Identifying a Bag at Lost Property | Learn Korean in English

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Dialogue

분실물 보관소에서 제 가방을 찾고 있어요.

boon-SHEEL-mool boh-GWAN-soh-eh-suh jeh gah-BANG-eul chat-go ee-SSUH-yoh. I'm looking for my bag at lost property.

가방의 특징을 말해 주실 수 있나요?

gah-BANG-eh teuk-JJEENG-eul mal-HEH joo-SHEEL soo IN-na-yoh? Can you describe it for me?

빨간 가방끈이 있고 지퍼가 고장 났어요.

ppal-GAHN gah-BANG-kkun-ee it-KKOH JEE-puh-gah goh-JAHNG nah-SSUH-yoh. It has a red strap and a broken zipper.

앞면에 무늬가 있나요?

am-MYUN-eh moo-NEE-gah IN-na-yoh? Is there any pattern on the front?

작은 꽃무늬가 있어요.

JAH-geun KKON-moo-NEE-gah ee-SSUH-yoh. There's a small flower pattern.

이 가방이 손님 것일 수도 있어요.

ee gah-BANG-ee SON-neem guh-SHEEL soo-doh ee-SSUH-yoh. This might be yours.

그건 분명히 제 가방이에요.

guh-guhn boon-MYUNG-hee jeh gah-BANG-ee-eh-yoh. That's definitely my bag.

가져가기 전에 이 양식에 서명해 주세요.

gah-juh-GAH-gee juhn-eh ee yang-SHEE-geh suh-MYUNG-HEH joo-SEH-yoh. Please sign this form before you take it.

Word by Word

분실물 분실물 means a lost item in 분실물 보관소, the lost-property office. It is used before 보관소 to identify a place that handles lost belongings.

보관소 보관소 means a storage place or office, and 분실물 보관소 is the office where lost items are kept. You can use it after a noun to name a place where that kind of thing is stored.

에서 에서 marks 분실물 보관소 as the place where the speaker is looking for the bag. A common reuse pattern is 장소에서 행동하다, meaning to do an action at a place.

제 제 means my here and directly modifies 가방 in 제 가방. It is the polite possessive form related to 저의 and is useful before a noun when speaking politely about something belonging to you.

가방 가방 means bag, the item the speaker is trying to find. It can combine with a detail noun, as in 가방끈 for a bag strap.

을 을 marks 가방 as the object of 찾고 있어요 in 가방을 찾고 있어요. It is used after a noun ending in a consonant to mark what an action is directed toward.

찾고 찾고 means looking for or searching for in 찾고 있어요. This exact form connects 찾다 with 있어요 to show that the search is in progress; a reusable pattern is 찾고 있어요 with the object being searched for.

있어요 있어요 completes the ongoing-action expression 찾고 있어요, so the speaker says they are currently looking for the bag. A common reuse pattern is verb stem plus 고 있어요 for an action in progress.

의 의 links 가방 to 특징 in 가방의 특징, meaning the features of the bag. It marks a possessive or describing relationship between two nouns.

특징 특징 means a feature or characteristic, referring here to details that can identify the bag. It commonly follows the noun being described, as in 가방의 특징.

말해 말해 means tell or describe in 말해 주실 수 있나요? It is the form of 말하다 used before 주실 in a request to have someone describe the bag’s features.

주실 주실 shows that the listener is being asked to do 말해 as a favor for the speaker in 말해 주실 수 있나요? It appears before 수 in this polite request pattern, which asks whether the listener can do something for the speaker.

수 수 expresses possibility or ability in 말해 주실 수 있나요?, so the question asks whether the listener can describe the bag. A common reuse pattern is verb form plus 수 있어요 or 수 있나요 when asking about ability or possibility.

있나요 있나요 makes the possibility question in 말해 주실 수 있나요?, asking whether the requested action is possible. In this pattern, 수 있나요 means can someone do it, rather than asking whether an object exists.

빨간 빨간 means red and directly describes 가방끈 in 빨간 가방끈. It is the form of 빨갛다 used before a noun, so color words in this position can be placed directly before the item they describe.

가방끈 가방끈 means bag strap, the strap used to identify the missing bag. It is a compound noun combining 가방 with 끈 and can be used for the strap attached to a bag.

이 이 marks 가방끈 as the subject in 가방끈이 있고, introducing the fact that the bag has a strap. It is the subject marker used after a noun ending in a consonant.

있고 있고 connects the first bag detail, 가방끈이 있고, with the next detail about the zipper. It is the connective form of 있다 used to link two facts or descriptions.

지퍼 지퍼 means zipper, the part of the bag that is broken in the dialogue. It can be followed by 가 to mark it as the subject of a condition or action.

가 가 marks 지퍼 as the subject in 지퍼가 고장 났어요, identifying the zipper as the part with the problem. It is the subject marker used after a noun ending in a vowel.

고장 고장 refers to a malfunction or broken condition in 고장 났어요. The expression 고장 났어요 is used to say that an object is not working properly.

났어요 났어요 says that the malfunction has occurred in 고장 났어요, which means that the zipper is broken. This polite form is commonly used after 고장 when describing an item that has stopped working.

앞면 앞면 means the front side, referring to the front of the bag. It can be used with 에 in 앞면에 to identify the surface where a pattern or other feature appears.

에 에 marks 앞면 as the surface where the pattern is located in 앞면에 무늬가 있나요? A common reuse pattern is a place or surface plus 에 followed by 있다 when asking whether something is there.

무늬 무늬 means a pattern or design, the decorative feature being checked on the front of the bag. It can be followed by 가 in 무늬가 있나요 when asking whether such a feature exists.

작은 작은 means small and describes 꽃무늬 in 작은 꽃무늬. It is the form of 작다 used before a noun, so it appears directly before the feature being described.

꽃무늬 꽃무늬 means a flower pattern, the specific design on the bag. It is a compound noun combining 꽃 and 무늬 and can be modified by a size word such as 작은.

손님 손님 means customer or guest, and here it is the polite service-desk reference to the person whose bag may have been found. In 손님 것, it identifies whose belonging is being discussed.

것 것 means thing or belonging in 손님 것, referring to something that belongs to the customer. A new example is 제 것, meaning mine, using the same pattern of a person or pronoun before 것.

일 일 connects 것 to the possibility expression in 것일 수도 있어요, meaning that it may be the customer’s. It is the form of the copula 이다 used before the possibility pattern 수도 있어요.

도 도 contributes the sense of also or even in 것일 수도 있어요 and presents being the customer’s as one possible case. In this construction, it appears before 수도 있어요 to express that something may be so.

그건 그건 means that in 그건 분명히 제 가방이에요, referring to the bag being identified. It is the shortened form of 그것은 and is useful when making a statement about an object already being pointed out or discussed.

분명히 분명히 means definitely or clearly, adding strong certainty to the statement that the bag belongs to the speaker. It commonly comes before the statement or description it emphasizes, as in 분명히 제 가방이에요.

이에요 이에요 makes the polite statement that 가방 is the speaker’s in 가방이에요. It is the polite form of the copula 이다 used after a noun ending in a consonant.

가져가기 가져가기 means taking it away in 가져가기 전에, referring to taking the bag from the desk. It is the action form used before 전, and a reusable pattern is verb form plus 기 전에 for before doing something.

전 전 means before in 가져가기 전, placing the signing action before taking the bag. It commonly follows an action noun with 기 to form the pattern 기 전에.

양식 양식 means form, the document that the customer must sign before taking the bag. It is commonly used with 서명하다 when referring to signing an official or administrative document.

서명해 서명해 means sign in 서명해 주세요. It is the form of 서명하다 used before 주세요 to request that someone sign a document.

주세요 주세요 makes 서명해 주세요 a polite request to sign the form. A common reuse pattern is an action form plus 주세요 when asking someone politely to do something.

Grammar Points

-기 전에

가져가기 전에 서명해.

gah-juh-GAH-gee juhn-eh suh-MYUNG-HEH.

Sign before taking it.

Attach -기 전에 to a verb stem to mean “before doing something.”

형용사 + -(으)ㄴ + 명사

빨간 가방과 작은 꽃무늬

ppal-GAHN gah-BANG-gwah JAH-geun KKON-moo-NEE

A red bag and a small floral pattern

Descriptive adjectives change form before nouns: 빨갛다 becomes 빨간, and 작다 becomes 작은.

Korean Vocabulary

가방 noun

gah-BANG bag

분실물 보관소에서 제 가방을 찾고 있어요.

가방끈 noun

gah-BANG-kkun bag strap

빨간 가방끈이 있고 지퍼가 고장 났어요.

고장 나다 phrase

goh-JAHNG nah-DAH to be broken; to malfunction 고장 났어요

빨간 가방끈이 있고 지퍼가 고장 났어요.

말하다 verb

mal-HAH-dah to say; to describe 말해

가방의 특징을 말해 주실 수 있나요?

무늬 noun

moo-NEE pattern

앞면에 무늬가 있나요?

분실물 보관소 phrase

boon-SHEEL-mool boh-GWAN-soh lost property office

분실물 보관소에서 제 가방을 찾고 있어요.

빨갛다 adj

ppal-GAH-tah to be red 빨간

빨간 가방끈이 있고 지퍼가 고장 났어요.

앞면 noun

am-MYUN front side

앞면에 무늬가 있나요?

작다 adj

JAHK-TAH to be small 작은

작은 꽃무늬가 있어요.

지퍼 noun

JEE-puh zipper

빨간 가방끈이 있고 지퍼가 고장 났어요.

찾다 verb

chat-TAH to look for; to find 찾고

분실물 보관소에서 제 가방을 찾고 있어요.

특징 noun

teuk-JJEENG feature; characteristic

가방의 특징을 말해 주실 수 있나요?

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I'm looking for my bag at lost property.

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분실물 보관소에서 제 가방을 찾고 있어요.

Can you describe it for me?

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가방의 특징을 말해 주실 수 있나요?

It has a red strap and a broken zipper.

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빨간 가방끈이 있고 지퍼가 고장 났어요.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to look for; to find

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찾고

front side

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앞면

to be red

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빨간

to be small

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작은