“A cola, please” in Korean: 콜라 주세요 (kolla juseyo)

콜라 주세요

kolla juseyo

Situation: Dining out & orderingLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

A cola, please.

Loanwords sound close to English, so they are easy to remember. Careful: 사이다 is a clear lemon-lime soda like Sprite, not cider.

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

Syllables: 5 · Words: 2

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
콜라
콜	ㅋ+ㅗ+ㄹ	kol
라	ㄹ+ㅏ	la
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”.

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
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “콜라 주세요” mean?

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Answer: A cola, please

Question 2 How do you say “A cola, please” in Korean?

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Answer: 콜라 주세요 kolla juseyo

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