Shops and hotels in Korean
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Korean words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Korean phrases in this lesson
- ~์์ด์?~i-SSO-yo
- Do you have...?
- ~์ด๋ ์์ด์?~o-DI i-SSO-yo
- Where is...?
- ์์ ์คyong-op JUNG
- Open
- ์์ ์ข ๋ฃyong-op jong-NYO
- Closed
- ๋ดํฌ ๋๋ฆด๊น์?bong-TU deu-RIL-kka-yo
- A bag?
- ๋๋ฌด ๋น์ธ์no-MU bi-SSA-yo
- Too expensive
- ์์ฝํ์ด์ye-YAK-hae-so-yo
- I have a reservation
- ์กฐ์ ํฌํจ์ธ๊ฐ์?jo-SHIK po-HAM-in-ga-yo
- Is breakfast included?
- ์์ดํ์ด ๋น๋ฐ๋ฒํธ๊ฐ ๋ญ์์?wa-i-PA-i bi-MIL-bon-ho-ga mwo-YE-yo
- What's the wifi password?
- ...ํด๋ ๋ผ์?hae-do DWAE-yo
- Can I...?
Attach this suffix to any item to ask if it's in stock. For example, ๋ธ๊ธฐ ์์ด์? means "do you have strawberries?" It is simple, polite, and universally understood.
To ask where something is, say the item first then ์ด๋ ์์ด์? For example, ๊ณ๋ ์ด๋ ์์ด์? means "where are the eggs?" Staff will usually point or walk you there.
The sign meaning open for business.
Closed for the day. A day off is ํด๋ฌด (hyu-MU).
Plastic bags cost extra at checkout in Korea, in line with environmental policy. The cashier will ask you this. Reply ๋ค ์ฃผ์ธ์ (yes please) or ๊ด์ฐฎ์์ (no thanks, I'm fine).
Bargaining works only at traditional markets.
Literally "I reserved".
Literally "is it okay if I ...?": ์์๋ ๋ผ์? (an-ja-do DWAE-yo), may I sit?