“A bag, please” in Korean: 봉투 주세요 (bongtu juseyo)

봉투 주세요

bongtu juseyo

Situation: Shopping & pricesLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

A bag, please.

Bags usually cost extra at Korean convenience stores and supermarkets, so ask with this phrase. 봉투 means “bag” or “envelope.”

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

Ask at a convenience store or supermarket for a shopping bag. Large stores usually charge a small fee for plastic bags.

봉투 is a bag made of paper or plastic and also an envelope. A handbag or backpack is a 가방, so don’t use that for shopping bags.

Syllables: 5 · Words: 2

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
봉투
봉	ㅂ+ㅗ+ㅇ	bong
투	ㅌ+ㅜ	tu
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 “봉투 주세요” mean?

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Answer: A bag, please

Question 2 How do you say “A bag, please” in Korean?

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Answer: 봉투 주세요 bongtu juseyo

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