Korean for English speakers Clothes · Lesson 1
How about this one?
Suggest items in Korean — 이건 어때요? (How about this?) — with the contracted 이건 (this thing).
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Shelladonna
오늘부터 30% 세일입니다~
Oneulbuteo samsip peosenteu seirimnida~
30% off sale from today!
Tip: <오늘> = today <N부터> = from N <세일> = sale <입니다> = verb "to be" (very formal version of 이에요/예요) [Note] This form is usually used in official works, for example when meeting with someone older/more respectful than the speaker or when meeting someone for the first time
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Yennifer
카일 씨, 이건 어때요?
Kail ssi, igeon eottaeyo?
Kyle, how about this?
Tip: <이건> = this one (for the subject of the sentence) (contracted version of 이것은) <어때요?> = formal way to say "How about ...?"
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Kyle
우와~ 예뻐요. 음... 그런데 가격이...
Uwa~ Yeppeoyo. Eum... Geureonde gagyeogi...
Wow, it's pretty. Um... but the price is...
Tip: <예뻐요> = verb "to look nice/pretty" (in present tense) <그런데> = but, by the way <가격> = price
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Yennifer
그럼 저 티셔츠는요?
Geureom jeo tisyeocheuneunyo?
Then, what about that t-shirt?
Tip: <그럼> = then <저> = that (as demonstrative) [Note] The word 저 is used when indicating an object that is far away from both the speaker and the listener
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Kyle
색깔이 마음에 들어요.
Saekkkari maeume deureoyo.
I like the color.
Tip: <색깔> = color <N이/가 마음에 들어요> = verb "to like/love" (in present tense) [Note] This verb means literally "to enter one's heart" (<마음> = heart)