“Please don’t make it spicy” in Korean: 안 맵게 해 주세요

안 맵게 해 주세요

an maepge hae juseyo

Situation: Dining out & orderingLevel: Intermediate (TOPIK 3–4)

Meaning

Please don’t make it spicy.

안 + adjective + 게 means “make it not ~.” 덜 맵게 means “less spicy.”

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Syllables: 7 · Words: 4

Said aloud, it sounds like [안 맵께 해 주세요].

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
안	ㅇ+ㅏ+ㄴ	an
맵게
맵	ㅁ+ㅐ+ㅂ	maep
게	ㄱ+ㅔ	[께] ge
해	ㅎ+ㅐ	hae
주세요
주	ㅈ+ㅜ	ju
세	ㅅ+ㅔ	se
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Tensing: after a final ㄱ, ㄷ or ㅂ sound, ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ and ㅈ become tense (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ). 맵게 → [맵께]

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Request

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

It contains the honorific -(으)시-, which shows respect to the person being talked about or talked to.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
안	adverb	not (negation)	TOPIK level 1
하다	verb	to do	TOPIK level 1
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “안 맵게 해 주세요” mean?

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Answer: Please don’t make it spicy

Question 2 How do you say “Please don’t make it spicy” in Korean?

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Answer: 안 맵게 해 주세요 an maepge hae juseyo

Question 3 How is “안 맵게 해 주세요” pronounced?

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Answer: [안 맵께 해 주세요]

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