12 two-turn dialogues about 음악, illustrating 5 words from this category at 3급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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제발 개만 나와라.
Please, just let it be 'do'.
안타깝게도 윷이 한 개밖에 젖혀지지 않아서 도야.
Unfortunately, only one yut stick turned over, so it's 'do'.
유민이는 친구들에게 말을 함부로 해.
Yumin speaks rudely to friends.
친한 사이일수록 도를 지켜야 하는데.
The closer the friends, the more you should keep your limits.
너무 화가 나서 그만 상사에게 대들었어.
I was so angry that I talked back to my boss.
내일 당장 상사에게 사과드리고 앞으로는 항상 도를 지키도록 해.
You should apologize to your boss tomorrow and always keep your limits from now on.
어떻게 하면 노래를 잘 부를 수 있을까요?
How can I sing well?
리듬, 발성 등 음악의 기본적인 요소를 알아야 잘 부를 수 있어요.
You need to know the basic elements of music, like rhythm and vocal technique, to sing well.
새 직장은 어때?
How's your new job?
생활 리듬을 다 직장에 맞춰야 해서 좀 힘들어.
It's tough because I have to adjust my daily rhythm to the job.
국에서 나는 알싸한 향이 참 좋네요.
The pungent smell from the soup is really nice.
파를 송송 썰어 넣고 끓였거든요.
I chopped some spring onions and boiled them in.
선생님, 당시 왕은 당파의 화합을 위해 어떤 노력을 했어요?
Teacher, what efforts did the king at that time make to harmonize the factions?
여러 파의 인물을 고루 등용했습니다.
He appointed people from various factions equally.
우리 본관이 같은데 자네 파가 어떻게 되나?
We share the same clan, but what branch are you from?
그게 기억이 잘 안 나네요.
I can't quite remember that.
언제 공연이 시작되지?
When does the performance start?
북 소리가 나면 판소리 공연이 시작될 거야.
The pansori will begin when you hear the drum.
북쪽으로 가야 하는데 나침반이 없으니 어디가 어디인지 통 모르겠어.
We need to go north, but without a compass, I have no idea where we are.
북으로 가려면 저기 보이는 산 방향으로 올라가면 돼.
To go north, head toward that mountain over there.
언제 공연이 시작되지?
When does the performance start?
북 소리가 나면 판소리 공연이 시작될 거야.
Once you hear the drum sound, the pansori performance will begin.
북쪽으로 가야 하는데 나침반이 없으니 어디가 어디인지 통 모르겠어.
We need to go north, but without a compass I have no idea which way is which.
북으로 가려면 저기 보이는 산 방향으로 올라가면 돼.
To go north, just head up toward the mountain you see over there.
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These 12 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 5 3급 words in this category — 도, 리듬, 파, 북, 북 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.