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How to Say “Could I have a straw” in Korean: 빨대 좀 주세요
빨대 좀 주세요
ppaldae jom juseyo
Meaning
Could I have a straw?
Usage note
Many Korean cafés now use paper straws for environmental reasons.
Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.
Practical guide
When to use it
Ask a café worker for a straw. Many cafés also let you take straws and napkins yourself, so look near the pickup counter.
Watch out
빨대 is the standard word for “straw”, and the 좀 just softens the request. At a café you might also ask for 냅킨 (“napkins”) or 휴지 in the same polite way.
How to pronounce it
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 빨대 | ||
| 빨 | ㅃ+ㅏ+ㄹ | ppal |
| 대 | ㄷ+ㅐ | dae |
| 좀 | ㅈ+ㅗ+ㅁ | jom |
| 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”.
Speech style
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.
Words in this phrase
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 |
Phrases that use the same word
Phrases with “주세요”
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Question 1 What does “빨대 좀 주세요” mean?
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Answer: Could I have a straw?
Question 2 How do you say “Could I have a straw?” in Korean?
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Answer: 빨대 좀 주세요 ppaldae jom juseyo
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