Selling umbrellas, selling your own attention

Where the picture shows up in 팔다

1. 1

   goods cross to the customer

   여기 우산도 팔아요?

   yeo-gi u-san-do pa-ra-yo

   Do you sell umbrellas here too?

   An umbrella is lifted off the rack into a customer's hand, and coins land where it stood

2. 2

   every last one crosses over

   그 모델은 어제 다 팔렸어요.

   geu mo-de-reun eo-je da pal-lyeo-sseo-yo

   That model sold out yesterday.

   A shelf that was full stands empty a day later, with only a sold-out slip taped to the gap

3. 3

   handing over something big for money

   급해서 차를 싸게 팔았어요.

   geu-pae-seo cha-reul ssa-ge pa-ra-sseo-yo

   I needed the money, so I sold the car cheap.

   Keys are pressed into another hand and your car pulls out of the alley as someone else's

4. 4

   handing over your name for gain

   제 이름 팔고 다니지 마세요.

   je i-reum pal-go da-ni-ji ma-se-yo

   Stop going around using my name.

   Someone holds out a card with your name on it as if it were theirs and walks in through the door

   What crosses over is not an object but a name — hence 'selling' your name.

5. 5

   handing your attention elsewhere

   딴 데 정신 팔지 말고 일하세요.

   ttan de jeong-sin pal-ji mal-go i-ra-se-yo

   Stop letting your mind wander and get to work.

   The hands still hold the paperwork while the eyes and the mind have crossed out of the window