이 가방은 가죽으로 된 거니?
Is this bag made of leather?
아니. 가죽으로 만든 건 너무 비싸서 비닐로 된 걸 샀어.
No. A leather one was too expensive, so I bought one made of vinyl.
생활 용품Korean Conversation: 생활 용품 — TOPIK 4
15 two-turn dialogues about 생활 용품, illustrating 11 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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연탄불이 꺼졌네.
The briquet fire has gone out.
누가 가서 연탄 좀 갈아라.
Someone go and change the briquet.
눈 화장이 번진 것 같아.
I think my eye makeup smudged.
화장지를 써서 번진 부분을 닦자.
Let's use some toilet paper to wipe off the smudged part.
저기 화장실에 화장지가 없는데요.
Excuse me, there's no toilet paper in the restroom.
죄송합니다. 여기 있습니다.
I'm sorry. Here you go.
어머니, 밥 남은 거 있어요?
Mom, is there any leftover rice?
아니, 전기밥솥에 밥 안쳤으니 조금만 기다려.
No, I haven't cooked any in the rice cooker yet, so wait a bit.
어제 내가 사 온 책 못 봤어?
이거 말하는 거야? 내가 종이에 글씨 쓰느라 받침으로 잠깐 썼어.
‘이’와 ‘김’이라는 글자 중 받침이 있는 글자는 어떤 것인가요?
‘김’이라는 글자에 ‘ㅁ’ 받침이 있습니다.
여기 있는 사과랑 귤 한 바구니씩 주세요.
Please give me one basket each of these apples and tangerines.
네. 무거우니까 비닐봉지 두 개에 나누어 담아 드릴게요.
Sure. Since they're heavy, I'll split them into two plastic bags for you.
엄마, 간장이 어디 있어요?
Mom, where's the soy sauce?
왼쪽에서 세 번째 독에 들어 있어.
It's in the third jar on the left.
우리 동네에는 화력 발전소가 있어서 매일 굴뚝에서 시커먼 연기가 나와.
Our neighborhood has a thermal power plant, so black smoke comes out of the chimney every day.
그거 인체에 독이야.
That's poison to the human body.
집에서 자꾸 바퀴벌레가 나와서 큰일이에요.
Cockroaches keep showing up at home, and it's a big problem.
독이 든 약을 구석구석 발라 놓으세요.
Apply poison-laced bait in every corner.
자고 일어났더니 어깨가 결리고 목도 뻐근하네.
After waking up, my shoulder aches and my neck is stiff.
새로 바꾼 베개 높이가 맞지 않아서 그런 거 아냐? 베개를 다른 걸로 바꿔 봐.
Isn't it because the new pillow's height doesn't fit? Try a different pillow.
바닥에 담뱃재를 버리면 어떡합니까?
Why are you throwing cigarette ash on the floor?
어이쿠, 재떨이가 거기에 있는 걸 이제야 봤네요.
Oh my, I only just noticed there's an ashtray right there.
텔레비전 켜게 리모컨 좀 줘.
Hand me the remote so I can turn on the TV.
형 옆에 있잖아.
It's right next to you, bro.
우와, 자전거 새로 샀어?
Wow, did you buy a new bike?
아. 다른 사람이 쓰던 자전거인데 중고품 가게에서 샀어.
Oh, it's a bike someone else used. I bought it at a secondhand store.
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자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you talk about 생활 용품 in Korean?
These 15 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 11 4급 words in this category — 비닐, 연탄, 화장지, 전기밥솥, 받침 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.