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🙏 Asking & Offering
Unit 13 of 30 in the Kaja Hangul course.
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The phrases
사진 좀 찍어 주세요
sajin jom jjigeo juseyo
Could you take a photo?
-아/어 주세요 = 'please do it for me'. It is the single politest way to ask for anything.
창문 좀 열어 주세요
changmun jom yeoreo juseyo
Could you open the window?
Same -아/어 주세요 pattern. 좀 softens it further.
같이 갈까요?
gachi galkkayo?
Shall we go together?
같이 is said 가치. -(으)ㄹ까요? is 'shall we?'
뭐 드시겠어요?
mwo deusigesseoyo?
What would you like to eat?
드시다 is the honorific of 먹다. Using it for the person you're serving is basic courtesy.
앉으세요
anjeuseyo
Please have a seat
-(으)세요 is a polite instruction. 앉다 ends in a consonant, so it takes 으세요.
여기 앉아도 돼요?
yeogi anjado dwaeyo?
May I sit here?
-아/어도 돼요? = 'is it alright if I…'. This is how you ask permission.
제가 도와드릴까요?
jega dowadeurilkkayo?
Shall I help you?
드리다 is the humble form of 주다 — you give TO someone above you.
잠시만 기다려 주세요
jamsiman gidaryeo juseyo
Please wait a moment
잠시만 is the politer sibling of 잠깐만.
이거 어떻게 해요?
igeo eotteoke haeyo?
How do I do this?
어떻게 = how, in what way.
부탁 하나만 해도 될까요?
butak hanaman haedo doelkkayo?
May I ask you a favour?
-도 될까요? is a softer, less direct -도 돼요?
여기요, 주문할게요
yeogiyo, jumunhalgeyo
Excuse me, we'd like to order
여기요 literally 'over here'. 저기요 works too.
물 좀 더 주시겠어요?
mul jom deo jusigesseoyo?
Could I have some more water?
-시겠어요? is about as polite as a request gets without sounding stiff.
Words introduced here
하다 — to do어떻게 — how창문 — window사진 — photo앉다 — to sit열다 — to open비싸다 — to be expensive싸다 — to be cheap덥다 — to be hot (weather)해 — sun예쁘다 — to be pretty잘생기다 — to be handsome깨끗하다 — to be clean더럽다 — to be dirty춥다 — to be cold (weather)뜨겁다 — to be hot (to the touch)차갑다 — to be cold (to the touch)
A conversation using them: We'd like to order
Getting the attention of a waiter, and asking for something.
A
여기요, 주문할게요.
yeogiyo, jumunhalgeyo
Excuse me, we'd like to order.
B
네, 뭐 드시겠어요?
ne, mwo deusigesseoyo?
Yes, what would you like?
A
이거 주세요.
igeo juseyo
This one, please.
B
네, 잠시만 기다려 주세요.
ne, jamsiman gidaryeo juseyo
Certainly, one moment please.
A
물 좀 더 주시겠어요?
mul jom deo jusigesseoyo?
Could I have some more water?
B
네, 잠시만요.
ne, jamsimanyo
Yes, just a moment.
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