학교생활Korean Conversation: 학교생활 — TOPIK 2
30 two-turn dialogues about 학교생활, illustrating 12 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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A
그 선물 꾸러미의 내용이 무엇이니?
What's the content of that gift package?
B
응, 내가 전부터 갖고 싶어 하던 곰 인형이야.
It's the teddy bear I've always wanted.
A
아까 승규가 울상을 짓고 교무실로 가던데 무슨 일인지 알아?
Seunggyu was heading to the teachers' office with a frown earlier. Do you know what happened?
B
글쎄, 자세한 내용은 잘 모르겠는데 선생님께 뭔가 큰 잘못을 저질렀나 봐.
I'm not sure about the details, but it seems he did something really wrong to the teacher.
A
자세한 내용은 나눠 드린 유인물에 나와 있습니다.
The details are in the handouts I gave you.
B
음, 여기에 발표 내용이 자세하게 적혀 있군. 잘 참고하겠네.
Hmm, the presentation content is written in detail here. I'll refer to it well.
A
영어로 쓰여 있는데 이건 무슨 의미야?
It's written in English. What does this mean?
B
나도 모르는 단어야, 사전 찾아볼게.
It's a word I don't know either. I'll look it up in the dictionary.
A
이 선물 그냥 받아도 되는 거야?
Is it okay for me to just accept this gift?
B
별다른 의미 없이 그냥 주는 거니까 부담 가지지 말고 받아.
It's just a gift with no special meaning, so don't feel burdened and accept it.
A
대충 처리하고 끝내자고.
Let's just finish it roughly and be done with it.
B
일을 끝내기만 하는 게 무슨 의미가 있겠어?
What's the point of just finishing the work?
A
유럽 여행을 다녀온 얘기를 좀 해 봐. 듣고 싶어.
Tell me about your trip to Europe. I want to hear it.
B
좋아. 먼저 내가 처음 여행했던 곳은 프랑스였어.
Okay. The first place I traveled to was France.
A
김 부장님, 이번 달 말에 시작될 프로젝트에 관해 드릴 말씀이 있어요.
Manager Kim, I have something to tell you about the project starting at the end of this month.
B
미안하지만 지금은 제가 좀 바쁘니 자세한 얘기는 이따 다시 합시다.
Sorry, but I'm a bit busy right now. Let's talk about the details later.
A
우리 마을 장승에 얽힌 얘기 들었니?
Have you heard the story about our village's totem pole?
B
아니, 잘 몰라. 할머니께 여쭤 봐야지.
No, I don't know much about it. I should ask Grandma.
A
너 민준이 어디 사는지 알아?
Do you know where Minjun lives?
B
글쎄, 내가 한번 알아보고 말해 줄게.
Hmm, let me check and I'll tell you.
A
저기 오는 사람이 누군지 알아보겠어?
Can you make out who that person coming over there is?
B
너무 어두워서 누군지 전혀 모르겠네.
It's too dark, I have no idea who it is.
A
나 누군지 모르겠어?
Don't you know who I am?
B
지수구나! 살이 많이 빠져서 못 알아봤어.
Jisu! You've lost so much weight I didn't recognize you.
A
올해부터 입시 제도가 바뀐다면서?
I heard the admissions system is changing starting this year.
B
응, 이번 학년에 바뀐 제도에 대해서 학교에서 안내가 있을 거래.
Yeah, they said the school will give us information about the new system this school year.
A
몇 학년이야?
What grade are you in?
A
이 게임은 하면 할수록 점점 재미있는 것 같아.
This game seems to get more fun the more you play it.
B
나는 규칙이 너무 복잡해서 잘 못하겠던데.
I find the rules too complicated, so I can't play it well.
A
벌들은 자신들의 몸짓을 이용해 의사소통을 한다며?
Bees communicate using their body movements, right?
B
응. 그래서 학자들은 벌들의 몸짓에서 보이는 일정한 규칙을 연구하고 있어.
Yeah. That's why scholars are studying the regular patterns seen in bees' movements.
A
지수 씨, 이번 학기가 마지막 학기이지요?
Jisu, this is your last semester, right?
B
네. 이번 학기만 끝나면 드디어 졸업이에요.
Yes. Once this semester ends, I'll finally graduate.
A
언니가 방에서 공부하니까 떠들면 안 돼.
Your sister is studying in her room, so you shouldn't make noise.
B
네, 조용히 할게요.
Okay, I'll be quiet.
A
민준이는 무슨 이야기를 저렇게 신이 나서 하고 있어?
What is Minjun so excitedly talking about?
B
아까부터 여행 갔다 온 얘기를 떠들고 있어.
He's been going on about his trip since a while ago.
A
내가 남자 친구하고 헤어진 걸 친구들이 어떻게 벌써 다 알지?
How do my friends already all know that I broke up with my boyfriend?
B
유민이가 떠들고 다녔나 봐.
Yumin must have been spreading it around.
A
엄마, 새로 산 티셔츠는 어디에 있어요?
Mom, where's the new t-shirt I bought?
B
옷장에 잘 접어서 넣어 놨단다.
I folded it neatly and put it in the closet.
A
종이배를 접을 줄 아세요?
Do you know how to fold a paper boat?
B
그럼요. 이 색종이로 한번 만들어 볼까요?
Of course. Shall I make one with this origami paper?
A
이 우산은 어떻게 하지요?
What should I do with this umbrella?
B
잘 접어서 이 통에 넣어 두세요.
Fold it well and put it in this bin.
A
왜 불러도 답이 없어?
Why don't you answer when I call you?
B
미안, 이어폰으로 음악 듣고 있어서 몰랐어.
Sorry, I was listening to music with earphones and didn't hear you.
A
삼 번 문제 답이 뭔지 알아?
Do you know the answer to problem three?
B
아니, 나도 모르겠어.
No, I don't know either.
A
지난번 질문에 대한 답을 듣고 싶은데요.
I'd like to hear the answer to the question from last time.
B
지금은 말씀드리기가 좀 곤란합니다.
It's a bit difficult to tell you right now.
A
자, 구구단 칠 단을 외워 봐.
Come on, recite the seven times table.
B
칠 일은 칠, 칠 이 십사, 칠 삼 이십일, 칠 사 이십팔.
Seven ones are seven, seven twos are fourteen, seven threes are twenty-one, seven fours are twenty-eight.
A
저 스님은 왜 계속 혼자 중얼거리시는 거예요?
Why does that monk keep mumbling to himself?
B
응, 불경을 외우는 것이란다.
He's reciting a Buddhist sutra.
A
어머니께 방이 춥지 않으시냐고 여쭈어 보아라.
Ask your mother if the room is warm enough.
B
괜찮다고 하십니다.
She says it's fine.
A
진작 인사를 여쭙고 했어야 했는데 제가 너무 무심했습니다.
I should have greeted you properly from the start, but I was too careless.
B
아니다, 먼 길 와 줘서 고맙구나.
No, it's fine. Thank you for coming all this way.
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How do you talk about 학교생활 in Korean?
These 30 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 12 2급 words in this category — 내용, 의미, 얘기, 알아보다, 학년 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.
Are these dialogues natural Korean?
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.