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Home etiquette

집에서는 신발을 벗어요

Take your shoes off indoors

Two-panel comic showing a visitor taking off sneakers in the entrance of a Korean home
Mina

잠깐! 여기서 신발을 벗어요.

Jjamkkan! Yeogiseo sinbareul beoseoyo.

English

Wait! We take our shoes off here.

Alex

아, 알겠어요. 신발은 여기에 둘게요.

A, algesseoyo. Sinbareun yeogie dulgeyo.

English

Oh, got it. I'll leave my shoes here.

Quick quiz

Where should Alex leave his outdoor shoes?