“Could you call a taxi for me” in Korean: 택시를 불러 주세요

택시를 불러 주세요

taeksireul bulleo juseyo

Situation: Travel, lodging & emergenciesLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

Could you call a taxi for me?

부르다 means “to call.” It is useful when you ask hotel or shop staff for help.

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

Syllables: 8 · Words: 3

In natural speech, sounds link and shift across words. The table below reads each word separately, as it sounds when said on its own.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
택시를
택	ㅌ+ㅐ+ㄱ	taek
시	ㅅ+ㅣ	[씨] si
를	ㄹ+ㅡ+ㄹ	reul
불러
불	ㅂ+ㅜ+ㄹ	bul
러	ㄹ+ㅓ	leo
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). 택시 → [택씨]

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
택시	noun	taxi	TOPIK level 1
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

막차를 놓치면 택시를 탈 수밖에 없어요If I miss the last train, I have no choice but to take a taxi

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Answer: Could you call a taxi for me

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