여행
Directions: 죄송한데, ___ 어디예요?
One sentence pattern and the whole city becomes a map.
설명은 영어입니다. 한국어 문장과 뜻은 선택한 언어를 따릅니다.
Fill in the blank: 죄송한데, 명동 어디예요? (excuse me, where is Myeongdong?). Koreans will walk you to the door rather than point. This is 정 (jeong) in motion.
The answer will contain 쪽 (direction): 이쪽 (this way), 저쪽 (that way), 왼쪽 (left), 오른쪽 (right). 지도 (map) and 역 (station) are the other two pillars. 가까워요 (close) means ten minutes; 멀어요 (far) means take the subway.
Emergency reverse-engineering: if you understand nothing, 다시 한번 말해 주세요 (please say it again) and 천천히 말해 주세요 (slowly, please). Asking twice is polite. Nodding and walking the wrong way for 20 minutes is the rookie mistake.
이 말
죄송한데, 화장실 어디예요?
joesonghande, hwajangsir eodiyeyo?
sorry, where's the restroom?
이쪽이요
ijjogiyo
it's this way
멀어요? 가까워요?
meoreoyo? gakkaweoyo?
is it far? close?
천천히 말해 주세요
cheoncheonhi malhae juseyo
please speak slowly
확인
The polite opener before asking directions
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