Checking a Bag Before Leaving | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: Before leaving, two adults check that a bag has the needed phone, keys, and water bottle..

EN → KO / Level: A1

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Use Checking a Bag Before Leaving to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

제 가방이 준비됐는지 확인해 볼까요?

jeh ga-BANG-ee joon-bee DWEN-nuh-jee hwa-GEEN-heh bohl-KKAH-yoh? Can we make sure my bag is ready?
B

중요한 물건들을 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

joong-YOH-han mool-GUN-deu-reul MUN-juh TEH-ee-beul wee-eh noh-ah joo-SEH-yoh. Put the important things on the table first.
A

제 휴대폰은 앞주머니에 있어요.

jeh HYOO-deh-pon-un ap-JJOO-muh-nee-eh ee-SSUH-yoh. My phone is in the front pocket.
B

열쇠는 어디에 놓았어요?

yuhl-SSWEH-nun uh-DEE-eh noh-AH-SSUH-yoh? Where did you put your keys?
A

열쇠는 제 휴대폰 옆에 있어요.

yuhl-SSWEH-nun jeh HYOO-deh-pon YUH-peh ee-SSUH-yoh. They are next to my phone.
B

물병도 필요해요?

mool-BBYUNG-doh pee-RYOH-heh-yoh? Do you also need your water bottle?
A

네, 물병은 이미 큰 주머니에 있어요.

neh, mool-BBYUNG-un ee-MEE KUHN joo-MUH-nee-eh ee-SSUH-yoh. Yes, it is already in the main pocket.
B

그러면 필요한 것은 다 있어요.

GUH-ruh-myun pee-RYOH-han GUH-sun dah ee-SSUH-yoh. Then you have what you need.

Word by Word

제 제 means my here and identifies the speaker’s bag in 제 가방이. It is the possessive form used before a noun, as in 제 가방.
가방이 가방이 means the bag as the subject of the question. In 제 가방이 준비됐는지, 이 marks the bag as what may be ready.
준비됐는지 준비됐는지 means whether it is ready, referring to the bag in this dialogue. The form presents the question being checked in 확인해 볼까요?.
확인해 확인해 contributes the meaning check or make sure in 확인해 볼까요?. It connects the checking action to 볼까요, which makes the whole phrase a suggestion to check together.
볼까요 볼까요 makes 확인해 볼까요? a gentle suggestion meaning shall we check?. Use this form when proposing an action for the speaker and listener to do together.
중요한 중요한 means important and describes the items in 중요한 물건들을. It is placed before a noun to describe that noun.
물건들을 물건들을 means the items or things in this dialogue. 들 indicates multiple items, and 을 marks them as what should be placed on the table.
먼저 먼저 means first and sets the order of the requested action in 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요. It is useful when one action should happen before another.
테이블 테이블 means table, the surface where the important items should be placed. In 테이블 위에, it is followed by 위에 to specify the position on the table.
위에 위에 means on top of or on in 테이블 위에. It identifies the location where the items should be placed, and the same location pattern can describe where an object is.
놓아 놓아 means put or place in 놓아 주세요. It supplies the placing action, while 주세요 turns the whole expression into a polite request to place something.
주세요 주세요 makes 놓아 주세요 a polite request meaning please put or place it. Here it expresses a request for an action, not the meaning of giving something.
휴대폰은 휴대폰은 means the phone as the topic in 제 휴대폰은 앞주머니에 있어요. 은 marks the phone as the item whose location is being stated.
앞주머니에 앞주머니에 means in the front pocket. It combines the front pocket with 에, which marks the location where the phone is.
있어요 있어요 means is located or is there in 앞주머니에 있어요. It is used with a location phrase to say where an object is.
열쇠는 열쇠는 means the keys as the topic in 열쇠는 어디에 놓았어요?. 은 marks the keys as the item being asked about.
어디에 어디에 means where or in what place. In 어디에 놓았어요?, it asks for the location where the keys were placed.
놓았어요 놓았어요 means put or placed, referring to the completed placement of the keys. Together with 어디에, it asks where the keys were put.
휴대폰 휴대폰 means phone in 휴대폰 옆에. Here it is the object used as the reference point for the keys’ location.
옆에 옆에 means next to or beside in 휴대폰 옆에. It names a location beside the noun before it, so 휴대폰 옆에 means next to the phone.
물병도 물병도 means the water bottle also or the water bottle too. 도 adds the water bottle to the items being considered in 물병도 필요해요?.
필요해요 필요해요 means is needed or need in 물병도 필요해요?. The question asks whether the water bottle is needed, and the form is useful for asking about an item’s necessity.
네 네 means yes and confirms the preceding question. It is a polite affirmative response, as in 네, 물병은 이미 큰 주머니에 있어요.
물병은 물병은 means the water bottle as the topic in 물병은 이미 큰 주머니에 있어요. 은 keeps the water bottle as the item whose location is being explained.
이미 이미 means already and shows that the water bottle is in the pocket before this point in the conversation. It is used when a state or action has happened by the relevant time.
큰 큰 describes 주머니 as the large or main pocket in 큰 주머니에. It is placed before the noun it describes.
주머니에 주머니에 means in the pocket in 큰 주머니에 있어요. 에 marks the pocket as the location where the water bottle is.
그러면 그러면 means then or in that case. After the items have been confirmed, 그러면 introduces the conclusion 필요한 것은 다 있어요.
필요한 필요한 means needed or necessary and describes 것 in 필요한 것은. It identifies which things are being discussed: the things that are needed.
것은 것은 makes 필요한 것, the things needed, the topic of the sentence. 은 marks this topic in 필요한 것은 다 있어요.
다 다 means all or everything in 필요한 것은 다 있어요. It shows that everything needed is present, rather than only some of it.

Grammar Points

-는지 확인해 볼까요?

가방이 준비됐는지 확인해 볼까요?

ga-BANG-ee joon-bee DWEN-nuh-jee hwa-GEEN-heh bohl-KKAH-yoh?

Shall we check whether the bag is ready?

-는지 asks indirectly whether something is true, and 확인해 볼까요? politely suggests checking it together.

N을/를 N에 놓아 주세요

중요한 물건들을 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

joong-YOH-han mool-GUN-deu-reul TEH-ee-beul wee-eh noh-ah joo-SEH-yoh.

Please put the important things on the table.

을/를 marks the item being moved, while 에 marks the place where it should be put.

Korean Vocabulary

가방 noun
ga-BANG bag

제 가방이 준비됐는지 확인해 볼까요?

놓아 주세요 phrase
noh-ah joo-SEH-yoh please put

중요한 물건들을 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

먼저 adv
MUN-juh first

중요한 물건들을 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

물건들 noun
mool-GUN-deul things 물건들을

중요한 물건들을 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

앞주머니 noun
ap-JJOO-muh-nee front pocket

제 휴대폰은 앞주머니에 있어요.

열쇠 noun
yuhl-SSWEH key; keys

열쇠는 어디에 놓았어요?

위 noun
wee top; above

중요한 물건들을 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

준비됐는지 phrase
joon-bee DWEN-nuh-jee whether it is ready

제 가방이 준비됐는지 확인해 볼까요?

중요한 adj
joong-YOH-han important

중요한 물건들을 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

테이블 noun
TEH-ee-beul table

중요한 물건들을 먼저 테이블 위에 놓아 주세요.

확인해 볼까요 phrase
hwa-GEEN-heh bohl-KKAH-yoh shall we check

제 가방이 준비됐는지 확인해 볼까요?

휴대폰 noun
HYOO-deh-pon mobile phone

제 휴대폰은 앞주머니에 있어요.

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

Can we make sure my bag is ready?

Show Answer제 가방이 준비됐는지 확인해 볼까요?

My phone is in the front pocket.

Show Answer제 휴대폰은 앞주머니에 있어요.

Where did you put your keys?

Show Answer열쇠는 어디에 놓았어요?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

whether it is ready

Show Answer준비됐는지

things

Show Answer물건들을

front pocket

Show Answer앞주머니

bag

Show Answer가방