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If you have been paying attention, you’ll known that I’ve started contributing to Talk With The World. This video was made with another writer at TWTW, Cody씨.

I changed the dialogue of this Koreanclass101.com lesson by changing the punchline. I realise that not everyone reading will understand Korean, so here’s the English. If you don’t understand English, sorry!

A: Brother, what’s this?
B: This? A monkey.
A: Brother, what’s this?
B: This? A pig.
A: Brother, what’s this?
B: This? A puppy. Stop asking questions.
A: Alright.
A & B: Bon appetit!

“Bon appetit” is a French expression that we use before we eat (it’s originally French but we use it so often in English that most English speakers will understand). And “brother” is a translation of 형 which literally means “older brother” (of a younger brother) but doesn’t just apply to biological brothers.

I’m not sure that it’s clear from the English translation that A and B intend to eat all the animals that they are seeing (or even if it’s clear from our original Korean script) but I hope at least someone gets it.

Thanks to Cody for lending his dulcet tones to the part of the younger brother.

If you can’t see the video, click here.