“It’s too expensive” in Korean: 너무 비싸요 (neomu bissayo)

너무 비싸요

neomu bissayo

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

Meaning

It’s too expensive.

A natural reaction to a price. At markets, it can open the door to a discount.

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

Say it when something is more than you want to pay. It’s understood anywhere, but softer versions like 좀 비싸네요 sound gentler.

Said bluntly to a shopkeeper it can sound rude, so a 좀 helps. And in fixed-price stores there is no bargaining, so it won’t lower the price.

Syllables: 5 · Words: 2

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
너무
너	ㄴ+ㅓ	neo
무	ㅁ+ㅜ	mu
비싸요
비	ㅂ+ㅣ	bi
싸	ㅆ+ㅏ	ssa
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
너무	adverb	too, so	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “너무 비싸요” mean?

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Answer: It’s too expensive

Question 2 How do you say “It’s too expensive” in Korean?

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Answer: 너무 비싸요 neomu bissayo

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