face. Lucas: In Korean, we say 세수를 해요. Luna: se su reul haeyo. Lucas: Let's break that down. 세수를 해요. Luna: 세수를 해요. Lucas: This means 'to wash one's face'. Luna: It feels so polite. Lucas: It is standard polite form. Very common. 세수를 해요. Luna: 세수를 해요. My face is clean now. Lucas: Next step. Breakfast. Luna: I need coffee. And toast. Lucas: The phrase is 아침을 먹어요. Luna: Achim-eul meogeoyo. Lucas: Listen carefully. 아침을 먹어요. Luna: 아침을 먹어요. Lucas: It literally means 'to eat breakfast'. Luna: Achim is morning. Meogeoyo is eat. Lucas: Correct. So, 아침을 먹어요. Luna: 아침을 먹어요. I am eating breakfast. Lucas: Now you are ready to leave the house. Luna: Where are you going? Lucas: If you have a job, you commute. We say 출근해요. Luna: chul geun haeyo. Lucas: Let's repeat it. 출근해요. Luna: 출근해요. Lucas: This means 'to go to work'. Luna: Is it just for offices? Lucas: Mostly yes. Any regular job. 출근해요. Luna: 출근해요. I am going to work. Lucas: But what if you are a student? Luna: Then I go to school. Lucas: The phrase is 학교에 가요. Luna: hak gyo e gayo. Lucas: Try it again. 학교에 가요. Luna: 학교에 가요. Lucas: Hakgyo is school. Gayo is go. So, go to school. Luna: 학교에 가요. I am going to school. Lucas: Let's review the whole chain. Luna: Okay. First, wake up. Lucas: 일어나요. Luna: Then wash face. Lucas: 세수를 해요. Luna: Then eat breakfast. Lucas: 아침을 먹어요. Luna: Then go to work or school. Lucas: 출근해요 or 학교에 가요. Luna: That covers the whole morning. Lucas: It does. Quick honest thing about the show. Luna: What is it? Lucas: A small group of listeners supports us monthly at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: That helps keep the episodes coming without ads. Lucas: Exactly. No ads, just learning. If you can, check it out. Luna: Yeah. It makes a big difference. Lucas: Back to our routine. Imagine your friend asks you. Luna: What do you do every day? Lucas: You can say: I wake up early. Luna: 일어나요. Lucas: I wash my face. Luna: 세수를 해요. Lucas: I eat breakfast quickly. Luna: 아침을 먹어요. Lucas: And then I go to school. Luna: 학교에 가요. Lucas: Very natural sequence. Luna: It flows well. Lucas: Let's practice the verb endings. Luna: They all end in 요. Lucas: Yes. Yo. Polite present tense. Luna: 일어나요. 세수를 해요. 아침을 먹어요. Lucas: And the movement verbs. Luna: 출근해요. 학교에 가요. Lucas: Perfect. Luna: I feel ready for tomorrow. Lucas: You should be. Luna: What if I skip breakfast? Lucas: Then you don't use 아침을 먹어요. Luna: Oh. I see. Lucas: Just pick the actions you actually do. Luna: Right. Keep it real. Lucas: Exactly. Let's say them one last time together. Luna: 일어나요. Lucas: 세수를 해요. Luna: 아침을 먹어요. Lucas: 출근해요. Luna: 학교에 가요. Lucas: Great job today. Luna: Thank you, Lucas. Lucas: Practice these until we chat again. Luna: See you next time.