Shopping 4: Please give me a bag.

1.  봉투 필요하세요?
Do you need a bag?
bong-too  pee-lyo-hah-say-yo?

Break it down:
봉투:  bag
필요하다:  to need
-세요:  polite verb ending

At Korean supermarkets you usually have to pay extra for bags, about 500 won.




2.  봉투 주세요.
Please give me a bag.
bong-too  joo-say-yo

Break it down:
봉투:  bag
주세요:  please give




3.  쓰레기?  종이?
Trash (bag)?  Paper?
suh-leh-gee?  jong-ee?

In Korea you don't usually buy garbage bags in packs.  Rather, the plastic bags they give you at the supermarket are to be used for garbage.




4.  봉투 두 개 주세요.
Please give me two bags.
bong-too  doo-gay  joo-say-yo

Break it down:
봉투:  bag
둘:  two
개:  counting word
주세요:  please give

Also:
봉투 한 개:  one bag
봉투 두 개:  two bags
봉투 세 개:  three bags
봉투 네 개:  four bags
봉투 열 개: ten bags

There are two ways to say numbers in Korean.  Use 일, 이, 삼... when talking about money.  And use 한 개, 두 개, 세 개... when asking for a number of things.

You'll also use this numbering system for ages and telling time.



5.  Quiz Yourself

Answers are below.

1.  At the supermarket, the clerk asks "봉투 필요하세요?"  What does that mean in English?

2.  The clerk doesn't ask if you want a bag, but you need one.  What should you say?

3.  The clerk asks 쓰레기?  종이?  You answer 종이 봉투 주세요.  What was your answer?

4.  You want ten garbage bags.  What should you say?

5.  How do you say four (of something)?

6.  How do you say three (of something)?





Answers:  1. Do you need a bag?  2. 봉투 주세요.  3. Paper bag please.  4. 쓰레기 봉투 열 개 주세요.  5. 네 개  6. 세 개