24 two-turn dialogues about 가족 행사, illustrating 16 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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차례는 왜 지내는 것입니까?
Why do we hold ancestral rites?
조상을 섬기는 것이 우리의 전통적인 풍습이니까요.
Because serving our ancestors is our traditional custom.
오늘 숙제는 뭐야?
What's today's homework?
우리 조상들이 명절에 했던 놀이를 조사해 보는 거야.
We have to research the games our ancestors played during holidays.
최초의 자동차는 바퀴가 세 개였네요?
The first car had three wheels, didn't it?
그랬지, 이상해 보이지만 그래도 자동차의 조상이란다.
Yes, it looks odd, but it's still the ancestor of cars.
저 아이는 항상 할머니랑 학교에 가네.
That kid always goes to school with their grandmother.
저 아이 부모님이 일이 바빠서 할머니께서 손자를 돌봐 주시는 거래.
I heard the parents are too busy with work, so the grandmother takes care of the grandchild.
외삼촌, 엄마 어릴 때 어땠어요?
Uncle, what was Mom like when she was little?
너랑 똑같이 생겼었어. 웃을 때 보조개 들어가는 것도 말이야.
She looked just like you. Even the dimples when she smiled.
너 어제 생일이었어? 내가 알기론 다른 날이었는데.
Was your birthday yesterday? I thought it was a different day.
집에서는 음력으로 생일을 지내거든.
At home, we celebrate birthdays on the lunar calendar.
혹시 자매가 있나요?
Do you have any sisters?
아니요, 하지만 저도 언니가 있으면 좋겠다는 생각을 항상 해요.
No, but I always wish I had an older sister.
이번 달 말에 워크숍이 있다고 들었어요.
I heard there's a workshop at the end of this month.
네, 자매 관계에 있는 기관들과 함께 가는 거라고 합니다.
Yes, I heard we're going with our sister organizations.
자매님, 정말 오랜만에 뵙네요.
Sister, it's been a long time!
네, 요즘 일이 바빠서 교회에 잘 나오지 못했어요.
Yes, I haven't been able to come to church often lately because I've been busy with work.
오늘 모임의 참석 인원은 몇 명인가요?
How many people are attending today's meeting?
총 열 명이 참석할 것으로 예상됩니다. 열 명이 앉을 수 있도록 자리를 준비하겠습니다.
We expect ten people to attend in total. I'll prepare seating for ten.
엄마, 저 이번 주말에 외할머니 댁에 다녀올게요. 외할머니께서 너무 외로우실 것 같아요.
Mom, I'll go to Grandma's house this weekend. She must be so lonely.
기특한 우리 딸! 네가 나보다 우리 엄마를 더 챙기는구나.
What a thoughtful daughter! You take better care of my mom than I do.
지수하고 승규 두 사람은 깨가 쏟아지더라.
Jisu and Seunggyu are just head over heels in love.
신혼부부니까 지금이 가장 행복할 때 아니겠어?
Well, they're newlyweds, so wouldn't this be the happiest time for them?
언니, 작은아버지께도 안부 말씀 전해 주세요.
Unnie, please give my regards to your uncle.
그래. 언제 한번 집으로 놀러 와.
Sure. Come over to the house sometime.
나 어제 남편이랑 싸웠어.
I got into a fight with my husband yesterday.
아직 결혼한 지 이 주일밖에 안 됐는데 신혼을 즐겨야지 왜 싸우고 그래.
You've only been married for two weeks, so you should enjoy being newlyweds instead of fighting.
외삼촌, 다치셨던 다리는 이제 괜찮으세요?
Uncle, is your injured leg better now?
그래, 네 외숙모가 간호하느라고 고생이었지, 뭐.
Yeah, your aunt had a hard time taking care of me.
시골에 계신 큰아버지께서 어젯밤에 돌아가셨단다.
Your uncle in the countryside passed away last night.
이런, 얼른 내려가 봐야겠어요.
Oh no, I need to go down there right away.
너희 아버지는 형제 관계가 어떻게 되시니?
How are your father's siblings?
위로 큰아버지 세 분과 고모 두 분이 계시고 우리 아버지가 막내셔.
There are three older uncles and two aunts above him, and my father is the youngest.
너 양력으로 생일이 언제야?
When is your birthday on the solar calendar?
일월 육 일이야.
It's January sixth.
차례에 올릴 음식은 다 준비하신 거예요?
Have you prepared all the food for the ancestral rite?
그래. 나머지는 네 작은어머니가 준비해 온다는구나.
Yes. Your aunt will bring the rest.
네 아버지가 밖에서 여자를 하나 데리고 왔구나.
Your father brought a woman home from outside.
요즘 세상에 작은어머니가 생기다니 말이 됩니까?
In this day and age, how can he take a second wife?
지수는 어릴 때 부모님을 여의었다면서?
I heard Jisu lost her parents when she was young.
응, 그래서 큰어머니가 키워 주셨대.
Yeah, so her aunt raised her.
지수야, 큰어머니들은 어디 계시니?
Jisu, where are your aunts?
첫째 큰어머니는 부엌에 계시고 둘째 큰어머니는 시장에 가셨어요.
The first aunt is in the kitchen, and the second aunt has gone to the market.
우리 할아버지는 서자로 태어나셨는데, 할아버지의 큰어머니를 친어머니로 알고 자라셨대.
Our grandfather was born as a concubine's son, and he grew up thinking his father's first wife was his real mother.
옛날에는 본부인이 아이를 낳지 못하면 둘째 부인을 들이는 게 자연스러웠나 봐.
Back then, if the main wife couldn't have children, it seems it was natural to bring in a second wife.
넌 내가 낳진 않았지만 나한테는 친딸이나 마찬가지야.
You weren't born to me, but you're like a biological daughter to me.
저도 어머니를 친어머니처럼 생각하고 있어요.
I think of you as my real mother too.
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These 24 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 16 3급 words in this category — 조상, 손자, 외삼촌, 음력, 자매 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.