How much is it?

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• 얼마how much
• 원Korean won
• 비싸다to be expensive
• 싸다to be cheap
• 가격price
• 흥정bargaining
• 거스름돈change (money)
• 할인하다to discount
• 내다to pay
• 현금cash
• 카드card

Uitdrukkingen

• 이거 얼마예요?How much is this?
• 너무 비싸요.It is too expensive
• 좀 깎아 주세요.Please lower the price a bit
• 모두 얼마예요?How much is it in total?
• 현금으로 낼게요.I will pay cash
• 거스름돈 주세요.Please give me my change

Veelgemaakte fouten

• ✗이거 얼마 있어요?
  ✓이거 얼마예요?

  To ask a price, use 얼마예요? not 얼마 있어요? which would mean 'do you have some?'

• ✗만원 이에요
  ✓만 원이에요

  만 원 is written with a space; 이에요 is the copula (no extra space needed before it)

• ✗비싸요 너무
  ✓너무 비싸요

  In Korean, adverbs come before the adjective they modify: 너무 (too) + 비싸요 (expensive)

• ✗현금으로 내요 드릴게요
  ✓현금으로 낼게요

  Use 낼게요 (I will pay) as a single polite intention form, not 내요 드릴게요

• ✗거스름돈이 주세요
  ✓거스름돈 주세요

  Simple requests with 주세요 do not require a particle before 주세요

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