“Shall we have a coffee” in Korean: 커피 한 잔 해요

커피 한 잔 해요

keopi han jan haeyo

Situation: Café & daily lifeLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

Shall we have a coffee?

한 잔 해요 is a casual invitation to have a drink together. 잔 is the counter for cups and glasses, and 한 means “one.”

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

An easy invitation to a colleague, friend or neighbor. 해요 here suggests “let’s.”

It’s 하다 in this idiom, not 먹다. For a plain statement of drinking coffee, say 커피 마셔요. A clearer invitation is 커피 한 잔 할까요?.

Syllables: 6 · Words: 4

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
커피
커	ㅋ+ㅓ	keo
피	ㅍ+ㅣ	pi
한	ㅎ+ㅏ+ㄴ	han
잔	ㅈ+ㅏ+ㄴ	jan
해요
해	ㅎ+ㅐ	hae
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: Statement or set phrase

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

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

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
하다	verb	to do	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “커피 한 잔 해요” mean?

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Answer: Shall we have a coffee?

Question 2 How do you say “Shall we have a coffee?” in Korean?

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Answer: 커피 한 잔 해요 keopi han jan haeyo

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