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How much is it?

Money, -(으)세요

Words

  • 얼마how much
  • 원won (Korean currency)
  • 백hundred
  • 천thousand
  • 만ten thousand
  • 사다to buy
  • 바지pants
  • 신발shoes
  • 비싸다expensive
  • 싸다cheap
  • 가게shop; store

Grammar

  • Money

    백 (100), 천 (1,000), 만 (10,000). 오천 원 (5,000), 만 오천 원 (15,000) — never 일만 or 일천.

    • 삼만 원이에요.It's 30,000 won.
  • -(으)세요please do (polite command); honorific

    -(으)세요: a polite request ('please …'). After a consonant 으세요, after a vowel 세요.

    • 여기 앉으세요.Please sit here.
    • 잠깐만 기다리세요.Please wait a moment.
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Dialogue

  1. 란

    이 바지 얼마예요?

    How much are these trousers?

  2. 직원

    삼만 원이에요.

    30,000 won.

  3. 란

    너무 비싸요. 좀 깎아 주세요.

    That's too expensive. Could you give me a discount?

  4. 직원

    그럼 이만 오천 원 주세요.

    25,000 won, then.

  5. 란

    네, 좋아요.

    OK, deal.

Exercises

Question 1 of 12

Choose the word for the blank

  (10.000 won)