이 문제는 왜 틀렸니?
Why did you get this problem wrong?
이 낱말의 의미를 몰라서 문제를 못 풀었어요.
I couldn't solve it because I didn't know the meaning of this word.
말Korean Conversation: 말 — TOPIK 5
21 two-turn dialogues about 말, illustrating 18 words from this category at 5급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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이번 구청 문화 행사는 어떤 걸로 할까요?
What should we do for this district office cultural event?
구민들에게 새로운 지식과 정보를 제공할 수 있도록 명사 초청 특강을 여는 건 어때요?
How about holding a special lecture by a distinguished person to provide new knowledge and information to the residents?
선생님, 접두사가 뭐예요?
Teacher, what is a prefix?
그건 일부 명사 앞에 붙어서 뜻을 더하는 것이란다.
It's something that attaches to the front of some nouns to add meaning.
와, 오늘 발레 공연은 정말 재미있었어.
Wow, today's ballet performance was really fun.
맞아. 특히 주인공이 정말 멋졌어. 우아함의 대명사라고 불릴 만해.
Right. Especially the lead, who was really impressive. They deserve to be called the epitome of elegance.
한국의 옛말은 어디에서 찾아볼 수 있어?
Where can I look up old Korean sayings?
아마 사전에서 찾을 수 있을 거야.
You can probably find them in a dictionary.
내 아이가 태어나니 자식 낳아 봐야 부모 마음 안다는 말이 무엇인지 알 것 같아.
Now that I have a child of my own, I finally understand the saying, 'You don't know a parent's heart until you become a parent.'
옛말 그른 것 없다더니.
That saying is really true.
국어국문과 졸업하면 쉽게 기자가 되는 거 아니야?
Don't you think it's easy to become a journalist if you graduate with a degree in Korean language and literature?
그것도 다 옛말이지.
That's a thing of the past.
너는 왜 그렇게 불필요한 외래어를 많이 쓰니?
Why do you use so many unnecessary loanwords?
나도 모르게 불쑥 튀어나왔어.
They just slip out without me realizing.
이 말의 어원이 뭔지 궁금해.
I'm curious about the etymology of this word.
도서관에 가면 어원 사전이 있을 거야. 한번 찾아보자.
The library probably has an etymology dictionary. Let's look it up.
외국인들이 한국어를 배울 때 무엇을 어려워하나요?
What do foreigners find difficult when learning Korean?
네, 어휘의 경우 한자어를 많이 어려워합니다.
Well, when it comes to vocabulary, they often struggle with Sino-Korean words.
혹시 영어 원어민 화자세요?
Are you a native English speaker by any chance?
아니요. 영어는 외국어로 배웠고요, 모국어는 한국어예요.
No. I learned English as a foreign language, and my mother tongue is Korean.
선생님, '발이 넓다'라는 말은 발이 크다는 뜻이에요?
Teacher, does 'have wide feet' mean having big feet?
관용어로 쓸 때는 인맥이 넓고 아는 사람이 많다는 뜻이에요.
As an idiom, it means having a wide network and knowing many people.
영화의 마지막 장면이 정말 멋있었지?
The last scene of the movie was really cool, wasn't it?
응, 나도 모르게 감탄사가 터지더라.
Yeah, an exclamation just burst out of me without thinking.
영어를 배울 때 가장 어려웠던 점은 뭐예요?
What was the hardest part about learning English?
우리말과 어순 배열이 달라서 문장 구조를 익히기가 힘이 들었어요.
The word order is different from Korean, so it was hard to get used to the sentence structure.
나는 술에 취하면 종종 길거리에서 잠이 드는 버릇이 있어.
I have a habit of falling asleep on the street when I'm drunk.
너 그러다가 이 추운 겨울날 동사를 하는 수가 있으니 조심해.
You might end up dying from the cold on a day like this, so be careful.
무슨 영화 대사가 말끝마다 속어야?
Why is every line of the movie dialogue slang?
조직폭력배가 주인공이니까 그렇지, 뭐.
Well, that's because the main character is a gangster.
여권 영문명 표기법을 알고 싶어요.
I'd like to know the notation for the English name on a passport.
성은 앞에 쓰고 이름은 띄어쓰기를 하지 않아요.
The surname goes first, and the given name is written without a space.
어떻게 하면 영어를 잘할 수 있을까?
How can I get good at English?
우선 영어의 기본적인 문형을 익힌 다음에 기본 문형들을 다양하게 응용해 봐.
First, learn the basic sentence patterns of English, then try applying those basic patterns in various ways.
'입신양명'이라는 사자성어가 무슨 뜻인지 알아?
Do you know what the four-character idiom 'ipsinyangmyeong' means?
응. 사회적으로 성공해서 널리 이름을 알린다는 뜻이야.
Yeah. It means to succeed in society and become widely known.
외국어를 배울 때 의성어가 어려워요.
Onomatopoeia is hard when learning a foreign language.
맞아요. 나라마다 조금씩 표현이 달라서 그럴 거예요.
That's right. It's probably because expressions differ a bit from country to country.
여러분, 이 시에서 의태어를 찾아서 말해 보세요.
Everyone, find the mimetic words in this poem and say them.
'빙글빙글'이랑 '뭉게뭉게'가 있어요.
There's 'binggeul binggeul' and 'mungge mungge'.
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자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you talk about 말 in Korean?
These 21 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 18 5급 words in this category — 낱말, 명사, 대명사, 옛말, 외래어 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.