15 two-turn dialogues about 지표면 사물, illustrating 6 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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누가 창문을 깬 거야?
Who broke the window?
몰라, 누가 유리창에 돌을 던졌나 봐.
I don't know; someone must have thrown a stone at the glass.
이 조각상, 참 정교하지 않니?
Isn't this statue really intricate?
그러게, 정으로 열심히 돌을 쪼은 장인의 정성이 느껴지네.
Indeed, you can feel the artisan's dedication in chiseling the stone with a chisel.
너 왜 자꾸 나한테 돌이라고 해?
Why do you keep calling me a blockhead?
너, 만날 맞춤법도 제대로 못 쓰잖아.
Because you can't even spell correctly all the time.
누가 창문을 깬 거야?
Who broke the window?
몰라, 누가 유리창에 돌을 던졌나 봐.
I don't know; someone must have thrown a stone at the glass.
이 조각상, 참 정교하지 않니?
Isn't this statue really intricate?
그러게, 정으로 열심히 돌을 쪼은 장인의 정성이 느껴지네.
Indeed, you can feel the artisan's dedication in chiseling the stone with a chisel.
너 왜 자꾸 나한테 돌이라고 해?
Why do you keep calling me a blockhead?
너, 만날 맞춤법도 제대로 못 쓰잖아.
Because you can't even spell correctly all the time.
누가 창문을 깬 거야?
Who broke the window?
몰라, 누가 유리창에 돌을 던졌나 봐.
I don't know; someone must have thrown a stone at the glass.
이 조각상, 참 정교하지 않니?
Isn't this statue really intricate?
그러게, 정으로 열심히 돌을 쪼은 장인의 정성이 느껴지네.
Indeed, you can feel the artisan's dedication in chiseling the stone with a chisel.
너 왜 자꾸 나한테 돌이라고 해?
Why do you keep calling me a blockhead?
너, 만날 맞춤법도 제대로 못 쓰잖아.
Because you can't even spell correctly all the time.
저 더 이상 못 걷겠어요. 잠시 쉬었다 가요.
I can't walk anymore. Let's rest for a bit.
그래요. 저 바위 위에 앉아 잠시 쉬도록 해요.
Okay. Let's sit on that rock and rest for a while.
안 내면 술래. 가위바위보.
If you don't do it, you're it. Rock-paper-scissors.
네가 바위를 내고, 내가 보를 냈으니 내가 이겼지?
You threw rock and I threw paper, so I won, right?
빙판길에 모래를 뿌리는 특별한 이유가 있습니까?
Is there a special reason for spreading sand on the icy road?
모래를 뿌리면 미끄럼 사고를 방지할 수 있거든요.
Spreading sand helps prevent slipping accidents.
된장찌개에서 김이 모락모락 나는 게 맛있어 보여요.
The steam is rising from the soybean paste stew; it looks delicious.
네, 많이 드세요.
Yes, please have some.
창문 좀 닦자.
Let's clean the window.
그러게, 김이 껴서 밖이 보이지 않네.
Yeah, it's so fogged up I can't see outside.
날씨가 춥네.
It's cold out.
응. 입만 벌려도 하얗게 김이 나오는 게 보일 정도야.
Yeah, you can see your breath in the air.
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These 15 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 6 3급 words in this category — 돌, 돌, 돌, 바위, 모래 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.