15 two-turn dialogues about 교통 이용 장소, illustrating 9 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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왜 이렇게 늦게 왔어?
Why are you so late?
거리가 혼잡해서 차가 많이 막혔어.
The distance was congested, so the traffic was really bad.
고향에는 자주 가는 편이에요?
Do you go back to your hometown often?
아니요. 서울에서 거리가 너무 멀어서요.
No, because the distance from Seoul is too far.
저는 회사 동료들과 따로 자주 만나는데 지수 씨는 어때요?
I meet my coworkers separately quite often. How about you, Jisu?
저는 동료들과 적당히 거리를 두고 지내는 편이에요.
I tend to keep a proper distance from my coworkers.
왜 이렇게 늦게 왔어?
Why are you so late?
거리가 혼잡해서 차가 많이 막혔어.
The streets were congested, so traffic was really backed up.
고향에는 자주 가는 편이에요?
Do you visit your hometown often?
아니요. 서울에서 거리가 너무 멀어서요.
No, it's too far from Seoul.
저는 회사 동료들과 따로 자주 만나는데 지수 씨는 어때요?
I often meet up with my coworkers separately. How about you, Jisu?
저는 동료들과 적당히 거리를 두고 지내는 편이에요.
I tend to keep a reasonable distance from my coworkers.
이 지역은 차들의 통행량이 많아서 항상 정체가 돼.
This area has so much traffic that it's always congested.
안 그래도 이 지역을 지나는 차량 소통을 원활하게 하기 위해서 도로를 넓힌대.
I heard they're widening the road to make traffic flow smoother through here.
왜 절뚝거리면서 걸으세요?
Why are you limping?
어제 운동을 하다 다리를 조금 다쳤어요.
I hurt my leg a little while exercising yesterday.
의자가 좀 높아서 아이가 불편해하는 것 같아.
The chair seems a bit high, and the child looks uncomfortable.
그럼 다리를 조금만 잘라서 높이를 조절해 줄까?
Then shall we cut the legs a little to adjust the height?
술안주가 없는데 어떻게 하죠?
We don't have any snacks to go with the drinks. What should we do?
오징어 다리나 구워 와.
Grill some squid legs.
오늘은 차 타고 가는 거 어때?
How about going by car today?
그래, 주차장에 가서 차를 가지고 올 테니까 잠깐 기다려.
Okay, I'll go to the parking lot and get the car, so wait a moment.
앗, 내려야 할 정거장을 그냥 지나쳤어.
Oh no, I just passed the station where I needed to get off.
그래? 기사 아저씨한테 잠시만 세워 달라고 하자.
Really? Let's ask the driver to stop for a moment.
횡단보도가 없는데 어디로 길을 건너지?
There's no crosswalk—how do we cross the road?
지하도로 건너가면 되잖아.
We can cross through the underpass.
저 오늘 기차 타고 집에 내려가요.
I'm taking the train down to my hometown today.
그럼 내가 기차역으로 마중 나갈게.
Then I'll come to the train station to pick you up.
서울역 광장에서 내일 아침 8시에 만나자.
Let's meet at Seoul Station square tomorrow at 8 a.m.
알았어. 늦지 않게 갈게.
Okay. I'll be there on time.
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These 15 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 9 2급 words in this category — 거리, 거리, 도로, 다리, 주차장 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.