LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #13

How Much Korean Money Can You
Spend in a Day?

CONTENTS
2 Korean Hangul
2 Romanization
2 English
3 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar

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 KOREAN HANGUL

1. 손님: 아저씨. 이거 얼마예요?

2. 직원: 3,000원이에요.

3. 손님: 음… 저거 얼마예요?

4. 직원: 5,000원이에요.

5. 손님: 이거 주세요.

ROMANIZATION

1. SONNIM: ajeossi. igeo eolmayeyo?

2. JIGWON: 3,000wonieyo.

3. SONNIM: eum... jeogeo eolmayeyo?

4. JIGWON: 5,000wonieyo.

5. SONNIM: igeo juseyo.

ENGLISH

1. CUSTOMER: Sir, how much is this?

2. CLERK: It's three thousand won.

CONT'D OVER

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3. CUSTOMER: Hmm...how much is that?

4. CLERK: It's five thousand won.

5. CUSTOMER: Please give me this.

VOCABULARY

Hangul R omanization English

mister, sir (title for middle

아저씨 ajeossi aged men)

이거 igeo this, this one

얼마예요? eolmayeyo? How much is it?

원 won won (Korean currency unit)

that [spoken - (far from the

저거 jeogeo listener)]

Please give me (standard

주세요 juseyo politeness level)

SAMPLE SENTENCES

그 아저씨를 발로 찼어. 이거 뭐예요?

geu ajeossireul ballo chasseo. igeo mwo-yeyo?

"I kicked that man." "What is this?"

이 장갑 얼마예요? 오백원만 주세요.

i janggap eolmayeyo? o-baek-won-man ju-se-yo.

"How much are these gloves?" "Please just give me five hundred won."

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저거 누구예요? 많이 주세요!
jeogeo nugu-yeyo? mani juseyo

"Who is that?" (when you point someone "Please give me a lot!"

in the picture)

GRAMMAR

The Focus of This Lesson Is Asking "How Much."

아저씨. 이거 얼마예요?
"Sir, how much is this?"

To ask in Korean how much something is, you can use the phrase 얼마예요? (eolmayeyo). We
use this question to ask the price of a certain item. We place the item we are inquiring about
in front of the phrase 얼마예요? (eolmayeyo).

Items to Inquire about

Here are some examples showing how we place common items that we might ask questions
about in front of the phrase 얼마예요? (eolmayeyo).

For Example:

1. 이거 얼마예요?
igeo eolmayeyo?
"How much is this?"
2. 저거 얼마예요?
jeogeo eolmayeyo?
"How much is that?"
3. 표 얼마예요?
pyo eolmayeyo?
"How much is a ticket?"
4. 물 얼마예요?

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mul eolmayeyo?
"How much is water?"

Politeness Levels

얼마예요? (eolmayeyo) is in the standard politeness level, and we can use it with strangers
while being polite. As we most commonly use this phrase while shopping with strangers, the
standard politeness level is form we most commonly use. Below is a reference table for the
other politeness levels.

Politeness Level Korean Romanization "English"

Formal 얼마입니까? eolmaimnikka? "How much is this?"

Standard 얼마예요? eolmayeyo? "How much is this?"

Intimate 얼마야? eolmaya? "How much is this?"

Examples from This Dialogue

1. 아저씨. 이거 얼마예요?
ajeossi. igeo eolmayeyo?
"Sir, how much is this?"
2. 음... 저거 얼마예요?
eum... jeogeo eolmayeyo?
"Hmm...how much is that?"

Sample Sentences

1. 하나 얼마예요?
hana eolmayeyo?

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"How much is one?"
2. 두개 얼마예요?
dugae eolmayeyo?
"How much are two?"

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