Last time, we looked at how to count Korean money and the South Korean currency, won.
This time, let's check out money-related words and practice counting money in Korean.
Here are some basic money-related words in Korean.
| English | Korean |
| money | 돈 don |
| change | 거스름돈 geo-seu-reum-don |
| note, bill | 지폐 ji-pye |
| dollar | 달러 dal-leo |
| coin | 동전 dong-jeon |
| price | 가격 ga-gyeog |
| cash | 현금 hyeon-geum |
| card | 카드 ka-deu |
| to be expensive | 비싸다 bi-ssa-da |
| to be cheap | 싸다 ssa-da |
Examples
And some example sentences in Korean...
Situation 1
□ I would like to exchange my money from use to won.
- 달러를 원화로 바꾸고 싶은데요.
- dalleoreul wonhwaro bakkugo sipeundeyo.
■ Okay. How much would you like to change?
- 좋아요, 얼마나 바꾸고 싶으신가요?
- joayo, eolmana bakkugo sipeusingayo?
□ I'd like to change three hundred dollars.
- 삼백 달러를 바꾸고 싶어요.
- sambaek dalleoreul bakkugo sipeoyo.
■ All right, that would be about 340,000won.
- 네, 약 삼십사 만원 정도 되겠네요.
- ne, yak samsipsa manwon jeongdo doegenneyo.
Situation 2
□ How much is this?
- 이거 얼마예요?
- igeo eolmayeyo?
■ It's 70,000won.
- 칠만원입니다.
- chilman wonimnida.
□ That sounds expensive. Is there anything cheaper?
- 비싼 것 같아요. 더 싼 거 없어요?
- bissan geot gatayo. deo ssan geo eopseoyo?
■ How about this one? It's 53,000won.
- 이건 어때요? 이건 오만삼천 원이에요.
- igeon eottaeyo? igeon omansamcheon wonieyo.