How to Say “Please stop here” in Korean: 여기 세워 주세요

여기 세워 주세요

yeogi sewo juseyo

Situation: Getting around & directionsLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

Please stop here.

Say this in a taxi when you reach your stop. 세우다 means “to stop (something),” and -아/어 주세요 makes a polite request.

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

Say it to a taxi driver when you want to be dropped off at the right spot. Add 저기 or 앞에 to point at a place.

내려 주세요 (“let me out”) is also heard. A sharp 멈춰! (“stop!”) sounds like a command, so avoid it with drivers.

Syllables: 7 · Words: 3

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
여기
여	ㅇ+ㅕ	yeo
기	ㄱ+ㅣ	gi
세워
세	ㅅ+ㅔ	se
워	ㅇ+ㅝ	wo
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 “여기 세워 주세요” mean?

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Answer: Please stop here

Question 2 How do you say “Please stop here” in Korean?

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Answer: 여기 세워 주세요 yeogi sewo juseyo

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