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- Life in Korea
- The staff question: -(으)세요?
Korean grammar · Life in Korea
N 필요하세요? · N 있으세요? · 드시고 가세요?
The staff question: -(으)세요?
nearly every question a clerk asks you ends in -(으)세요? Once you know that it is only a polite question and that it never appears in your answer, you can follow the whole counter routine.
Example
젓가락 필요하세요?
Do you need chopsticks?

The full explanation is in the unit · part of the Life in Korea Pass, opening soon · Life in Korea, Unit 2
At the convenience store
The rule with a table, Sori’s tips, practice that checks itself, a review room and a one-page cheat sheet.
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