Korea is a country rich in culture, history, and vibrant daily life. For anyone visiting or living in Korea, understanding and using common Korean expressions can significantly enhance the experience. Whether you are at a bustling market, a serene temple, a cozy cafรฉ, or navigating the public transport system, knowing the right expressions can help you connect with locals, make new friends, and navigate daily interactions with ease. In this blog, we will explore essential Korean expressions tailored for different venues and locations, helping you immerse yourself fully in the dynamic and diverse life of Korea.
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Restaurant Korean Phrases
Click on the ๐ or the Hangul word to listen to the pronunciation.
Waiter/Waitress
๐ | Welcome. ์ด์ ์ค์ธ์. (eoseo oseyo) |
๐ | How many people? ๋ช ๋ถ์ด์ธ์? (myeot buniseyo) |
๐ | Did you make a reservation? ์์ฝํ์ จ์ด์? (yeyakha syeossoyo) |
๐ | Would you like to order? ์ฃผ๋ฌธํ์๊ฒ ์ด์? (jumun hasigesseoyo) |
๐ | What would you like to drink? ์๋ฃ๋ ๋ญ๋ก ๋๋ฆด๊น์? (eumnyoneun muero deurilkkayo) |
๐ | Would you like it spicy? ๋งต๊ฒ ํด๋๋ฆด๊น์? (map ge haedeurilggayo) |
๐ | Do you need anything else? ๋ ํ์ํ์ ๊ฑฐ ์์ผ์ธ์? (deo pillyohashin geo isseuse yo) |
๐ | Would you like it for takeout? ํฌ์ฅํด ๋๋ฆด๊น์? (pojanghae deurilkkayo) |
๐ | Can I help with the bill? ๊ณ์ฐ ๋์๋๋ฆด๊น์? (gyesan doawadeurilkkayo) |
๐ | Would you like a receipt? ์์์ฆ ๋๋ฆด๊น์? (yeongsujeung deurilkkayo) |
๐ | Please come again next time! ๋ค์์ ๋ ์ค์ธ์! (daeume tto oseyo) |
๐ | Thank you. Have a nice day. ๊ฐ์ฌํฉ๋๋ค. ์ข์ํ๋ฃจ ๋์ธ์. (gamsahabnida joeun haru doeseyo) |
Customers
๐ | Please give me the menu. ๋ฉ๋ด ์ฃผ์ธ์. (menyu juseyo) |
๐ | Please recommend something. ์ถ์ฒํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. (chucheonhae juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me this. ์ด๊ฑฐ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (igeo juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me more water. ๋ฌผ ์ข ๋ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (mul jom deo juseyo) |
๐ | Please make it less spicy. ๋ ๋งต๊ฒ ํด์ฃผ์ธ์. (deol maepge haejuseyo) |
๐ | Please give more side dishes. ๋ฐ์ฐฌ ์ข ๋ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (banchan jom deo juseyo) |
๐ | Please pack this for takeout. ํฌ์ฅํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. (pojanghae juseyo) |
๐ | Is it spicy? ๋งค์์? (maewoyo) |
๐ | Do you have vegetarian options? ์ฑ์ ๋ฉ๋ด ์์ด์? (Chaesik menyu isseoyo) |
๐ | Do you have a table for 4 people? ๋ค๋ช ์๋ฆฌ ์์ด์? (nemyeong jari isseoyo) |
๐ | Please give me four servings of pork belly. ์ผ๊ฒน์ด ์ฌ์ธ๋ถ ์ฃผ์ธ์ (samgyeopsal sainbun juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me 1 bottle of soju. ์์ฃผ ํ๋ณ ์ฃผ์ธ์ (soju hanbyeong juseyo) |
๐ | What time do you close? ๋ช์์ ๋ฌธ ๋ซ์์? (myeotsie mun dadayo) |
๐ | Do you take credit cards? ์นด๋ ๋ผ์? (kadeu dwaeyo) |
๐ | It was a delicious meal! ์ ๋จน์์ต๋๋ค! (jal meogeotseumnida!) |
Mastering daily Korean expressions for various venues and locations not only facilitates smoother interactions but also enriches your cultural experience in Korea.
By using these expressions, you demonstrate respect and appreciation for Korean culture, which can open doors to deeper connections and more meaningful experiences. Whether you’re exploring the vibrant streets of Seoul, enjoying the tranquility of a countryside village, or savoring delicious street food, these expressions will be your gateway to a more immersive and enjoyable journey.
So, practice these phrases, embrace the local customs, and make the most out of your time in Korea.
Cafe Korean Phrases
Cafรฉs play a significant role in Korean culture, often serving as cozy retreats where people relax, socialize, and even fall in love. Korean dramas frequently feature charming cafรฉ scenes, where characters share heartfelt conversations over steaming cups of coffee or indulge in delectable desserts.
Click on the ๐ or the Hangul word to listen to the pronunciation.
Barista/Cafe Staff
๐ | Would you like to order? ์ฃผ๋ฌธํ์๊ฒ ์ด์? (jumun hasigesseoyo) |
๐ | What size do you want? ์ฌ์ด์ฆ ์ด๋ค๊ฑธ๋ก ๋๋ฆด๊น์? (saiz eoddeongeolro deurilkkayo) |
๐ | Would you like to add sugar or syrup? ์คํ์ด๋ ์๋ฝ ์ถ๊ฐํด ๋๋ฆด๊น์? (seoltangina sirub chugahe deurilkkayo?) |
๐ | Will you have it here? ์ฌ๊ธฐ์ ๋์ธ์? (yeogiseo deuseyo?) |
๐ | Do you need anything else? ๋ ํ์ํ์ ๊ฑฐ ์์ผ์ธ์? (deo pillyohashin geo isseuseyo) |
๐ | Would you like it for takeout? ํฌ์ฅํด ๋๋ฆด๊น์? (pojanghae deurilkkayo) |
๐ | Can I help with the bill? ๊ณ์ฐ ๋์๋๋ฆด๊น์? (gyesan doawadeurilkkayo) |
๐ | Do you need a receipt? ์์์ฆ ํ์ํ์ธ์? (yeongsujeung piryohaseyo) |
๐ | Would you like whipped cream on top? ํํ ํฌ๋ฆผ์ ์ฌ๋ฆด๊น์? (hwiping keurimeul olrilkkayo?) |
๐ | Please come again next time! ๋ค์์ ๋ ์ค์ธ์! (daeume tto oseyo) |
๐ | Do you have a point card? ํฌ์ธํธ ์นด๋ ์์ผ์ธ์? (point kadeu yi sseu se yo) |
Customers
๐ | Please give me a cup of coffee. ์ปคํผ ํ ์ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (keopi han jan juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me an iced Americano. ์์ด์ค ์๋ฉ๋ฆฌ์นด๋ ธ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (aiseu Amerikan juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me 1 hot coffee ๋ฐ๋ปํ ์๋ฉ๋ฆฌ์นด๋ ธ ํ์ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (ttatteutan amerikano hanjan juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me a latte. ๋ผ๋ผ ํ๋ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (latte hana juseyo) |
๐ | Please add sugar/syrup. ์คํ/์๋ฝ ๋ฃ์ด ์ฃผ์ธ์. (seoltang/sirup neoeo juseyo) |
๐ | Please add one more shot. ์ท ํ๋ ์ถ๊ฐํด ์ฃผ์ธ์ (shat hana chugahae juseyo) |
๐ | Iโll take it to go. ํ ์ดํฌ์์ ํ ๊ฒ์. (teikeu-aut halkkayo) |
๐ | Iโll drink it here. ์ฌ๊ธฐ์ ๋ง์ค๊ฒ์. (yeogiseo masilkkeo) |
๐ | Please pack this for takeout. ํฌ์ฅํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. (pojanghae juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me a straw. ๋นจ๋ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (ppaltae juseyo) |
๐ | Please add whipped cream. ํํํฌ๋ฆผ ์ถ๊ฐํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. (hwipingkeulim chuga hae juseyo) |
๐ | Please leave out the ice. ์ผ์ ๋นผ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (eoreum bbae juseyo) |
๐ | Do you have a dessert menu? ๋์ ํธ ๋ฉ๋ด ์์ด์? (dijeoteu menyu isseoyo) |
๐ | Please give me a receipt. ์์์ฆ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (yeongsujeung juseyo) |
๐ | I would like to order. ์ฃผ๋ฌธํ ๊ฒ์. (jumun halkkayo) |
๐ | Please give me a bread/pastry. ๋นต ํ๋ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (ppang hana juseyo) |
๐ | Please give me a piece of cake. ์ผ์ดํฌ ํ ์กฐ๊ฐ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (keikeu han jogak juseyo) |
๐ | Please make it a little less sweet. ์กฐ๊ธ ๋ ๋ฌ๊ฒ ํด ์ฃผ์ธ์. (jogeum deol dalge hae juseyo) |
๐ | Can I sit here? ์ฌ๊ธฐ ์์๋ ๋ผ์? (yeogi anjado dwaeyo) |
๐ | What is the Wi-Fi password? ์์ดํ์ด ๋น๋ฐ๋ฒํธ ๋ญ์์? (waipai bimilbeonho mwoyeyo) |
These settings are not only aesthetically pleasing but also pivotal in advancing the storyline and deepening character relationships. Whether you’re a fan of K