말Korean Conversation: 말 — TOPIK 6
12 two-turn dialogues about 말, illustrating 7 words from this category at 6급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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A
둘 다 높이지 않는 말인데 해체와 해라체는 뭐가 달라요?
Both are informal, but what's the difference between haeche and haerache?
B
명령형에서 ‘먹어라’는 해라체이고 ‘먹어’는 해체야.
In the imperative, 'meogeora' is haerache and 'meogeo' is haeche.
A
이런, 내가 좋아하는 아이돌 그룹이 공식 해체를 발표했어.
Oh no, my favorite idol group announced their official disbandment.
B
각자 솔로 가수로 활동하겠지.
They'll probably each go solo.
A
옛날에는 삼 대가 함께 사는 대가족이 대부분이었는데, 이제는 거의 찾아볼 수 없지.
In the old days, most families were extended families with three generations living together, but now you hardly see that.
B
대가족 제도의 해체로 인해 다양한 가족 형태가 새로 생겨난 거야.
The dissolution of the extended family system has led to new diverse family forms.
A
밖에 나갔다 와 보니 집이 이렇게 엉망이 되어 있었어요.
I went outside and came back, and the house was a total mess.
B
대체 이게 무슨 영문이냐?
What on earth happened here?
A
미국에 여행 갔다가 너한테 주려고 카메라를 하나 샀어.
I went to America and bought you a camera.
B
그런데 설명서가 모두 영문이라 통 알아볼 수가 없겠는 걸.
But the manual is all in English, so I can't understand it at all.
A
이름의 성이 영문으로 어떻게 되시죠?
How do you write your last name in English?
A
너 그 연예인에 대한 소문 들었니? 정말 깜짝 놀랐어.
Did you hear the rumor about that celebrity? I was really shocked.
B
그런 유언비어는 믿을 게 못 돼.
You can't trust false rumors like that.
A
나는 표준어를 쓰는데 남들이 내가 지방에서 온 걸 어떻게 알지?
I use standard language, so how do people know I'm from the provinces?
B
꼭 방언을 쓰지 않아도 억양에서 표가 나거든.
Even if you don't use a dialect, your accent gives it away.
A
지수와 만나기로 한 약속을 미루고 싶은데 좋은 핑계가 없을까요?
I want to postpone my meeting with Jisu, but I can't think of a good excuse.
B
격언에 '정직은 최선의 방책'이라는 말이 있듯이 솔직하게 말하는 게 좋아요.
As the proverb says, 'Honesty is the best policy,' so it's best to just tell her the truth.
A
사람들의 대화를 중심으로 언어 연구를 진행해 보고 싶어요.
I want to conduct language research focusing on people's conversations.
B
그러면 구어 자료를 구해야겠네요.
Then you'll need to gather colloquial language data.
A
선배, 구어 연구를 하려면 어떻게 해야 해요?
Senior, how should I go about studying colloquial language?
B
먼저 다양한 구어를 녹음해야 해.
First, you need to record various colloquial speech.
A
생각 없이 쓰던 비속어의 의미를 알고 깜짝 놀랐어.
I was shocked when I found out the meaning of the vulgar language I used without thinking.
B
응, 나쁜 뜻이라는 걸 알았으니 이제 쓰지 않도록 해야겠어.
Yeah, now that you know it has a bad meaning, you should stop using it.
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How do you talk about 말 in Korean?
These 12 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 7 6급 words in this category — 해체, 영문, 유언비어, 방언, 격언 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.