“Separate checks, please” in Korean: 따로 계산해 주세요

따로 계산해 주세요

ttaro gyesanhae juseyo

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

Meaning

Separate checks, please.

Use it when friends want to split the bill. 따로 means “separately.”

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

Syllables: 8 · Words: 3

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
따로
따	ㄸ+ㅏ	tta
로	ㄹ+ㅗ	ro
계산해
계	ㄱ+ㅖ	gye
산	ㅅ+ㅏ+ㄴ	san
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”.

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
따로	adverb	separately	TOPIK level 3
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

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Answer: Separate checks, please

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Answer: 따로 계산해 주세요 ttaro gyesanhae juseyo

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