요즘 한국에서 오디션 프로그램이 인기가 참 많은 것 같아요.
It seems that audition programs are getting quite popular in Korea these days.
네, 방송사마다 오디션 프로그램을 한두 개씩은 하는 것 같아요.
Yes, it seems that each broadcasting company airs one or two audition programs.
옛날에는 가수를 뽑는 프로그램만 많았는데 요즘은 오디션 프로그램이 참 다양해졌어요.
In the past, there were only a lot of programs for selecting singers. These days, however, audition programs got diversified.
맞아요. 제가 얼마 전에 본 오디션 프로그램은 최고의 요리사를 뽑는 프로그램이었어요.
Yes, it’s right. An audition program that I watched recently was a program for selecting the best chefs.
저도 그 프로그램을 봤는데 정말 재미있었어요. 다들 1등을 하려고 정말 열심히 하는 것 같았어요.
I also watched the program, and it was really fun. It seemed everybody worked so hard to win the first prize.
맞아요. 1등을 한 사람은 프랑스에 있는 유명한 요리 학교로 1년 동안 연수를 보내 준다고 했어요.
Yes, it’s right. They said they are going to send the winner to a famous culinary school in France to study for one year
V+ 는다고/ㄴ다고 해요(했어요).
It is an expression of indirect speech for ‘V+ 습니다/ㅂ니다.‘, and ’V+ 어요/아요/여요.‘ in a declarative sentence. The short form is ‘V+ 는대요/ㄴ대요.’.
When an action verb stem ends in a consonant, use ‘-는다고 해요’, and when it ends in a vowel, use ‘-ㄴ다고 해요‘.
한국 사람들은 생일에 미역국을 먹는다고 해요.
They say that Koreans eat seaweed soup on their birthdays.
오늘 전국에 비가 온다고 했어요.
They said that it’s going to rain today nationwide
이 제품은 1년 동안 무료로 수리해 준다고 해요.
They say that this product can be fixed for free for one year.
Related words
오디션 an audition
방송사 a broadcasting company
한두 one or two
뽑다 to select
최고 the best
요리사 a chef, a cook
미역국 seaweed soup
전국 nationwide
수리하다 to fix, to repair
Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute
