How to Say “Could you make it a bit cheaper” in Korean

좀 더 싸게 안 될까요?

jom deo ssage an doelkkayo?

Situation: Shopping & pricesLevel: Intermediate (TOPIK 3–4)

Meaning

Could you make it a bit cheaper?

안 될까요? softly asks “would it not be possible?”. Bargaining can work at markets and small shops, but not at large stores or chains.

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

Use it for gentle bargaining at traditional markets or small street stalls. The 좀 makes the request sound polite rather than pushy.

Bargaining at fixed-price or chain stores feels awkward. A more direct way is 깎아 주세요 (“knock some off”).

Syllables: 8 · Words: 5

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
좀	ㅈ+ㅗ+ㅁ	jom
더	ㄷ+ㅓ	deo
싸게
싸	ㅆ+ㅏ	ssa
게	ㄱ+ㅔ	ge
안	ㅇ+ㅏ+ㄴ	an
될까요
될	ㄷ+ㅚ+ㄹ	doel
까	ㄲ+ㅏ	kka
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: Question

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
안	adverb	not (negation)	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “좀 더 싸게 안 될까요?” mean?

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Question 2 How do you say “Could you make it a bit cheaper?” in Korean?

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Answer: 좀 더 싸게 안 될까요? jom deo ssage an doelkkayo?

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