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Shopping: the first words
Money, paying and the phrases for buying something.
Most shopping in Korean runs on one word, 주세요, “please give me”: name the thing, add the number and say it — 이거 두 개 주세요. Prices are counted in units of ten thousand, 만, not in thousands, so twenty thousand won is 이만 원, “two ten-thousands”. A few of the words here are whole phrases and are learnt as they stand.
The words
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Verb (9)
팔다to sellVerb1
이 가게에서 우유를 팔아요?Do they sell milk in this shop?
The l of the stem drops before some endings: 파세요, 파는.
팔리다to be sold; to sell (well)Verb1
빵이 다 팔렸어요.The bread has all sold out.
계산하다to pay (the bill); to calculateVerb1
어디에서 계산해요?Where do I pay?
내다to pay (money); to hand inVerb1
이번에는 제가 낼게요.I will pay this time.
고르다to choose, pickVerb1
좋아하는 걸로 하나 고르세요.Pick one that you like.
Irregular: 골라요, 골랐어요.
깎다to knock down (a price), haggleVerb1
조금만 깎아 주세요.Could you knock a little off?
Said [깍따]; also to peel fruit and to cut hair.
가져가다to take (with you)Verb1
이거 가져가도 돼요?Can I take this?
모자라다to be short of, not enoughVerb1
돈이 조금 모자라요.I am a little short of money.
남다to be left overVerb1
돈이 만 원 남았어요.I have ten thousand won left.
Adverb (1)
싸게cheaply, at a good priceAdverb1
이 가방을 시장에서 싸게 샀어요.I got this bag cheaply at the market.
This list belongs to Shopping, clothes and money — six lists and 240 words that can also be practised as a whole.
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Multiple choice and gaps, drawn from exactly these 40 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.