Today, let’s practice a Korean cafe role-play using only the sentences we learned last time.
- Staff: 어서오세요
English: Welcome.
Pronunciation: uh-suh-oh-seh-yo. - Me: 안녕하세요. 아메리카노 하나 주세요.
English: Hello. One Americano, please.
Pronunciation: an-nya-seh-yo. ah-meh-ree-kah-no ha-na Ju-say-O. - Staff: 따뜻한 걸로 드릴까요, 차가운 걸로 드릴까요?
English: Would you like it hot or iced?
Pronunciation: dda-ddeu-tan geol-lo deu-ril-kka-yo, cha-ga-oon geol-lo deu-ril-kka-yo? - Me: 음… 아이스요.
English: Hmm… iced, please.
Pronunciation: eum… ice-yo. - Staff: 아이스 아메리카노 하나요. 드시고 가세요?
English: One iced Americano. Is it for here?
Pronunciation: ice ah-meh-ree-kah-no ha-na-yo. deu-shee-go ga-seh-yo? - Me: 가져갈게요.
English: To go, please.
Pronunciation: gah-juh-gal-geh-yo. - Staff: 포장이요. 4,800원입니다.
English: To go. That will be 4,800 won.
Pronunciation: po-jang-ee-yo. sa-cheon pal-baek won im-nee-da.
(Paying by card)
- Staff: 네, 감사합니다.
English: Okay, thank you.
Pronunciation: neh, gam-sa-ham-nee-da.
In Korea, you may receive a receipt with an order number on it.
In that case, when your drink is ready, the staff will call your order number.
Or sometimes, the staff will give you a small vibrating pager.
You can wait with the pager, and when it vibrates, you can go pick up your drink🥤
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