Order at a café

Ask for one coffee and choose your drink.

6 min

BY THE END OF THIS LESSON

Use 주세요 to make a simple polite request.

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Name the drink

커피 means coffee, 물 means water, and 차 means tea in this café context. Start with the item you want.

커피Coffee

물Water

Put 주세요 after the item: 물 주세요. This is a polite request for something. It is not a universal translation of every English “please.”

물 주세요.Water, please.

잔 counts cups or glasses. 하나 becomes 한 before a counter: 커피 한 잔 주세요. Korean has two number systems; this phrase uses a native Korean number.

커피 한 잔 주세요.One coffee, please.

차 두 잔 주세요.Two teas, please.

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