Korean for English speakers Clothes · Lesson 0

I need a new t-shirt

Korean for shopping — 시간 있어요? 우리 여기 구경할까요? (Do you have time? Shall we look around?) — with 구경하다 for browsing.

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  1. Kyle Kyle

    예니퍼 씨, 잠깐 시간 있어요? 우리 여기 구경할까요?

    Yenipeo ssi, jamkkan sigan isseoyo? Uri yeogi gugyeonghalkkayo?

    Yennifer, do you have a minute? Shall we take a look here?

    Tip: <잠깐> = for an instant, for a moment (very short time) <시간 있어요> = verb "to have time" (in present tense) <여기> = here <구경할까요?> = to see/look around/take a look(in suggestion conjugation)

  2. Yennifer Yennifer

    좋아요! 뭘 사고 싶어요?

    Joayo! Mwol sago sipeoyo?

    Great! What do you want to buy?

    Tip: <좋아요> = formal way to say "Great!" <뭘> = what (for the object of the sentence) (contracted version of 뭐를) <사고 싶어요> = verb "to want to buy" (in present tense)

  3. Kyle Kyle

    음... 티셔츠가 필요해요.

    Eum... Tisyeocheuga piryohaeyo.

    Um... I need a T-shirt.

    Tip: <티셔츠> = T-shirts <N이/가 필요해요> = verb "to need" (in present tense) [Note] Subject particle -이/가 is chosen according to the syllable before. If it finishes by a vowel, we use -가. If by a final consonant, we use -이.

  4. Yennifer Yennifer

    남자 티셔츠는 저기 있어요.

    Namja tisyeocheuneun jeogi isseoyo.

    Men's t-shirts are over there.

    Tip: <남자> = man, men <저기에> = there, over there

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does 구경하다 mean?

'Look around / browse / sightsee'. Used for casual shopping, sightseeing, watching.

How do you say 'do you have time?' in Korean?

시간 있어요? 시간 (time) + 있어요 (exist/have).

What is 사고 싶어요?

'I want to buy' — 사다 (buy) + -고 싶어요 (want to). 뭘 사고 싶어요? = 'what do you want to buy?'.

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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