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Life in Korea · Unit 11 · Side branch after Level 2

At a restaurant

Less spicy, please: kimchi stew for two and separate bills

At a neighbourhood restaurant, Hoya and Bori order kimchi stew and ask for it a little less spicy.

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What you’ll learn

  • 덜 맵게 해 주세요 · N 빼 주세요 · N 좀 더 주세요Asking for a change to your food
  • N 들어가요? · N에 뭐 들어가요?What's in it?

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • 몇 분이세요? — 분 for them, 명 for you
  • 저기요, the bell or the tablet
  • Culture note: eating out

The scene opens

  1. R

    Restaurant staff

    어서 오세요. 몇 분이세요?

    Welcome. How many of you?

  2. Hoya

    두 명이요.

    Two.

  3. R

    Restaurant staff

    이쪽으로 앉으세요. 주문은 태블릿으로 하셔도 되고, 저 부르셔도 돼요.

    Have a seat over here. You can order on the tablet, or just call me.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar2 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
  3. 3
    Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
  4. 4
    Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
  5. 5
    Words34 words, which go into your spaced review
  6. 6
    PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
  7. 7
    Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
  8. 8
    Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
  9. 9
    Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card