아직 어린 학생이 국악에 관심을 갖게 된 계기가 뭐예요?
What made you, still a young student, become interested in traditional Korean music?
저는 원래부터 우리나라의 전통 예술에 관심이 많았어요.
I've always been very interested in our country's traditional arts.
문화 비교하기Korean Conversation: 문화 비교하기 — TOPIK 3
18 two-turn dialogues about 문화 비교하기, illustrating 12 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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아직 어린 학생이 국악에 관심을 갖게 된 계기가 뭐예요?
What made you, still a young student, become interested in traditional Korean music?
저는 원래부터 우리나라의 전통 예술에 관심이 많았어요.
I've always been very interested in our country's traditional arts.
기독교인이라고 하셨나요?
Did you say you're a Christian?
아니요. 저는 종교를 가지고 있지 않습니다.
No, I don't have a religion.
옛날에는 된장이 약으로도 쓰였나요?
Was doenjang also used as medicine in the old days?
상처가 난 데 바르는 전통적 치료 방법 중 하나였어.
It was one of the traditional treatments applied to wounds.
선생님, 우리나라가 '동방예의지국'으로 불리는 이유가 뭐예요?
Teacher, why is our country called the 'land of courtesy in the East'?
우리나라는 전통적으로 어른 공경을 중요하게 여겼거든.
Because we have traditionally valued respect for elders.
곳곳에 세워진 탑들을 보니 이 절도 역사가 깊은 것 같네요.
Seeing the pagodas set up all over, this temple seems to have a long history.
그럼. 천 년도 전에 만들어졌으니까.
It does. It was built over a thousand years ago.
선생님, 절 받으세요.
Teacher, please accept my bow.
어허, 내가 벌써 절 받을 나이가 됐나.
Oh, have I already reached the age where I receive bows?
이 책에서 일 절은 어떤 내용인가요?
What is the first chapter of this book about?
천지의 창조에 대한 이야기입니다.
It's about the creation of heaven and earth.
보통 서양은 개인주의 문화이고 동양은 전체주의 문화라고 해.
They say the West is generally individualistic and the East is collectivist.
응. 그렇지만 한국 사회에서도 점점 개인주의 문화가 자리 잡는 것 같아.
Yeah. But it seems like individualism is also taking root in Korean society.
곳곳에 세워진 탑들을 보니 이 절도 역사가 깊은 것 같네요.
Seeing all these pagodas standing around, this temple must have a long history.
그럼. 천 년도 전에 만들어졌으니까.
It does. It was built over a thousand years ago.
선생님, 절 받으세요.
Teacher, please accept my bow.
어허, 내가 벌써 절 받을 나이가 됐나.
Oh dear, have I already reached the age where I receive bows?
이 책에서 일 절은 어떤 내용인가요?
What is the first chapter of this book about?
천지의 창조에 대한 이야기입니다.
It's about the creation of heaven and earth.
한국으로 시집을 와서 어떤 점이 힘들었나요?
What was difficult for you after marrying into Korea?
처음에 제사를 지내는 풍습이 힘들었지만 지금은 많이 익숙해졌어요.
At first, the custom of holding ancestral rites was hard, but now I'm used to it.
곳곳에 세워진 탑들을 보니 이 절도 역사가 깊은 것 같네요.
Seeing the pagodas set up everywhere, this temple must have a long history.
그럼. 천 년도 전에 만들어졌으니까.
Of course. It was built over a thousand years ago.
선생님, 절 받으세요.
Teacher, please accept my bow.
어허, 내가 벌써 절 받을 나이가 됐나.
Oh dear, have I already reached the age to receive bows?
이 책에서 일 절은 어떤 내용인가요?
Teacher, what is the first section of this book about?
천지의 창조에 대한 이야기입니다.
It's about the creation of heaven and earth.
새로 오신 영어 선생님의 수업을 들어 봤니?
Did you try the new English teacher's class?
응. 재미 교포로 미국에 살다 오셔서 원어민처럼 발음이 좋더라.
Yeah. She's a Korean-American who lived in the US, so her pronunciation is like a native speaker's.
유민아, 어디 가는 길이야?
Yumin, where are you headed?
주일 미사를 드리러 성당에 가고 있어.
I'm on my way to church to attend Sunday Mass.
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How do you talk about 문화 비교하기 in Korean?
These 18 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 12 3급 words in this category — 전통, 전통, 종교, 전통적, 전통적 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.