Everyone had left something behind -- relatives, friends, language, land -- and so they brought with them a certain sadness and nostalgia.

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Exposure to parents and other relatives who speak Korean has given Kim some knowledge of the language -- she can generally understand the subject matter of the conversation -- but she can't read it and doesn't enunciate well.

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