주인 댁 마님은 어디에 계신가?
Where is the lady of the house?
지금 안방에 계십니다.
She's in the inner room right now.
17 two-turn dialogues about 주택 구성, illustrating 15 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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주인 댁 마님은 어디에 계신가?
Where is the lady of the house?
지금 안방에 계십니다.
She's in the inner room right now.
우리 집 번지수가 뭐였더라?
What was our house number again?
대문 앞에 적혀 있으니까 나가서 보고 와.
It's written on the front gate, so go out and check.
쉬는 시간에 우리 교실 앞 복도에서 만나자. 할 이야기가 있어.
Let's meet in the hallway in front of our classroom during break. I have something to talk about.
그래, 알았어.
Okay, got it.
비만 오면 천장에서 물이 떨어져요.
Whenever it rains, water drips from the ceiling.
천장에 구멍이 나 물이 새는군요. 공사를 해야겠어요.
So there's a hole in the ceiling and it's leaking. We'll need to do some construction.
이번 연극의 배경은 숲이지?
The background for this play is a forest, right?
응. 무대 장식은 꽃하고 나무로 하면 될 것 같아.
Yeah. I think we can do the stage decoration with flowers and trees.
선풍기 못 찾았어?
Didn't you find the fan?
작년 여름에 쓰고 분명히 창고에 넣어 두었는데 어디 갔는지 안 보이네.
I definitely put it in the warehouse after using it last summer, but I can't see where it went.
병원이 이 건물에 있다고 하던데, 보여?
I heard the hospital is in this building, can you see it?
간판이 여러 개 걸려 있어서 잘 못 찾겠어.
There are so many signboards hanging that I can't find it.
이 식당은 어떤 음식이 맛있나요?
What food is good at this restaurant?
삼계탕이 간판 메뉴이니 꼭 드셔 보세요.
Samgyetang is the signature menu, so you must try it.
이번 욕실 청소는 누구 차례지?
Whose turn is it to clean the bathroom?
내가 지난주에 했으니까 이번에는 너야.
I did it last week, so it's your turn.
방이 왜 이렇게 춥니?
Why is the room so cold?
조금 전에 난방을 했으니 이제 곧 따뜻해질 거야.
I just turned on the heating, so it'll warm up soon.
제 방의 전등이 고장이 난 것 같아요.
I think the light in my room is broken.
몇 호실인지 알려 주시면 직원을 보내 확인하겠습니다.
If you tell me your room number, I'll send someone to check.
승규야, 벨이 울리는 걸 보니 누가 왔나 보구나.
Seunggyu, the bell is ringing, so it looks like someone's here.
네, 제가 나가 볼게요.
Okay, I'll go check.
거실에 건조대를 뒀더니 거실이 너무 좁게 느껴지더라고요.
I put the drying rack in the living room, and now it feels so cramped.
빨래 건조대를 베란다에 놓고 써 보세요.
Try putting the laundry rack on the veranda.
새로 도배할 때가 된 것 같아.
I think it's time to re-wallpaper.
맞아. 벽지가 오래돼서 색도 바래고 금도 많이 갔어.
Right. The wallpaper is old, so the color has faded and it's cracked a lot.
다리가 아파서 계단을 어떻게 올라갈지 걱정이네.
My legs hurt, so I'm worried about how I'll climb the stairs.
어르신, 뒤쪽의 에스컬레이터를 이용하세요.
Excuse me, sir, you can use the escalator in the back.
더운데 어디 카페라도 들어갈까?
It's so hot—should we go into a café or something?
시원하게 냉방만 잘되면 어디든 상관없어요.
As long as the air conditioning works well, anywhere is fine.
우리 주위에는 난방비가 없어 냉방에서 주무시는 할아버지, 할머니들이 많다고 해요.
They say there are many elderly people around us who sleep in unheated rooms because they can't afford heating costs.
네, 그래서 이번에 저희 단체에서 사랑의 연탄을 후원하려고 해요.
Yes, that's why our group is planning to donate love briquettes this time.
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These 17 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 15 3급 words in this category — 안방, 대문, 복도, 천장, 장식 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.