음식이 좀 느끼하지 않니?
Isn't the food a bit greasy?
기름기가 너무 많아서 그런 것 같아.
I think it's because there's too much fat.
저 사람 얼굴에 기름기가 번지르르하지 않니?
Doesn't that person's face look all shiny with oil?
집에 돈 좀 있나 봐.
They must have some money at home.
맛Korean Conversation: 맛 — TOPIK 5
14 two-turn dialogues about 맛, illustrating 7 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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요즘 과자로 밥을 대신했더니 조금 어지럽네요.
I've been replacing meals with snacks lately, and I feel a bit dizzy.
영양가가 높은 음식을 드셔야죠.
You should eat foods with high food value.
저도 알고 있으니 잔소리는 그만하세요.
I already know that, so stop nagging.
듣기 싫은 말이 영양가가 좋은 법이다.
Words you don't want to hear tend to have good food value.
음식이 왜 이렇게 기름져?
Why is the food so greasy?
기름을 많이 넣었나 봐.
I guess they put in a lot of oil.
승규가 요즘 살이 많이 쪘더라.
Seunggyu has gained a lot of weight lately.
맞아. 얼굴도 기름지고 배도 많이 나왔더라고.
Right. His face is oily and his belly is big too.
잎이 반질반질하고 매끄럽네.
The leaves are shiny and smooth.
정말 기름지게 잘 길렀네.
You've really grown them well and fertile.
갈치구이가 조금 싱거운 것 같은데요.
The grilled hairtail seems a bit bland.
그럼 소금을 좀 더 뿌려서 짭짤하게 해야겠다.
Then I'll add a little more salt to make it slightly salty.
민준이는 돈을 꼭 필요한 데에만 쓰더라.
Minjun only spends money on what's really necessary.
응, 민준이는 생활하는 게 참 짭짤해.
Yeah, Minjun lives quite frugally.
이 일은 벌이가 괜찮나요?
Is this job paying well?
네, 이래 봬도 돈벌이가 꽤 짭짤해요.
Yes, believe it or not, the income is fairly good.
입맛도 없고 뭐 매콤한 거 먹고 싶다.
I've lost my appetite, but I feel like eating something hot and spicy.
그래? 그럼 우리 낙지에 고추장 넣고 볶아 먹을까?
Really? Then how about we stir-fry some octopus with gochujang?
집에서 담근 과일주인데 맛이 어때요?
It's fruit wine made at home. How does it taste?
숙성이 잘돼서 그런지 떫지 않고 맛있네요.
It's not astringent and tastes good, probably because it's fermented well.
내가 온 게 싫어? 왜 이렇게 떫은 표정이야?
Do you not like that I came? Why such a sour face?
연락도 없이 갑자기 오면 곤란하잖아.
It's a problem when you show up without calling first.
어디선가 새콤한 냄새가 나.
I smell something sourish from somewhere.
아까 만든 장에 식초를 조금 넣었더니 새콤한 냄새가 나는 양념장이 되었어.
I added a little vinegar to the sauce I made earlier, so it turned into a seasoning sauce with a sourish smell.
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자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you talk about 맛 in Korean?
These 14 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 7 5급 words in this category — 기름기, 영양가, 기름지다, 짭짤하다, 매콤하다 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.