14 two-turn dialogues about 소리, illustrating 5 words from this category at 2급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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저 녀석이 내게 다짜고짜 화부터 내더라니까?
That guy just started yelling at me out of nowhere!
정말 그런 상황에서는 당황스러울 수밖에 없었겠구나.
Well, of course you'd be flustered in a situation like that.
내 말은, 네가 맡은 일을 좀 똑바로 하라는 거야.
What I mean is, I want you to do your job properly.
네 말이 그런 뜻이었어? 알겠어.
Oh, so that's what you meant? Got it.
어젯밤에 운전자가 사람을 다치게 하고 그냥 도망갔대.
I heard a driver hit someone last night and just took off.
뭐 그런! 정말 못된 사람이로구먼.
What! What a terrible person.
유민이라는 학생이 그렇게 똑똑하다면서요?
I heard a student named Yumin is really smart.
네. 10년 동안 교사 생활을 하면서 이런 학생은 처음 가르쳐 봐요.
Yes, in my ten years of teaching, I've never seen a student like this.
올라오다가 계단에서 넘어졌어요.
I fell on the stairs on my way up.
이런! 항상 조심하라고 그렇게 얘기를 했지 않니.
Oh no! How many times have I told you to be careful?
나도 미술관 가는 거 정말 좋아해.
I really like going to art museums too.
나는 네가 이런 걸 귀찮아하는 줄 알았어.
I thought you'd find this kind of thing a hassle.
김 사장은 돈이 많아서 좋겠어.
President Kim must be happy with all that money.
아무리 돈이 많아도 진정한 친구 한 명도 없는데, 뭐.
No matter how much money he has, he doesn't have a single true friend, so what's the point.
이 반지 정말 비싼 거야!
This ring is really expensive!
아무리 비싸다고 하더라도 다이아몬드 반지보다 비싸겠어?
No matter how expensive it is, could it be more expensive than a diamond ring?
그거 알아? 옆집에 사는 아저씨 진짜 부자래.
You know what? The guy next door is supposedly really rich.
아무리, 부자이면 왜 그런 좁은 집에 살겠어.
No matter how rich he is, why would he live in such a small house?
김 씨는 남한테 옳은 말은 잘하는데 정작 자기 행동은 돌아보지 않아.
Kim is good at telling others what's right, but doesn't look at their own actions.
맞아. 남을 가르치기 전에 자기부터 바르게 살아야지.
Exactly. Before teaching others, they should live right themselves.
이럴 줄 알았으면 대학원에 가는 게 옳았어.
If I'd known this would happen, it would have been right to go to grad school.
왜? 회사 일이 재미있다고 했었잖아.
Why? You said work was fun.
내가 이해한 게 옳다면 이 답은 이거야.
If what I understood is right, then this is the answer.
맞았어. 넌 참 똑똑하구나.
You got it. You're really smart.
어제 선생님께서 돌아가셨대요.
I heard the teacher passed away yesterday.
쯧쯧, 저런. 가족들이 많이 마음 아파하시겠구나.
Tsk tsk, oh my. The family must be heartbroken.
코치도 없이 저런 농구 연습이 도움이 될까?
Can basketball practice like that, without a coach, really help?
열심히만 하면 얼마든지 농구 실력이 늘 거야.
As long as you practice hard, your basketball skills can improve no matter what.
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These 14 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 5 2급 words in this category — 그런, 이런, 아무리, 옳다, 저런 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.
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.