One of the purposes of taking a test is to get improved, so I hope you learned some new stuff today.
언제나 is usually equivalent to 항상.
지금 좀 바쁘세요 or 한가하세요? This is tough. It seems like either one can be used in this situation.
지은 지 얼마 안 돼 seems OK.
우리한테 친절하게 해 seems OK, too.
Now, take some rest and have a good night.

언제나 is same as 항상, which means "always" or "all the time"...
자주 means "often" or "frequently"...


바쁘세요 or 한가하세요?...Not enough information to answer correctly...

What does 지은 지 얼마 안 돼 mean ?
I guessed the answer was 바쁘세요 because B replied Nae (yes)....

지은 지 얼마 안 돼 = (It was) built not long ago. (i.e., built recently.)

If B replied "네, 전에 바쁘지만 지금 괜찮아요", A must have asked "지금 좀 한가하세요?".

Because of the "네" that's why i answered 한가해요. Translate to English:-> "Are you free now?" "Yes (I am free now), I was busy earlier but I am free now"
The other one I think it is about 언니 always carry a smile, the equivalent of 언제나 to me is 항상.

The one on "지은지" really killed a lot of my brain cell so I decided to give it a shot because the other 3 couldnt make sense. I had only learnt "ㄴ 지" combining with "돼요". But in this case it was "안 돼요". I only figured out after the exam that that sentence meant "This house was not long since it was first built so it is clean".
As for the one on "친절하다", I also put "친절하게" mainly because of the word "해" following it so 칠절하다 must have meant to be an adverb.

One more wrong ! Huh ? Got ㄴ 지 돼요 pattern ?

There is one which ask us to identify the location of the lady. I think I heared something about "열차...한걸음...뛰지마십시요", so I chose "열차안". The other 3 choices were 버스점, 버스 터미널, 치하절. Corean conquerer, what was your choice for this one?

As for the one on 아파트, i think the correct answer is "No water on 21st" "21일 물 안 나울거에요" something like that. The other 3 were incorrect I think.

Actually the 2nd question of listening is a giveaway, don't you think? "옛날" can be found in the later part of the reading section. So for those who can't write still can refer to the back page.

OMG, Corean Conquerer ! Yucks !
I also chose 열차 안.
The 아파트 one, I chose one of the 3 wrong ones bec I just didn't know what the broadcast was all about. I thought I heard an 'until" but cud not catch whether it was in terms of days or hours (the 4th answer was related to hours). Yup, 옛날 was a giveway but I forgot how to spell "graduate".

오늘은 한국어능력시험을 봤어요 -> 오늘 한국어능력시험을 봤어요.
If you insist to carry 오늘은,
오늘은 한국어능력시험을 봤어요 -> 오늘은 한국어능력시험을 봤어요, 그리고 내일은 수영시험을 볼 거예요. Or 오늘은 한국어능력시험을 보았구요, 내일은 수영시험을 볼 거예요.
Way to go!

Andy ! Thanks for teaching me all these finer points !

BTW I'm deeply impressed by your efforts to improve your Korean. If I were the test grader, I would give you full marks. Not a joke! I'm serious.

Thanks for the rose~^^

Waah ! My friend indeed ! However, testers give marks for accuracy and not for efforts, I'm afraid.
Only a rose bec no bouquet icon ! ^-^

서영씨, 시험이 끝나서 마음이 편하시겠어요.
시험이란 어른이나 아이나 부담스러운 거니까요.
서영씨의 한국말 실력향상을 위해 주로 한국말을 써야겠어요...

There is one question about 눈물 나요 or 와요. I have just confirmed with my colleague that is should be 나요.

Can anyone remember the last 10 questions of the reading section? I had poor time management so I was left with only 20 mins to rush thru the last 10 questions + had to transfer the answers of the 60 answers to the answer sheet. So I couldnt remember too clearly. I can only remember 2 :
1) 물건을 살는사람 another name for this is --> My Ans: 고객
2) What is the occupation of the lady who likes children very much and who wants to be a doctor --> 선생님.

For (1), I wrote 손님 because those 2 words appeared in the next sentence of that passage.
For (2), I chose 강호사 because she currently works in a hospital although her dream was to be a teacher.

I was tricked by the 눈물 question too ! I chose 울어요.

I agree with the above view about our friend's passion for Korean language. As a friend who witness her efficiency and committment in setting up this website, I have no doubt that if our dear friend get to be immersed in the country itself, her improvement will be by leaps and bound.

I am also a beneficiary of her magnimosity in sharing with me many things which of course Korean-related is one of the greatest. And because of her unselfishness and her encouragement, I took this exam which I would have otherwise given it a miss. FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU! my friend.

언니, 네, 지금 더 편하는데, 시험날의 밤에 심은 불명증을 했어요. 너무 이상하죠? 시험을 벌써 봤거든요.
Without looking up the dictionary, I understand what you wrote to mean :
SY, bec exams are over, probably (heart) feel at ease.
exam is not (어른?) .. a burden
For the sake of SY's aspiring Korean ability, must write in Korean (to you)

Actually for the 눈물one I was debating veryhard between 나요 and 와요. Both sounds equally possible although I have heared of none being used so far. Only heared of 눈물 흘어요. Ultimately I'd decided to bet on 나요.

오숙헤씨, 아뇨, 별 말씀을요. 우리의 사이는 친 친구거든요. ^-^

I was "kiasu" so actually I wrote "고객, 손님". Hope they do not deduct my marks for being kiasu. hihi

For the 눈물 문제, if I had not been so fixated by the 스픈 영화 bit at the beginning of the question and tricked to choose 울어요, as bet 나요 and 와요, I wud have chosen 나요. Sigh ! Another one wrong !

Smartie, I don't think they will deduct marks bec both are corect answers.

Oops now that you say it, I am confused now whether i chose 선생님 or 간호사. I vaguely remembered that her occupation is not what she had wanted to be. What do you expect from an answer made in split second.

Hi for the "ㄴ지..되다" pattern, as you know i pop by my next door library on and off so after seeing this pattern appearing so often in that preparatory book, i'd decided to look it up in the library. I'll fwd you some stuff on this.

I didn't even realise this pattern appeared in the L2 prep book. I did pick up other grammar patterns tho. I may post them up for completeness.
After that, you could post the one for "ㄴ지..되다" pattern under that post.

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