Have you ever wondered how to buy clothes in Korean? With the following dialogue and vocabulary, you will be able to do so naturally in any Korean clothing store.

The sentences in this post can be used at home in everyday situations. Practice them every day with family members!

Meaning: to come close to, to be on the verge of doing V (but did not do it eventually).

This dialogue is between two friends, 빅터 and 수진, going for a picnic at the Han River in Seoul. While at the river, they order pizza and chicken. The dialogue is followed by the relevant vocabulary used in the dialogue. Some supplemental example sentences are also provided.

The honorific 드리다 replaces 주다 when the recipient is an esteemed person. Use this whenever you are doing a favor to somebody older than you to whom you talk respectfully, such as your grandparents, your professor, your boss, etc.

Here is a dialogue between two friends and a waiter at a Korean restaurant. The dialogue starts with a phone conversation between the two friends, with 준형 asking if Victor is busy. They then go to the Korean restaurant and order some meat and drinks, before splitting the bill at the end. Read the full dialogue here.

Learn some vocabulary about Korean BBQ, the name of some Korean BBQ dishes, as well as how to order and pay your bill! Also included are some example sentences that you can use at the Korean restaurant. For more practice, check out this dialogue between two friends and the waiter of a restaurant!

These examples are sentences that could be heard from flight attendants on a commercial flight.

–(으)ㄴ/는 바람에 can be translated as “because of, as a result.” Usually, the phrase before 바람에 indicates an ‘unexpected event’ that leads to a negative effect in the following clause.