19 two-turn dialogues about 초대와 방문, illustrating 7 words from this category at 1급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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아침 시간 동안 뭘 했니?
What did you do during the morning?
청소하고 빨래 좀 했더니 다 가 버렸네.
I cleaned and did some laundry, and the time was gone.
엄마, 9시예요. 책 읽어 주세요.
Mom, it's 9 o'clock. Please read me a book.
벌써 우리 아기가 잘 시간이구나.
Oh, it's already time for my baby to sleep.
주말에 영화 보러 갈래?
Do you want to go see a movie this weekend?
안 돼. 그럴 시간 없어.
No, I don't have time for that.
무슨 꽃을 좋아해요?
What kind of flower do you like?
노란색 튤립을 좋아해요.
I like yellow tulips.
자네 부인이 그렇게 아름답다면서?
I heard your wife is really beautiful.
대학교 때 아내를 만났는데, 저희 과의 꽃이었죠.
I met her in college; she was the flower of our department.
우리도 저렇게 꽃 같은 때가 있었는지 모르겠네요.
I wonder if we ever had such a flower-like time.
그러게요. 애들이 참 예쁘고 생기 있네요.
I know, right? The kids look so pretty and lively.
아침 시간 동안 뭘 했니?
What did you do during the morning?
청소하고 빨래 좀 했더니 다 가 버렸네.
I cleaned and did some laundry, and the time was gone.
엄마, 9시예요. 책 읽어 주세요.
Mom, it's 9 o'clock. Please read me a book.
벌써 우리 아기가 잘 시간이구나.
Oh, it's already time for my baby to sleep.
주말에 영화 보러 갈래?
Do you want to go see a movie this weekend?
안 돼. 그럴 시간 없어.
No, I don't have time for that.
민준아, 어른한테 뭘 드릴 때는 두 손으로 공손하게 드려야지.
Minjun, when you give something to an elder, you should offer it politely with both hands.
아, 깜빡했어요.
Oh, I forgot.
무슨 일로 날 보겠다고 했나?
What did you want to see me about?
부탁을 드리고 싶은 일이 있어서요.
I have a favor to ask of you.
이곳은 어떤 곳인가요?
What kind of place is this?
옛날 기독교인들이 예배를 드리던 장소예요.
It's a place where early Christians used to hold worship services.
민준아, 어른한테 뭘 드릴 때는 두 손으로 공손하게 드려야지.
Minjun, when you give something to an elder, you should offer it respectfully with both hands.
아, 깜빡했어요.
Oh, I forgot.
무슨 일로 날 보겠다고 했나?
You said you wanted to see me about something?
부탁을 드리고 싶은 일이 있어서요.
I have a favor I'd like to ask.
이곳은 어떤 곳인가요?
What kind of place is this?
옛날 기독교인들이 예배를 드리던 장소예요.
It's a place where early Christians used to hold worship services.
너 우리 학교 초대 학장이 누군지 아니?
Do you know who the founding dean of our school is?
그럼. 지금도 학장님 이름의 장학금이 있잖아.
Of course. There's still a scholarship named after the dean.
이렇게 집까지 와 주셔서 정말 감사합니다.
Thank you so much for coming all the way to my house.
천만에요. 저녁 식사 초대에 얼마나 기뻤는지 모릅니다.
Not at all. You have no idea how happy I was to be invited to dinner.
너 우리 학교 초대 학장이 누군지 아니?
Do you know who the first dean of our school was?
그럼. 지금도 학장님 이름의 장학금이 있잖아.
Of course. There's still a scholarship named after the dean.
이렇게 집까지 와 주셔서 정말 감사합니다.
Thank you so much for coming all the way to my house.
천만에요. 저녁 식사 초대에 얼마나 기뻤는지 모릅니다.
Not at all. You have no idea how happy I was to be invited to dinner.
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These 19 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 7 1급 words in this category — 시간, 꽃, 시간, 드리다, 드리다 and the rest. Each is two turns, so what you see is not only how the word is used but what it is usually said in answer to.
They are written examples rather than transcribed speech, so they are tidier than a real conversation and shorter. What they are not is translated English: they were written in Korean, by Korean lexicographers, to show how the word behaves — which is why the speech levels and the sentence endings in them are worth copying.
Dialogues, translations and word meanings from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.