우리 아이가 요즘 말을 너무 안 들어서 문제예요.
My child doesn't listen to me these days, and it's a problem.
교육 전문가에게 상담이라도 받는 게 어때요?
How about getting some advice from an education expert?
직업Korean Conversation: 직업 — TOPIK 3
17 two-turn dialogues about 직업, illustrating 11 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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너는 커서 뭐가 되고 싶어?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
나는 우주를 연구하는 과학자가 되고 싶어.
I want to be a scientist who studies space.
어떤 제품을 출시해야 할지 모르겠어요.
I don't know what product to launch.
우선 두 개의 모델을 시장에 선보여 소비자의 반응을 살펴보는 건 어때요?
How about first introducing two models to the market and seeing how consumers react?
민준이는 정말 올곧고 선한 사람인 것 같아.
Minjun seems like a really upright and kind person.
맞아. 민준이 정도면 여자들이 좋아하는 신랑감의 모델이라고 할 수 있지.
Right. If someone is like Minjun, you could say they are the model of a desirable groom.
언니는 무슨 일을 하고 계셔?
What does your sister do?
얼마 전에 패션쇼를 통해 모델로 데뷔했어.
She debuted as a model through a fashion show recently.
농부이신 아버지는 농사일로 우리 남매를 키우셨어요.
My father, a farmer, raised us siblings through farming.
농사를 지어 자식을 키우신 아버님이 정말 대단하시네요.
Your father, who raised his children by farming, is truly amazing.
앞으로 공교육이 어느 방향으로 나아가야 된다고 보십니까?
What direction do you think public education should take in the future?
다양한 분야의 기술자를 양성하는 쪽으로 가야 합니다.
It should go toward training technicians in various fields.
요즘에도 밤에 ‘찹쌀떡’이라고 외치고 다니는 사람들이 있더라.
There are still people walking around at night shouting 'chapssal-tteok'.
그래? 찹쌀떡 장수들은 다 없어진 줄 알았는데.
Really? I thought all the rice cake sellers were gone.
할아버지, 백 세까지 이렇게 건강하신 비결이 무엇인가요?
Grandfather, what's your secret to being so healthy at a hundred?
내 장수 방법은 적게 먹고 즐겁게 사는 것이오.
My secret to a long life is eating little and living happily.
프린터에서 인쇄가 안 되네요! 종이가 떨어졌나?
The printer won't print! Are we out of paper?
그래? 그럼 확인해 보고 종이를 장수 넉넉하게 넣어 줘.
Really? Then check and put in a generous amount of paper.
요즘에도 밤에 ‘찹쌀떡’이라고 외치고 다니는 사람들이 있더라.
There are still people walking around at night shouting 'chapssal-tteok'.
그래? 찹쌀떡 장수들은 다 없어진 줄 알았는데.
Really? I thought all the rice cake sellers were gone.
할아버지, 백 세까지 이렇게 건강하신 비결이 무엇인가요?
Grandfather, what's your secret to being so healthy at a hundred?
내 장수 방법은 적게 먹고 즐겁게 사는 것이오.
My secret to a long life is eating little and living happily.
프린터에서 인쇄가 안 되네요! 종이가 떨어졌나?
The printer won't print! Are we out of paper?
그래? 그럼 확인해 보고 종이를 장수 넉넉하게 넣어 줘.
Really? Then check and put in a generous amount of paper.
회사를 옮길까 고민 중이야.
I'm thinking about changing jobs.
요즘 직장을 옮기는 직장인들이 늘고 있다고 하더라.
I heard more and more office workers are switching jobs these days.
혹시 너희 회사에 남는 일자리 하나 없을까?
Do you happen to have an open position at your company?
얼마 전에 신입 사원을 뽑아서 아마 빈자리가 없을 거야.
We just hired a new employee recently, so there's probably no vacancy.
어젯밤 경기도에 있는 공장에서 큰 화재가 있었다면서요?
I heard there was a big fire at a factory in Gyeonggi Province last night?
네. 안타깝게도 불을 진압하던 소방관 한 명이 크게 다쳤다고 합니다.
Yes. Unfortunately, a firefighter who was putting out the fire was seriously injured, I heard.
나는 저 미용실에서 일해. 기회가 되면 내가 머리를 다듬어 줄게.
I work at that hair salon. If I get the chance, I'll trim your hair.
와, 멋지다! 벌써 미용사가 됐구나.
Wow, that's cool! You're already a hairdresser.
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다른 주제More TOPIK 3 conversations
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you talk about 직업 in Korean?
These 17 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 11 3급 words in this category — 전문가, 과학자, 모델, 농부, 기술자 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.