Korean for English speakers Cafe · Lesson 0

Drinks and desserts

Welcome at a Korean café — 어서 오세요 (Welcome!) — and 주문하시겠어요? (Would you like to order?).

Conversation

  1. Bolin Bolin

    어서 오세요~

    Eoseo oseyo~

    Welcome!

    Tip: <어서 오세요> = "Please come in"/"Welcome" (Literally, "Please come quickly") [Note] Unlike in English, in Korean, this phrase is commonly used as the first phrase adressed to the customers.

  2. Bolin Bolin

    주문하시겠어요?

    Jumunhasigesseoyo?

    Would you like to order?

    Tip: <주문하시겠어요> = "Would you like to order?" [Note] Suffix -시겠어요 indicates an indirect polite proposal (Verb stem 주문하- + Suffix -시겠어요)

  3. Kyle Kyle

    저 아메리카노 주세요.

    Jeo amerikano juseyo.

    An Americano, please.

    Tip: <아이스아메리카노> = Iced Americano <N 주세요> = "N, Please" (Literally, "Give (me)")

  4. Kyle Kyle

    음... 그리고 초코 머핀도 하나 주세요.

    Eum... geurigo choko meopindo hana juseyo.

    Um... and a chocolate muffin, please.

    Tip: <음...> = interjection to express hesitation <그리고> = and <초코 머핀> = chocolate muffin <N도> = suffix used after a noun to express "too" <하나> = "one" (native korean number counting)

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does 어서 오세요 mean?

'Welcome!' — the universal greeting from shop staff to customers entering. Literally 'come quickly'.

What is 주문하시겠어요?

'Would you like to order?' — polite question using 시 (honorific) + 겠 (volitional). Common at cafés and restaurants.

Korean ordering basics?

주세요 (please give), 주문하다 (to order), 메뉴 (menu), 추천하다 (to recommend), 계산하다 (to pay).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Korean lessons.

4 quick questions on what you just heard.

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