예술Korean Conversation: 예술 — TOPIK 4
14 two-turn dialogues about 예술, illustrating 6 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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A
한지를 이용해서 만든 이 스탠드는 어떻습니까?
What do you think of this lamp stand made with hanji?
B
정말 한국적인 느낌이 가득 나는 작품이네요.
It's truly a work full of Korean sensibility.
A
황 작가님, 요즘 작품 활동이 뜸하신 것 같습니다.
Writer Hwang, it seems like you've been less active with your work lately.
B
네, 최근 들어 글이 잘 써지지가 않네요.
Yes, I haven't been able to write well recently.
A
갑자기 왜 김 대리가 부장으로 승진했는지 알아?
Do you know why Assistant Manager Kim suddenly got promoted to department head?
B
글쎄, 새로 온 사장의 작품이라고 하던데?
Not sure, but I heard it's the new president's doing.
A
어제 전시회에서 본 조각들은 어땠어?
How were the sculptures you saw at the exhibition yesterday?
B
예술적 완성도가 높은 작품들이었어.
They were works with high artistic completeness.
A
바닥에 웬 빵 조각이 이렇게 많이 떨어져 있어?
There's no place to throw away the trash, so should we just burn it?
B
미안해. 빵을 먹다가 나도 모르게 흘렸나 봐.
But burning trash can release toxic gases, so we can't just burn it carelessly.
A
바닥이 지저분하니 청소를 합시다.
Why isn't Jisu coming into the sea? Isn't she swimming?
B
네, 제가 바닥에 떨어진 휴지 조각을 주울게요.
I'm going to lie on the sand and get a tan.
A
빵을 몇 조각으로 나눌까요?
Oh no, the meat is all burnt!
B
세 사람이 먹을 거니까 세 조각으로 나눕시다.
I know. How could we burn such delicious meat like this?
A
바닥에 웬 빵 조각이 이렇게 많이 떨어져 있어?
Why are there so many pieces of bread on the floor?
B
미안해. 빵을 먹다가 나도 모르게 흘렸나 봐.
Sorry. I must have dropped them without realizing while I was eating.
A
바닥이 지저분하니 청소를 합시다.
The floor is messy, so let's clean up.
B
네, 제가 바닥에 떨어진 휴지 조각을 주울게요.
Okay, I'll pick up the pieces of tissue on the floor.
A
빵을 몇 조각으로 나눌까요?
How many pieces should we cut the bread into?
B
세 사람이 먹을 거니까 세 조각으로 나눕시다.
Since three people will eat it, let's cut it into three pieces.
A
선생님은 수업 때 어떤 교재를 쓰세요?
What teaching materials do you use in class, teacher?
B
저는 제가 창작한 교재를 이용하고 있어요. 시중에는 마음에 드는 교재가 없어서요.
I use materials I created myself. There aren't any on the market that I like.
A
이 노래 참 듣기 좋네요. 누가 부른 노래예요?
This song is really nice to listen to. Who sings it?
B
제가 창작하고 제가 부른 노래예요.
I created it and I sing it.
A
지수야, 지금까지 승규가 한 말이 다 창작한 말이래.
Jisu, apparently everything Seunggyu said so far was made up.
B
정말? 그 많은 이야기가 다 거짓이었다고?
Really? All those stories were lies?
A
오늘 전시회에서 본 작가의 사진은 정말 멋졌어.
The photographer's pictures I saw at the exhibition today were really impressive.
B
맞아. 예술적으로 가치가 높은 작품들이래.
Right, I heard they're works of high artistic value.
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How do you talk about 예술 in Korean?
These 14 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 6 4급 words in this category — 작품, 예술적, 조각, 조각, 창작하다 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.