About This Lesson
Use Describing Symptoms Objectively to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
불편감은 심하지 않지만 평소보다 오래 지속되고 있어요.
bool-PYUN-ga-mun shim-HA-jee an-chi-man pyung-SOH-bo-da OH-reh jee-sok-DWEH-go ee-SSUH-yo. The discomfort is mild, but it has lasted longer than usual.
B
활동을 하거나 쉬거나 식사를 하면 달라지나요?
hwal-DONG-ul ha-GUH-na shwee-GUH-na SHIK-ssa-rul ha-MYUN tal-la-JEE-na-yo? Does it change with activity, rest, or meals?
A
저는 오래 앉아 있으면 그 불편감이 더 잘 느껴져요.
juh-NUN OH-reh AN-ja ee-SSU-myun guh bool-PYUN-ga-mee duh jal nuh-KYUH-juh-yo. I notice it more when I sit for a long time.
B
그런 양상은 말씀해 주시는 게 좋고, 의료진이 제대로 평가할 수 있어요.
guh-RUN YANG-sang-un mal-SSUM-heh joo-SHEE-nun geh JOH-koh ee-RYOH-jee-nee jeh-DAIR-oh pyung-GA-hal ssoo ee-SSUH-yo. That pattern is worth mentioning, and the clinician can assess it properly.
A
저는 실제보다 더 심각하거나 덜 심각하게 들리지 않도록 설명하려고 해요.
juh-NUN shil-JJEH-bo-da duh shim-GAK-ha-guh-na dul shim-GAK-ha-geh deul-lee-jee an-TOH-rok sul-myung-ha-RYUH-go heh-yo. I am trying to describe it without making it sound worse or less serious than it is.
B
얼마나 자주 나타나는지와 본인에게 어떤 영향을 미치는지에 집중해 보세요.
uhl-MA-na ja-JOO na-ta-NA-nun-jee-wa boh-NEE-neh-geh UH-tun yung-HYANG-ul mee-CHEE-nun-jee-eh jip-JOONG-heh boh-SEH-yo. Focus on how often it happens and how it affects you.
A
저는 업무 중에 집중하기가 더 어려워진다고 설명할 수 있어요.
juh-NUN um-MOO joong-eh jip-JOONG-ha-gee-ga duh uh-RYUH-woh-jin-da-go sul-myung-hal ssoo ee-SSUH-yo. I can explain that it makes it harder to concentrate at work.
B
일상생활에 미치는 영향이 추후 진료 방향을 정하는 데 도움이 되는 경우가 많으니, 그 내용도 포함해 주세요.
eel-SSANG-seng-HWAHL-eh mee-CHEE-nun yung-HYANG-ee CHOO-hoo jeel-LYOH bang-HYANG-ul juhng-ha-nun deh doh-OO-mee dweh-nun gyung-OO-ga man-NEE guh, guh nae-YONG-do poh-HAM-heh JOO-seh-yo. Include that detail, since daily impact often guides follow-up.Word by Word
불편감
In 불편감은, 불편감 means the discomfort being discussed. It is a useful clinical noun for describing an unpleasant sensation without diagnosing its cause, as in 불편감은 심하지 않지만.
은
은 marks 불편감 as the topic of the statement. The topic phrase 불편감은 introduces what the speaker is describing before giving its condition.
심하지
In 심하지 않지만, 심하지 conveys that the discomfort is not severe. It connects to 않지만, so the phrase presents mildness before adding a contrasting fact.
않지만
않지만 makes the preceding description negative and adds “but.” In 심하지 않지만, it means the discomfort is not severe, while the next clause says it has lasted longer than usual.
평소
평소 refers to the person’s usual or ordinary situation. In 평소보다, it provides the standard for comparison when describing how long the discomfort lasts.
보다
보다 marks 평소 as the point of comparison in 평소보다. This lets the speaker say that the duration is longer than the usual duration.
오래
오래 means for a long time or longer than expected in 오래 지속되고 있어요. It describes the duration of the discomfort and can be reused before a verb describing something continuing.
지속되고
지속되고 means continuing or lasting and links to 있어요 in 지속되고 있어요. Together, the expression describes a condition that is still continuing at the time of speaking.
있어요
In 지속되고 있어요, 있어요 shows that the continuing state is still present. This polite form is useful when reporting an ongoing symptom at a clinic.
활동
활동 means activity or physical activity in the question about changes in the discomfort. It appears as 활동을 하거나, referring to doing activities as one possible condition.
을
을 marks 활동 as the object of 하거나 in 활동을 하거나. It shows what is being done before the alternatives are connected.
하거나
하거나 connects one alternative activity to another in 활동을 하거나 쉬거나. It means doing one option or the other within the question about when the discomfort changes.
쉬거나
쉬거나 means resting as another alternative in 활동을 하거나 쉬거나. The ending connects resting with the other possible conditions being asked about.
식사
식사 means a meal or eating in 식사를 하면. It identifies eating as another condition that might change the discomfort.
를
를 marks 식사 as the object of 하면 in 식사를 하면. It shows that the action being considered is having a meal or eating.
하면
하면 introduces a condition or time meaning “when or if” in 식사를 하면. The question asks whether the discomfort changes when the listed activity, rest, or meal occurs.
달라지나요
달라지나요 asks whether the discomfort changes. In the full question, it asks whether its pattern is different with activity, rest, or meals.
저
저 is the speaker’s humble first-person form in 저는. It is used when the patient describes their own experience politely to clinic staff.
는
는 marks 저 as the topic in 저는. The phrase 저는 introduces the speaker before describing what they notice.
앉아
앉아 means sitting in 앉아 있으면. Together with 있으면, it describes the condition of remaining seated for a long time.
있으면
있으면 means when or if the state continues in 앉아 있으면. Here it makes sitting for a long time the condition under which the discomfort is felt more clearly.
그
그 means that or the previously mentioned one in 그 불편감. It points back to the discomfort already being discussed rather than introducing a new symptom.
이
이 marks 그 불편감 as the subject in 그 불편감이 더 잘 느껴져요. It identifies the discomfort as what is felt more noticeably.
더
더 means more in 더 잘 느껴져요. It shows that the discomfort is felt to a greater degree when the speaker sits for a long time.
잘
잘 means clearly or readily in 더 잘 느껴져요. It modifies how easily the discomfort is noticed in that situation.
느껴져요
느껴져요 means is felt or is noticed in 그 불편감이 더 잘 느껴져요. It lets the speaker describe the subjective sensation without claiming a medical diagnosis.
양상
양상 means the pattern or way a symptom appears in 그런 양상. In a clinical conversation, it helps describe when or how a symptom occurs.
말씀해
말씀해 is the polite form used for saying or mentioning something in 말씀해 주시는 게 좋고. It appears in advice telling the patient to mention the symptom pattern to the clinician.
주시는
주시는 adds a respectful sense of doing something for the listener in 말씀해 주시는 게 좋고. With 말씀해, it makes the advice sound considerate and polite toward the person providing the information.
게
게 turns 말씀해 주시는 into the thing or action being evaluated in 말씀해 주시는 게 좋고. The whole phrase says that mentioning the pattern is advisable.
좋고
좋고 means is good or advisable and connects to the next clause. In 말씀해 주시는 게 좋고, it recommends giving the information before explaining its clinical usefulness.
의료진
의료진 refers collectively to the medical staff or clinicians. In 의료진이 제대로 평가할 수 있어요, it is the group able to assess the reported pattern.
제대로
제대로 means properly or appropriately in 제대로 평가할 수 있어요. It emphasizes that complete symptom details help the medical staff make a suitable assessment.
평가할
평가할 means to assess in 평가할 수 있어요. It appears before 수 to describe the assessment that the medical staff can carry out.
수
수 expresses ability or possibility in 평가할 수 있어요. The construction means that the medical staff can properly assess the pattern.
실제
실제 refers to actual reality in 실제보다. It provides the standard against which the symptom might accidentally sound more or less serious.
심각하거나
심각하거나 means being serious as one of two alternatives in 더 심각하거나 덜 심각하게. It connects the possibility of sounding more serious with the possibility of sounding less serious.
덜
덜 means less in 덜 심각하게. It shows that the description might make the condition sound less serious than it actually is.
심각하게
심각하게 means seriously in 더 심각하거나 덜 심각하게 들리지 않도록. It describes how the condition might be perceived through the speaker’s explanation.
들리지
들리지 means be heard or come across in 심각하게 들리지 않도록. Here it concerns how serious the description sounds to the listener, not whether the symptom itself changes.
않도록
않도록 means so that something does not happen in 들리지 않도록. The full phrase expresses the speaker’s aim not to make the condition sound more or less serious than reality.
설명하려고
설명하려고 expresses trying or intending to explain in 설명하려고 해요. It presents the speaker’s effort to describe the symptom objectively.
해요
해요 completes the polite statement 설명하려고 해요. In this sentence, it politely reports the speaker’s current effort or intention to explain.
얼마나
얼마나 asks about degree or frequency in 얼마나 자주 나타나는지. Together with 자주, it asks how often the symptom appears.
자주
자주 means often or frequently in 얼마나 자주 나타나는지. It focuses the clinic description on the frequency of the symptom.
나타나는지
나타나는지 turns 나타나는 into an embedded question about how or whether something appears. In 얼마나 자주 나타나는지, it forms the information that the listener advises the patient to focus on.
와
와 connects the two pieces of information in 나타나는지와 본인에게 어떤 영향을 미치는지. It means that both frequency and personal impact should be considered.
본인
본인 means the person concerned or oneself in 본인에게. Here it refers respectfully to the patient who experiences the effect.
에게
에게 marks the person affected in 본인에게 어떤 영향을 미치는지. It shows that the impact is considered in relation to the patient.
어떤
어떤 asks what kind of or what specific effect in 어떤 영향을 미치는지. It invites a description of the particular way the symptom affects the patient.
영향
영향 means impact or effect in 어떤 영향을 미치는지. It refers to the consequences of the symptom for the patient’s daily functioning.
미치는지
미치는지 asks how something affects someone within 어떤 영향을 미치는지. The phrase makes the symptom’s effect on the patient part of the information to report.
에
에 marks the information as the target of focus in 영향을 미치는지에 집중해 보세요. It connects the reported impact to the instruction to focus on it.
집중해
집중해 means focus on in 집중해 보세요. It gives the patient the practical instruction to focus on frequency and personal impact.
보세요
보세요 softens the instruction in 집중해 보세요 into a polite suggestion to try focusing. It is useful when offering supportive advice rather than giving a harsh command.
업무
업무 means work or work duties in 업무 중에. It identifies the work setting in which concentration becomes more difficult.
중
중 means during or in the middle of in 업무 중에. It places the difficulty with concentration during work activities.
집중하기
집중하기 means concentrating as an activity in 집중하기가 더 어려워진다고. The form makes concentration the activity whose difficulty is being described.
가
가 marks 집중하기 as the subject in 집중하기가 더 어려워진다고. It identifies concentrating as what becomes more difficult.
어려워진다고
어려워진다고 conveys that something becomes harder and marks that content as what is explained. In 집중하기가 더 어려워진다고 설명할 수 있어요, it reports the effect on the ability to concentrate.
설명할
설명할 means to explain in 설명할 수 있어요. It appears before 수 to express that the speaker can give this particular account of the symptom’s effect.
일상생활
일상생활 means daily life in 일상생활에 미치는 영향. It broadens the discussion from the clinic symptom itself to its effect on ordinary activities.
미치는
미치는 means affecting in 일상생활에 미치는 영향. It describes the influence that the symptom has on daily life.
추후
추후 means later or at a follow-up stage in 추후 진료 방향. It refers to decisions made after considering the information provided during the current consultation.
진료
진료 means medical consultation or care in 진료 방향. It identifies the medical care process whose next course may be guided by the reported impact.
방향
방향 means direction or course in 진료 방향을 정하는 데. Here it refers to the course of subsequent medical care, not a physical direction.
정하는
정하는 means determining in 진료 방향을 정하는 데. It describes deciding the course of follow-up care.
데
데 means in or for the purpose of in 정하는 데 도움이 되는 경우. The construction means being helpful for determining the direction of follow-up care.
도움
도움 means help in 도움이 되는 경우. It describes how information about daily impact can support decisions about later care.
되는
되는 means being helpful or serving a useful purpose in 도움이 되는 경우. It connects the usefulness of the information with the cases described next.
경우
경우 means a case or situation in 도움이 되는 경우가 많으니. It frames the statement as referring to situations in which daily impact is often useful.
많으니
많으니 gives the reason that such cases are common in 경우가 많으니. It supports the polite request to include the detail because daily impact often helps guide follow-up.
내용
내용 means the content or details in 그 내용도 포함해 주세요. Here it refers to the information about how the symptom affects daily life.
도
도 means also in 그 내용도 포함해 주세요. It adds the daily-impact detail to the other symptom information that should already be mentioned.
포함해
포함해 means include in 포함해 주세요. It asks the patient to add the relevant daily-impact detail to the explanation.
주세요
주세요 makes 포함해 주세요 a polite request to include something. The complete expression asks the listener supportively to add that detail.
Grammar Points
동사/형용사-거나
쉬거나 / 심각하거나
shwee-GUH-na / shim-GAK-ha-guh-naor rest / or be serious
-거나 connects alternatives, meaning “or.” It can link verbs or adjectives.
동사-는지
나타나는지
na-ta-NA-nun-jeewhether it appears or occurs
-는지 forms an embedded question or expresses uncertainty about whether an action occurs.
Korean Vocabulary
달라지다
verb
tal-la-JEE-da
to change; to be different
달라지나요
말씀해 주다
phrase
mal-SSUM-heh JOO-da
to mention; to tell
말씀해 주시는
불편감
noun
bool-PYUN-gam
discomfort
쉬다
verb
shwee-DA
to rest
쉬거나
식사
noun
shik-SSA
meal
식사를
심하다
adj
shim-HA-da
to be severe
심하지
양상
noun
YANG-sang
pattern; aspect
오래 앉아 있다
phrase
OH-reh AN-ja eet-TA
to sit for a long time
의료진
noun
ee-RYOH-jeen
medical staff; clinician
지속되다
verb
jee-sok-DWEH-da
to last; to continue
지속되고
평소
noun
pyung-SOH
usual times; normal routine
활동
noun
hwal-DONG
activity
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
Does it change with activity, rest, or meals?
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활동을 하거나 쉬거나 식사를 하면 달라지나요?Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
to last; to continue
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지속되고to change; to be different
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달라지나요pattern; aspect
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양상meal