Checking out and getting help with a bag | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: At a hotel reception desk, a guest checks out, returns the room key, and asks for help with a bag..

EN → KO / Level: A2

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Use Checking out and getting help with a bag to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

체크아웃하고 싶어요.

chek-uh-OWT-ha-goh SHEE-puh-yoh I'd like to check out, please.
B

객실 열쇠를 가지고 계신가요?

kaek-SSHEEL yuhl-SSWEH-rul kah-JEE-goh kyeh-SHIN-gah-yoh Do you have your room key with you?
A

네, 여기 있어요.

neh, YUH-gee ee-SSUH-yoh Yes, here it is.
B

지금 체크아웃해 드릴게요.

jee-GUHM chek-uh-OWT-heh duh-REEL-ggeh-yoh I'll check you out now.
A

제 가방을 옮겨 주실 수 있나요?

jeh kah-BANG-ul ohm-GYUH joo-SHEEL soo IN-nah-yoh Could someone help me with my bag?
B

데스크에서 만나실 분을 불러 드릴게요.

DEH-suh-koo-eh-suh man-NAH-sheel boon-ul bool-luh duh-REEL-ggeh-yoh I can ask someone to meet you at the desk.
A

방이 정말 편안했어요.

BAHNG-ee juhm-MAHL pyuh-NAHN-hae-SSUH-yoh The room was very comfortable.
B

그 말을 들으니 기쁘네요.

kuh MAH-rul duh-ruh-nee GHEE-puh-neh-yoh I'm glad to hear that.
B

안전하게 여행하세요.

ahn-JUHN-ha-geh yuh-HAENG-ha-seh-yoh Have a safe trip.

Word by Word

체크아웃하고 “체크아웃하고” means “check out and” in this dialogue. It connects the check-out action to “싶어요” to express wanting to check out. Use this kind of action form before “싶어요” when saying that you want to do something.
싶어요 “싶어요” means “want to” here, as in wanting to check out. It follows “체크아웃하고” and gives the sentence the meaning “I’d like to check out.” Use it after an action expression to politely say that you want to do that action.
객실 “객실” means “guest room” in this hotel context. It appears in “객실 열쇠,” meaning “room key,” and is a useful hotel term for referring to a guest’s room. Use it before a related hotel item or service when the meaning is clear from the context.
열쇠를 “열쇠를” means “the key” with the object marked by “를.” In “객실 열쇠를 가지고 계신가요?”, it is the item the staff member asks whether the guest has with them. Use this form when “열쇠” is the object of an action or question.
가지고 “가지고” means “having” or “carrying” in “가지고 계신가요,” asking whether the guest has the key with them. It connects the idea of possession or carrying to the following polite form. Use it before a following expression when describing something that someone has or is carrying.
계신가요 “계신가요” makes “가지고 계신가요?” a respectful question to a guest, meaning “Do you have it with you?” It shows respect toward the person being asked. Use it in a polite question about a person’s state, possession, or location when respectful language is appropriate.
네 “네” means “yes” here and confirms the staff member’s question. It is the guest’s polite affirmative reply before showing the key. Use it to agree, confirm information, or acknowledge what someone has said.
여기 “여기” means “here” and points to the place where the key is being shown. In “여기 있어요,” it helps mean “Here it is.” Use it before “있어요” when indicating that something is in this place.
있어요 “있어요” means “is” or “exists” here, referring to the key being present in the indicated place. Together with “여기,” it says that the key is here. Use it with a location expression to say that something is in a particular place.
지금 “지금” means “now” and indicates that the check-out will happen immediately. It comes before “체크아웃해 드릴게요” to set the time of the service. Use it before an action when you want to say that the action is happening at the present time.
체크아웃해 “체크아웃해” refers to carrying out the hotel check-out action. In “체크아웃해 드릴게요,” it connects the action to an offer to do it for the guest. Use it before a service or helping expression when describing the check-out action.
드릴게요 “드릴게요” means “I’ll do it for you” in this service-desk context. It presents the staff member’s polite offer to complete the check-out for the guest. Use it after an action expression when offering to do something for another person.
제 “제” means “my” in this dialogue and politely identifies the guest’s bag. It appears before “가방을” in “제 가방을 옮겨 주실 수 있나요?” Use it before a noun when referring politely to something belonging to the speaker.
가방을 “가방을” means “the bag” with “를” marking it as the object of the requested action. In the dialogue, it is the item the guest wants someone to move. Use this form when the bag is the object of a verb such as moving or carrying.
옮겨 “옮겨” means “move” or “carry” in the request about the guest’s bag. It connects to “주실” in “옮겨 주실 수 있나요,” asking whether someone can move the bag for the guest. Use it before a following helping expression when requesting that an item be moved.
주실 “주실” contributes the meaning “do it for someone” in “옮겨 주실 수 있나요.” Together with “옮겨,” it makes a respectful request for someone to move the bag for the guest. Use it after an action expression when asking politely for that action to be done for you.
수 “수” expresses possibility in “옮겨 주실 수 있나요,” which asks “Can you move it?” or “Is it possible for you to move it?” It appears as part of the possibility pattern “수 있나요.” Use this pattern after an action expression to ask whether something can be done.
있나요 “있나요” completes “수 있나요,” forming a polite question about whether an action is possible. Here, it asks whether someone can move the guest’s bag. Use it after “수” when asking politely if someone can do something.
데스크에서 “데스크에서” means “at the desk,” indicating where the person will meet the guest. In “데스크에서 만나실 분을 불러 드릴게요,” the desk is the meeting place. Use a place followed by “에서” when an action takes place there.
만나실 “만나실” means “will meet” in the respectful description of the person who will meet the guest. It appears before “분을” in “만나실 분을 불러 드릴게요.” Use it before a noun when respectfully describing someone who will meet another person.
분을 “분을” means “the person” with an honorific word for a person and the object marker “을.” In “만나실 분을 불러 드릴게요,” it marks the person whom the staff member will call. Use this form when a respectful word for a person is the object of an action.
불러 “불러” means “call” or “ask someone to come” in “분을 불러 드릴게요.” The staff member offers to call someone who can meet the guest at the desk. Use it before a service expression when offering to call someone for another person.
방이 “방이” means “the room” with “이” marking it as the subject of the description. In “방이 정말 편안했어요,” the room is what was comfortable. Use a noun followed by “이” or “가” when it is the subject being described.
정말 “정말” means “really” here and strengthens the positive description of the room. It comes before “편안했어요” to say that the room was very comfortable. Use it before an adjective or description when emphasizing your statement.
편안했어요 “편안했어요” means “was comfortable” and describes the guest’s past experience of the room. The polite ending shows that the speaker is giving a courteous evaluation. Use it to describe a place or situation that felt comfortable in the past.
그 “그” means “that” and points back to the words or information just mentioned. In “그 말을 들으니,” it modifies “말을,” meaning “those words” or “what was said.” Use it before a noun when referring to something already identified in the conversation.
말을 “말을” means “the words” or “what was said,” with “를” marking it as the object of hearing. In “그 말을 들으니,” the speaker is reacting to what the guest said about the room. Use it in the expression “말을 들으니” when describing a reaction to hearing someone’s words.
들으니 “들으니” means “hearing” or “upon hearing” in “그 말을 들으니 기쁘네요.” It connects hearing the guest’s comment with the staff member’s glad reaction. Use it after a situation when explaining the feeling or result that follows from it.
기쁘네요 “기쁘네요” means “I’m glad” here and expresses a warm reaction to hearing that the room was comfortable. It responds directly to the guest’s positive comment. Use it as a polite reaction when good news or a pleasing comment makes you happy.
안전하게 “안전하게” means “safely” and describes how the guest should travel. It modifies “여행하세요” in the farewell “안전하게 여행하세요.” Use it before an action when wishing or advising someone to do that action safely.
여행하세요 “여행하세요” means “travel” in a polite well-wish, and with “안전하게” it means “Have a safe trip.” The staff member uses it as a courteous farewell to a departing guest. Use it when politely wishing someone well as they travel.

Grammar Points

-고 계시다

열쇠를 가지고 계신가요?

yuhl-SSWEH-rul kah-JEE-goh kyeh-SHIN-gah-yoh

Do you have the key with you?

계시다 is the honorific form of 있다 and shows respect when asking about a guest’s state or possession.

-아/어 드리다

지금 체크아웃해 드릴게요.

jee-GUHM chek-uh-OWT-heh duh-REEL-ggeh-yoh

I’ll check you out for you now.

드리다 shows that the speaker respectfully performs an action as a service for someone.

Korean Vocabulary

가방 noun
kah-BAHNG bag 가방을

제 가방을 옮겨 주실 수 있나요?

가지고 계시다 phrase
kah-JEE-goh kyeh-SHEE-dah to have with you 가지고 계신가요

객실 열쇠를 가지고 계신가요?

객실 noun
kaek-SSHEEL room

객실 열쇠를 가지고 계신가요?

데스크 noun
DEH-suh-koo desk

데스크에서 만나실 분을 불러 드릴게요.

방 noun
BAHNG room 방이

방이 정말 편안했어요.

부르다 verb
boo-ruh-dah to call or ask someone to come 불러

데스크에서 만나실 분을 불러 드릴게요.

여기 adv
YUH-gee here

네, 여기 있어요.

열쇠 noun
yuhl-SSWEH key 열쇠를

객실 열쇠를 가지고 계신가요?

옮겨 주실 수 있나요 phrase
ohm-GYUH joo-SHEEL soo IN-nah-yoh could you move it

제 가방을 옮겨 주실 수 있나요?

지금 adv
jee-GUHM now

지금 체크아웃해 드릴게요.

체크아웃하다 verb
chek-uh-OWT-hah-dah to check out 체크아웃하고

체크아웃하고 싶어요.

체크아웃해 드리다 phrase
chek-uh-OWT-heh duh-REE-dah to check someone out 체크아웃해 드릴게요

지금 체크아웃해 드릴게요.

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I'd like to check out, please.

Show Answer체크아웃하고 싶어요.

Do you have your room key with you?

Show Answer객실 열쇠를 가지고 계신가요?

Yes, here it is.

Show Answer네, 여기 있어요.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to check out

Show Answer체크아웃하고

desk

Show Answer데스크

key

Show Answer열쇠를

now

Show Answer지금