16 two-turn dialogues about 주택 구성, illustrating 9 words from this category at 1급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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우리 여기에 소파를 놓는 게 어때?
How about we put the sofa here?
방이 너무 좁아서 소파는 못 놓지.
The room's too small, so we can't put a sofa.
환자가 총상을 입었습니다. 다리에만 세 방을 맞은 것 같아요.
The patient has gunshot wounds. It looks like they were hit three times in the leg.
바로 수술 준비해.
Get ready for surgery right away.
아, 내가 한 방치면 나가떨어질 것 같은 자식이 어디서 까불어.
Oh, you little punk, I'll knock you out with one hit if you keep messing around.
네가 참아.
You hold back.
나 좋아하는 그녀에게 사랑을 고백할까 해.
I'm thinking of confessing my love to the girl I like.
그 여자가 네 마음을 받아줘서 잘됐으면 좋겠다.
I hope she accepts your feelings.
우리 집은 사랑이 넘치는 집안이야.
Our family is full of love.
우리 집도 화목하고 서로 위하는 가정이지.
Ours is a harmonious family that cares for each other too.
그 신부님은 매일 노숙자들에게 식사를 제공하신다면서?
I heard that priest provides meals for the homeless every day.
응, 그 분은 항상 어려운 이웃들을 사랑으로 보살피는 분이시지.
Yeah, he's someone who always cares for the less fortunate with love.
추운데 문을 닫는 것이 어떨까요?
It's cold; how about closing the door?
아, 네. 문이 열려 있는 줄 몰랐어요.
Oh, sure. I didn't realize the door was open.
올해에도 역시 입시 경쟁이 치열하죠?
The competition for college entrance exams is fierce again this year, isn't it?
네, 올해에는 수험생들도 늘어나 대학 입시의 문은 더욱 좁아질 전망입니다.
Yes, with more test-takers this year, the door to college admission is expected to narrow even further.
추운데 문을 닫는 것이 어떨까요?
It's cold; how about closing the door?
아, 네. 문이 열려 있는 줄 몰랐어요.
Oh, sure. I didn't realize the door was open.
올해에도 역시 입시 경쟁이 치열하죠?
The competition for college entrance exams is fierce again this year, isn't it?
네, 올해에는 수험생들도 늘어나 대학 입시의 문은 더욱 좁아질 전망입니다.
Yes, with more test-takers this year, the door to college admission is expected to narrow even further.
여기 몇 층에 치과가 있죠?
Which floor is the dentist's office on?
오 층으로 가시면 됩니다.
You can go to the fifth floor.
설사를 몇 번이나 했는데 또 배가 아프네.
I've had diarrhea several times, but my stomach hurts again.
이 근처에는 화장실이 없는데 어쩌지?
There's no bathroom around here; what should we do?
세 시간 이상 차를 타야 하니까 미리 화장실에 다녀오자.
Since we'll be in the car for over three hours, let's go to the restroom beforehand.
그래. 남자 화장실은 이쪽, 여자 화장실은 저쪽이야.
Okay. The men's room is this way, and the women's is that way.
공기가 좀 탁한 것 같지 않아?
Don't you think the air is a bit stale?
환기를 하게 창문을 잠깐 열어 놓자.
Let's open the window for a moment to air the place out.
거실을 남쪽에 배치하신 이유가 있습니까?
Why did you place the living room on the south side?
거실은 생활의 중심 공간이기 때문에 가장 밝은 곳에 두었습니다.
Because the living room is the central space of the home, I put it in the brightest spot.
얘야, 목욕탕을 사용했으면 뒷정리를 하고 나와야지.
Hey, if you use the bathhouse, you should clean up after yourself before leaving.
죄송해요. 제 몸 씻는다고 미처 생각을 못했어요.
I'm sorry. I was so focused on washing myself that I didn't think about it.
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These 16 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 9 1급 words in this category — 방, 사랑, 문, 문, 층 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.