Unit 05
Ordering in the Restaurant

Lesson
์ด์ ์ค์ธ์. [eo-seo o-se-yo]
Welcome!
- ์ด์ [eo-seo] means "quickly"
- ์ค์ธ์ [o-se-yo] means "Please, come."
- Literally means "Quickly come, please."
๋ช ๋ถ์ด์ธ์? [myeot bun-i-se-yo?]
How many people?
- ๋ช [myeot] means "how many?"
- ๋ถ [bun] is a honorific counter word for "people"
- ์ด์ธ์? [i-se-yo?] honorific version of ์ด์์? [i-e-yo?]
- Literally means "How many, people, is it?"
Counter word ๋ถ [bun] is for honored guest.
To refer yourself, use the non honored counter word ๋ช
[myeong]
ํ ๋ช
์ด์์. [han myeong-i-e-yo]
One person.
๋ ๋ช
์ด์์. [du myeong-i-e-yo]
Two people.
๋ค์ฏ ๋ช
์ด์์. [da-seot myeong-i-e-yo]
Five people.
์ด์ชฝ์ผ๋ก ์ค์ธ์. [i-jjo-geu-ro o-se-yo]
Please come this way.
- ์ด์ชฝ์ผ๋ก [i-jjo-geu-ro] means "this way"
- ์ค์ธ์ [o-se-yo] used to mark the "Please, come."
- Literally means "this way, please come"
Conversation
- A: ๋ช ๋ถ์ด์ธ์? [myeot bun-i-se-yo?]
How many people? - B: ๋ ๋ช
์ด์์.
We are a party of two. - B: ์ด์ชฝ์ผ๋ก ์ค์ธ์. [i-jjo-geu-ro o-se-yo]
Please come this way. - A: ๋ค
Okay.
Vocabulary
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| ๋ช [myeong] | number of people |
| ๋ถ [bun] | number of people (honorific) |
| ๊ฐ [gae] | piece |
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| ๋ณ [byeong] | bottle |
| ๊ถ [gwon] | book |
| ์ฅ [jang] | sheet |