Korean for English speakers Office · Lesson 5

Please & I got it

Ask favors in Korean — 볼펜 있어요? (Do you have a pen?) — and 가져올까요? (Shall I bring it?).

Conversation

  1. Bolin Bolin

    밥 씨, 볼펜 있어요?

    Bap ssi, bolpen isseoyo?

    Bob, do you have a pen?

    Tip: <볼펜> = pen <있어요> = verb "to have" (in present tense)

  2. Bob Bob

    아니요, 없어요. 가져올까요?

    Aniyo, eopseoyo. Gajyeoolkkayo?

    No, I don't. Shall I bring it?

    Tip: <없어요> = verb "not to have" <가져올까요> = verb "to bring" (in suggestion conjugation)

  3. Bolin Bolin

    네, 부탁해요. 검정색하고 빨간색이요.

    Ne, butakaeyo. Geomjeongsaekago ppalgansaegiyo.

    Yes, please. A black one and a red one.

    Tip: <부탁해요> = formal way to say "Please" when asking a favor nicely (Literally, "I'm asking for you") <검정색> = black color <빨간색> = red color [Note] In the color words, the last syllable 색 means color. <하고> = particle to connect two nouns (A하고 B = A and B)

  4. Bob Bob

    알겠습니다.

    Algetseumnida.

    I got it.

    Tip: <알겠습니다> = formal way to say "I got it" or "I understand" (Literally, "I will remember")

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Korean 'do you have ...?' question?

Noun + 있어요? = 'is there / do you have ...?'. Universal Korean question.

What does 가져오다 mean?

'To bring (toward speaker)'. 가지고 오다 contracted. Often 가져오다 + -ㄹ까요? = 'shall I bring?'.

Office supplies in Korean?

볼펜 (pen), 연필 (pencil), 종이 (paper), 공책 (notebook), 지우개 (eraser), 가위 (scissors).

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.