내가 한마디 하겠는데.
I'd like to say a few words.
또 무슨 잔소리를 하려고?
What nagging are you going to do now?
말Korean Conversation: 말 — TOPIK 4
15 two-turn dialogues about 말, illustrating 9 words from this category at 4급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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이 책은 어려운 용어의 사용을 줄이고 누구나 쉽게 이해할 수 있도록 쓰였습니다.
This book was written to reduce the use of difficult terminology and make it easy for anyone to understand.
네, 그래서 내용을 잘 이해할 수 있었어요.
Yes, that's why I could understand the content well.
순수한 우리말 단어에는 어떤 것들이 있을까?
What are some examples of pure Korean words?
음, 우선 강을 뜻하는 '가람'이 있어.
Hmm, first there's 'garam,' which means river.
어머, 지수야 정말 오랜만이다.
Oh my, Jisu, it's been so long!
그러게. 너는 예나 지금이나 달라진 게 없이 똑같구나.
I know. You haven't changed a bit, just like in the old days.
너는 예가 어딘 줄 알고 그렇게 건방지게 구느냐?
Do you even know where you are, acting so rudely?
아니, 여기가 뭐 얼마나 대단한 곳인데 그럽니까?
Well, what's so great about this place anyway?
승규야, 넌 집에서 부모님을 도와 드리니? 예를 들면, 설거지나 청소 말이야.
Seunggyu, do you help your parents at home? For example, doing dishes or cleaning?
응, 아침에 일찍 일어나서 집 안 청소를 맡아서 해.
Yeah, I get up early and take care of cleaning the house.
김 교수님의 주장은 굉장히 혁신적이지 않아요?
그렇긴 하지만 그 주장에 동의를 하는 학자는 많지 않을걸요.
이번에 우리 동호회의 회장으로 추천하고 싶은 사람이 있는데요.
그렇다면 다른 회원들의 동의를 먼저 얻으셔야 해요.
'왼쪽'과 '좌측'이 서로 같은 뜻이라면서요?
네. 그 두 단어는 동의 관계에 있어요.
아직 어머니 수술이 안 끝났어?
Is your mother's surgery still not over?
응. 정말 애가 타서 죽겠다.
No, I'm so worried I could die.
핸드폰을 잃어버렸다더니 찾았어?
I heard you lost your phone—did you find it?
응. 이걸 찾느라고 얼마나 애를 썼는지 몰라.
Yeah, you have no idea how much trouble I went through to find it.
이 근처에 애가 놀 만한 곳이 있나요?
Is there a place around here where kids can play?
저쪽에 아이들을 위한 놀이터가 있어요.
There's a playground for children over there.
가끔 돌아가신 어머니의 사투리가 그리워.
Sometimes I miss my late mother's dialect.
갑자기 나도 우리 어머니 생각이 나네.
Suddenly I'm thinking of my mother too.
유민이는 목소리에 억양이 없어.
Yumin has no intonation in their voice.
응. 높낮이가 없으니까 로봇 같아.
Yeah. With no rise or fall, they sound like a robot.
나는 이 단어가 표준어인 줄 알고 사용해 왔는데 아니었나 봐.
I've been using this word thinking it was standard Korean, but I guess it wasn't.
규정을 확인하니까 원래는 표준어가 아니었는데 올해부터는 표준어로 인정하기로 했대.
I checked the regulations, and it wasn't standard originally, but they say it's been recognized as standard starting this year.
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다른 주제More TOPIK 4 conversations
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you talk about 말 in Korean?
These 15 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 9 4급 words in this category — 한마디, 용어, 우리말, 예, 동의 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.