소통 수단Korean Conversation: 소통 수단 — TOPIK 3

16 two-turn dialogues about 소통 수단, illustrating 9 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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경찰에서 사망자의 유서 전문을 공개하지 않는 이유가 무엇일까요?

Why do you think the police aren't releasing the full text of the deceased's suicide note?

아마 공개되어서는 안 될 내용이 포함되어 있기 때문이겠죠.

Probably because it contains information that shouldn't be made public.

요새 무릎이 너무 아파.

My knees have been hurting a lot lately.

내가 무릎 관절 치료를 전문으로 하는 병원을 아는데 소개해 줄까?

I know a hospital that specializes in knee joint treatment. Do you want me to recommend it?

외국에서 우리나라 국민이 납치되는 사건이 발생했다고?

Did you hear that a Korean citizen was kidnapped abroad?

네, 그래서 정부에서 해당 대사관에 긴급 전문을 보낸 상태입니다.

Yes, so the government has sent an urgent dispatch to the embassy.

지수야, 이 한자 무슨 글자인지 알아?

Jisu, do you know what this Chinese character is?

나도 잘 모르겠어. 옥편을 찾아 봐.

I'm not sure either. Look it up in the dictionary.

너는 중국어도 할 줄 알면서 요새 한문도 배운다며?

You can speak Chinese, and I heard you're also learning classical Chinese these days?

응, 근데 지금 중국어의 문법이 옛날과는 많이 다르더라.

Yeah, but the grammar in modern Chinese is really different from the old stuff.

이 한자를 몰라서 이 한문이 아예 해석이 안 돼요.

I can't read this Chinese character, so I can't interpret this classical Chinese at all.

이 한자는 요새는 쓰지 않는 거라서 네가 모를 수도 있겠구나.

This character isn't used these days, so it makes sense you wouldn't know it.

학교 앞까지 왔는데, 전에 네가 말해 준 가게를 못 찾겠어.

I came all the way to the front of the school, but I can't find the store you told me about.

학교를 등지고 우편을 보면 가게 간판이 보일 텐데. 잘 찾아 봐.

If you stand with your back to the school and look at the mail, you should see the store sign. Look carefully.

입사 원서를 제출하려고 하는데요, 회사에 방문해야 하나요?

I'd like to submit my job application. Do I need to visit the company?

우편으로 보내셔도 됩니다.

You can send it by mail.

조금 전에 우편배달부가 다녀간 것 같은데, 제 앞으로 온 우편이 있나요?

I think the mail carrier came by a little while ago. Is there any mail for me?

네, 편지가 한 통 왔네요. 여기 있습니다.

Yes, there's one letter. Here it is.

피해자의 사인은 발표됐어?

Has the victim's cause of death been announced?

아니. 질식자인지 익사인지 판단하기가 어렵대.

No. They say it's hard to tell whether it was suffocation or drowning.

이게 다 뭐야?

What's all this?

내가 그동안 받은 연예인들의 사인을 모아 둔 거야.

It's a collection of autographs from celebrities I've gotten over time.

너는 일본어도 못하는데 일본에서 어떻게 생활한 거야?

You can't even speak Japanese, so how did you live in Japan?

손짓 발짓으로 사인을 하면 다 의사소통이 되더라고.

I managed to communicate with hand gestures and signals.

따르릉 소리 안 들리니? 대체 언제까지 잘 거야?

Can't you hear the ringing? How long are you going to sleep?

아, 엄마. 어제 숙제하느라 밤을 새우고 아침에 잠들었어요. 조금만 더 잘게요.

Oh, Mom. I stayed up all night doing homework and fell asleep in the morning. Let me sleep a little more.

지수야, 어디 가?

Jisu, where are you going?

응, 지방에 있는 친구에게 우편물을 보내려고 우체국에 가는 길이야.

Oh, I'm on my way to the post office to send something to a friend in the countryside.

오늘쯤 도착할 편지가 있는데, 우편배달부 아저씨가 아직 안 다녀가셨나?

I'm expecting a letter to arrive today, but has the mailman been by yet?

잘 모르겠는걸. 나가서 우편함을 보면 되지.

I'm not sure. You could go check the mailbox.

엽서를 보내야 하는데 우체국에 갈 시간이 없어.

I need to send a postcard, but I don't have time to go to the post office.

여기 우체통이 있네. 여기에다가 넣으면 될 거야.

There's a mailbox here. You can just put it in there.

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How do you talk about 소통 수단 in Korean?

These 16 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 9 3급 words in this category — 전문, 한자, 한문, 우편, 사인 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.