93세 아버지의 '양념통닭 먹고 싶다' 전화…조회수 120만, 치킨 브랜드가 댓글
A 93-Year-Old's Call for Seasoned Chicken Gets 1.2 Million Views and a Reply From the Brand
Part of the September 16, 2026 daily edition
최근 SNS에 6남매 중 막내딸이라는 A씨의 사연이 올라와 화제가 됐습니다. 93세 아버지가 오후 4시 30분쯤 전화를 걸어, 지난번에 딸이 사다준 양념통닭이 자꾸 생각나서 먹고 싶다고 말했습니다. 아버지는 참아 보려고 했는데 자꾸 생각이 난다고 했고, 딸이 30분만 기다리시라고 하자 미안하다고 말했습니다. A씨는 치킨을 주문하며 눈물을 쏟았습니다. A씨는 아버지가 자존심이 강해서 평소에 부탁을 잘 하지 않는 분이라고 설명했습니다. 이 사연은 조회수 120만 회에 가까워지며 화제를 모았고, 치킨 브랜드 페리카나는 직접 댓글을 남겨 다음에 또 생각나실 때 편하게 드실 수 있도록 작은 마음을 전하고 싶다고 밝혔습니다.
Translation
A story recently posted on social media by a woman, A, who introduced herself as the youngest of six siblings, has become a talking point. Her 93-year-old father phoned at about 4:30 in the afternoon and said that he kept thinking about the seasoned fried chicken she had bought him last time and wanted to eat it. He said he had tried to hold out but kept thinking of it, and when his daughter told him to wait just 30 minutes, he said he was sorry. A burst into tears as she ordered the chicken. She explained that her father is a proud man who does not usually ask for anything. The post drew close to 1.2 million views, and the chicken brand 페리카나 left a comment of its own, saying it wanted to send a small gift so that he could enjoy the chicken comfortably the next time he felt like it.
Vocabulary
- 사연명사 (noun)a personal story, an account
- 막내명사 (noun)the youngest child
- 양념통닭명사 (noun)seasoned (sweet and spicy) fried chicken
- 참다동사 (verb)to hold back, to endure
- 자존심명사 (noun)pride, self-respect
- 부탁명사 (noun)a request, a favour
- 조회수명사 (noun)the number of views
- 댓글명사 (noun)a comment (online)
Grammar points
-아/어 주다to do something for someone
-아/어 주다 marks an action done as a favour to someone else. 사다 주다 is to buy something for a person, and in speech it fuses to 사다준. The father's request is built on it: the chicken 딸이 사다준, that his daughter had bought for him.
Example: 아버지는 지난번에 딸이 사다준 양념통닭이 먹고 싶다고 말했습니다.
The father said he wanted the seasoned chicken his daughter had bought him last time.
-자as soon as ..., when ... (and then)
-자 links one action to what followed right after it: 기다리시라고 하자 미안하다고 말했습니다, when she told him to wait, he said sorry. It is a written form that keeps a sequence of exchanges tight, which suits a story told in a few lines.
Example: 딸이 30분만 기다리시라고 하자 아버지는 미안하다고 말했습니다.
When his daughter told him to wait just 30 minutes, the father said he was sorry.
-다고 말하다/밝히다to say that ... (reported speech)
-다고 말하다 and -다고 밝히다 report what someone said without quotation marks; 밝히다 is the more formal verb, used here for the company's statement. Reported speech shifts the original politeness away: the brand wrote 드실 수 있도록, honorific, and the report keeps the content but wraps it in -다고.
Example: 페리카나는 다음에 또 생각나실 때 편하게 드실 수 있도록 작은 마음을 전하고 싶다고 밝혔습니다.
페리카나 said it wanted to send a small gift so that he could enjoy the chicken comfortably the next time he felt like it.
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