Lesson 8 - 두 개 주세요.

About - how to count in Korean

This lesson explains how to count in Korean. Lesson 6 and 7 explains how to ask something at a store using the expressions "_있어요?" and "_주세요" respectively. Now, it is time to learn how to count in Korean, and then you can buy as many things as you need at a store. Let's read the following conversation from the video above.


Fruit store owner: 어서 오세요. 뭐 드릴까요?
Customer: 귤 있어요?
Fruit store owner: 예, 있어요. 몇 개 드릴까요?
Customer: 다섯 개 주세요. 이 사과 주세요.
Fruit store owner: 몇 개 드릴까요?
Customer: 두 개 주세요.
Fruit store owner: 네.
...
Fruit store owner: 여기 있어요.

In the conversation, "어서 오세요" is a greeting such as "Welcome" or "Good morning" in English, and "뭐 드릴까요?" means "What can I get for you?" or "May I help you?" The expression "여기 있어요" means "Here it is."

The following table shows how to count from one to ten in Korean.

Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

In English one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

In Korean 하나 (hana) 둘 (dul) 셋 (set) 넷 (net) 다섯 (daseot) 여섯 (yeoseot) 일곱 (ilgop) 여덟 (yeodeop) 아홉 (ahop) 열 (yeol)

Counting example 한 개 두 개 세 개 네 개 다섯 개 여섯 개 일곱 개 여덟 개 아홉 개 열 개

"몇 개" means "how many things," so "몇 개 드릴까요?" means "How many things can I get for you?" or "How many things would you like to buy?" Here "_개" is used as a unit of counting something. There are many units to be used for counting in Korean, and "개" is one of them. For example, the unit for counting animals is "마리," so "소 한 마리" means "a cow." Usually, when counting fruits such as apple and tangerine, you can use "개" as a unit. "다섯 개 주세요" means "Please give me five tangerines" in the conversation.

Now, assuming that you are in a fruit sotre to buy seven apples, how would you say to the fruit store owner? Yes, you can say "사과 일곱 개 주세요."

Expressions and Practice
감 (gam) --------- persimmon
과자 (qwaja) ----- cookie
귤 (gyul) ------- tangerine
배 (bae) -------- pear
볼펜 (bolpen) --- ball-point pen
사과 (sagwa) --- apple
연필 (yeonpil) -- pencil
뭐 (mueo) 드릴까요? (deu ril kka yo) --- What can I get for you?

Let's practice using the expressions. Again, assuming that you are in a fruit store and want to buy four persimmons and six pears, how would you say to the fruit store owner in Korean?

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Lesson 7 - 빵 주세요.

About - how to ask several things at once at a store

The lesson 6 explains how to ask something at a store using the expression "_있어요?" This lesson explains how to ask something at a store using the expression "_주세요," and how to ask several things at once using the conjunction word "하고."

(무엇) 주세요. --- Plesas give me (something).
A 하고 B --------- A and B

If you want to buy a newspaper, you can order it by saying "신문 주세요." The word "하고" is corresponding to "and" in Egnlsih. When you mention more than two items, you can use "하고" between items. For example, if you want to mention three items (A, B and C) at once, you can say "A 하고 B 하고 C." Now you can order several things at once when you buy something at a store or restaurant.

A하고 B하고 C 주세요. --- Please give me A, B and C.

The expression "_주세요" is very useful. You can use "_주세요" when you buy something at a store or want to get some service at a restaurant or etc. For example, if you want to buy some bread at a store, you can say "빵 주세요." And if you want to drink a cup of water at a restaurant, you can say "물 한 잔 주세요."

Expressions and Practice
주세요 (juseyo) --- please give me (something)
하고 (hago) ------- and
물 (mul) ---------- water
사과 (sagwa) ----- apple
신문 (sinmun) ---- newspaper
전화카드 (jeonwha-card) --- telephone card
커피 (keopi) ------ coffee
휴지 (hyuji) ------- toilet paper

Let's practice using "주세요" and "하고." If you want to buy 신문 and 전화카드, then you can say "신문하고 전화카드 주세요." How would you say in Korean when you want to buy 물, 사과, 신문, and 커피?

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Lesson 6 - 비누 있어요?

About - Expressions related to how to ask someting at a store

This lesson explains how to ask something at a store using the expression "_있어요?" For example, When you visit a store to buy some soap, you can say "비누 있어요?" in Korean. In this case, "(무엇) 있어요?" means "do you have (something)?" in English. They will answer yes or no according to whether or not they have what you are looking for.



(무엇) 있어요? --- Do you have something?
네, 있어요. ------- Yes, we have something.
아니오, 없어요. --- No, we don't have something.

That is, the expression "_있어요?" is to ask whether or not something is available, so the answer "네, 있어요." means that it is available and "아니오, 없어요." means that it is not available. If you say "빵 (bread) 있어요?" at a store, then they will answer "네, 있어요." if it is avaible or "아니오, 없어요." if it is not available.

Expressions and Practice
무엇 (mu-eot) ------ something
있어요? (isseoyo) -- Do you have (something)? -- or Is (something) available?
있어요 (isseoyo) --- we/I have (something) ------ or it is available.
없어요 (eopseoyo) -- we/I don't have (something) -- or it is not available.
네 (ne) ------------- Yes
아니오 (anio) ------- No

계란 (gyeran) ------- Egg
담배 (dambae) ------ Cigarette
라면 (ramyeon) ----- Noodles
비누 (binu) --------- Soap
빵 (ppang) ---------- Bread
신문 (sinmun) ------ Newspaper
우유 (u-yu) --------- Milk

Let's practice the expression "_ 있어요?" using the words above!
If you want to buy some milk at a store, how do you say in Korean?

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