13 two-turn dialogues about 동물류, illustrating 8 words from this category at 5급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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엄마, 개처럼 생긴 저 동물의 이름이 뭐예요?
Mom, what's the name of that animal that looks like a dog?
저 동물은 늑대라고 한단다.
That animal is called a wolf.
사람들이 민준 씨를 여자만 밝히는 늑대 같은 사람이라고 오해하고 있는 것 같아.
I think people are misunderstanding Minjun as a wolf who only chases women.
맞아. 여자랑 친하게 지낸다고 해서 다 늑대는 아닌데.
Right. Just because someone is friendly with women doesn't make them a wolf.
저 뒷산에는 산짐승들이 여럿 있어요.
There are several wild animals on that mountain behind us.
그렇군요. 안 그래도 오는 길에 여우 울음 소리가 들리던데요.
I see. Come to think of it, I heard a fox's cry on the way here.
올해 여우 주연상은 누가 받을까?
Who do you think will win the Best Actress award this year?
글쎄, 올해는 남우 주연상과 여우 주연상 모두 어떤 배우가 받을지 예측하기 어려운 것 같아.
Hmm, this year it seems hard to predict which actor will win both Best Actor and Best Actress.
요즘 가축 전염병이 유행이라네요.
I hear there's a livestock epidemic going around these days.
김 씨네 농장에서는 전염병 때문에 소, 돼지가 거의 다 죽었대요.
They say almost all the cows and pigs on Kim's farm died from it.
저건 꼭 송아지같이 생겼는데 무슨 동물이지?
That looks just like a calf, but what kind of animal is it?
머리에 뿔이 난 걸 보니 염소인 것 같은데.
Seeing the horns on its head, I think it's a goat.
엄마, 수돗물에서는 왜 특이한 냄새가 나요?
Mom, why does the tap water have a strange smell?
염소라는 걸로 소독을 해서 그런 거야.
That's because it's disinfected with chlorine.
집에 웬 병아리가 있어?
Why is there a chick in the house?
지수가 학교 앞 병아리 장수한테서 사 왔대요.
They say Jisu bought it from the chick seller in front of the school.
저 사람은 못 보던 배우 같은데? 연기가 좀 별로다.
That person looks like an actor I haven't seen before. Their acting is a bit lacking.
아직 병아리 배우라 그렇겠지.
That's because they're still a rookie actor.
유민이는 왜 울고 있어?
Why is Yumin crying?
여드름이 많고 눈이 튀어나왔다고 애들이 두꺼비라고 놀렸대.
They say the kids teased them, calling them a toad because they have lots of pimples and their eyes bulge out.
지수야, 저기 기린 좀 봐.
Jisu, look at that giraffe over there.
와, 목이 정말 기네요.
Wow, its neck is really long.
세상에 이런 동물이 있을까요?
Could such an animal really exist?
기린은 상상의 동물이기 때문에 실제로 존재하진 않지.
The qilin is a mythical creature, so it doesn't actually exist.
엄마, 문어를 사 오셨네요.
Mom, you bought octopus.
응, 내일 할머니 제사상에 올릴 문어란다.
Yes, it's for the ancestral rite table for your grandmother tomorrow.
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These 13 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 8 5급 words in this category — 늑대, 여우, 가축, 염소, 병아리 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.