서바이벌
Phone, SIM, and data
If you only conquer one counter in Korea, make it the phone store.
설명은 영어입니다. 한국어 문장과 뜻은 선택한 언어를 따릅니다.
선불 (prepaid) SIMs live at convenience stores and the airport. The script is two lines: USIM 있어요? (do you have SIMs?) and 데이터 무제한이에요? (is data unlimited?).
Numbers: phone numbers read as Sino numerals — 공일공 (010). 공 is zero on phones, 영 elsewhere. If they ask a question you missed, 죄송한데, 다시 말해 주세요 has saved millions.
Wifi is 와이파이 and everywhere. 비밀번호 (password) is the word you'll use most at cafes. 공기계 (literally 'air device') means a spare phone — every Korean has one, and now you know why.
이 말
USIM 있어요?
yusim isseoyo?
do you have SIM cards?
데이터 무제한이에요?
deiteo mujean-ieyo?
is data unlimited?
와이파이 비밀번호가 뭐예요?
waipai bilmilbeonhoga mwoyeyo?
what's the wifi password?
충전 좀 해도 돼요?
chungjeon jom haedo dwaeyo?
can I charge (my phone) here?
확인
Zero, when reading a phone number aloud, is
You need a SIM. You open with