20 two-turn dialogues about 동물류, illustrating 11 words from this category at 2급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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어디서 자꾸 찬바람이 들어오는 것 같아.
I keep feeling a draft coming in from somewhere.
창문 새가 살짝 벌어진 것 같네요.
It seems like the window is slightly open at the crack.
와, 정말 오랜만입니다.
Wow, it's been a really long time.
못 보던 새에 얼굴이 좋아지셨습니다.
You look better than the last time I saw you.
요즘 많이 바쁘니?
Are you really busy these days?
네, 다른 일에 한눈을 팔 새도 없어요.
Yes, I don't even have a moment to spare for anything else.
너 혹시 집에서 동물 키우니?
Do you keep any animals at home?
응, 강아지랑 고양이 키워.
Yeah, I have a dog and a cat.
할머니, 옛날이야기 해 주세요.
Grandma, please tell me an old story.
옛날에 호랑이 한 마리가 살고 있었단다.
Once upon a time, there lived a tiger.
너는 그 호랑이 선생님이 좋다고? 난 무서워서 그 앞에도 못 가겠는데.
You like that tiger teacher? I'm too scared to even go near him.
선생님이 엄하시긴 해도 자상하실 땐 얼마나 자상하시다고.
He may be strict, but when he's kind, he's really kind.
난 고기 안 먹는데.
I don't eat meat.
만두에 고기를 빼고 소를 넣어야겠네.
Then I'll have to put vegetable filling in the dumplings instead of meat.
와! 김치 정말 맛있다. 어쩜 이렇게 양념이 잘 뱄어?
Wow! The kimchi is really delicious. How did the seasoning get so well into it?
우리 어머니께서 배추 잎마다 속속들이 소를 채우신 거야.
My mother stuffed the filling into every single leaf of the cabbage.
소가 자꾸 울어요.
The cow keeps mooing.
여물을 달라나 보구나. 소에게 꼴을 먹이도록 하자.
It's probably asking for feed. Let's give the cow some fodder.
왜 이렇게 일찍 일어났어?
Why did you wake up so early?
새벽에 닭이 우는 소리에 깼어요.
I woke up to the sound of a rooster crowing at dawn.
돼지는 더럽고 미련해서 싫어요.
I don't like pigs because they're dirty and stupid.
아니란다. 돼지는 사실 아주 깨끗하고 영리한 동물이야.
That's not true. Pigs are actually very clean and smart animals.
아! 배부르다.
Ah, I'm so full.
돼지, 누가 뺏어 먹는다고 그걸 한꺼번에 다 먹었냐?
Pig, who's going to steal it from you? Why did you eat it all at once?
왜 학교에 안 가려고 해?
Why don't you want to go to school?
애들이 뚱뚱보 돼지라고 놀려요.
The kids tease me by calling me a fat pig.
아빠, 저 물고기 키우고 싶어요.
Dad, I want to keep a fish.
그래, 금붕어랑 어항이랑 같이 사러 가자꾸나.
Okay, let's go buy a goldfish and a tank together.
이번 시합은 마치 토끼와 거북이의 경주처럼 보이네요.
This match looks just like the race between the rabbit and the tortoise.
네, 현실에서도 거북이가 빠른 토끼를 이길 수 있을지 궁금하군요.
Yes, I wonder if the tortoise can really beat the fast rabbit in real life.
저기 까치 둥지 근처에 뱀 한 마리가 스멀스멀 기어 올라가고 있어!
Look, a snake is slowly slithering up near the magpie's nest!
뱀이 까치 새끼를 노리나 봐!
It must be after the baby magpies!
저기 코가 긴 동물이 바로 코끼리야.
That animal with the long nose over there is an elephant.
와! 코로 음식을 집어 먹네요.
Wow! It's picking up food with its trunk.
너희 집 개가 강아지를 다섯 마리나 낳았다며?
I heard your dog had five puppies.
응. 한 마리 줄 테니까 데려가서 키울래?
Yeah, I'll give you one, so do you want to take it and raise it?
할아버지가 우리 예쁜 강아지 맛있는 것 사 줘야겠네.
Grandpa should buy our pretty puppy something tasty.
감사합니다, 할아버지.
Thank you, Grandpa.
할머니, 저 왔어요.
Grandma, I'm here.
우리 강아지 왔구나!
Oh, my little puppy is here!
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These 20 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 11 2급 words in this category — 새, 동물, 호랑이, 소, 닭 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.