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Dialogue

이 책상이 마음에 들지만, 혼자 집까지 가져갈 수 없어요.

ee CHEK-ssang-ee ma-uhm-eh DUHL-jee-man, HOHN-jah JEEP-kkah-jee ga-JYUH-gahl soo uhp-SSUH-yoh. I like this desk, but I can't carry it home by myself.

재고가 남아 있다면 배송을 준비해 드릴 수 있어요.

JEH-goh-gah nah-MAH EET-ttah-myun BEH-song-uhl joon-BEE-heh duh-RIL soo ee-SSUH-yoh. We can arrange delivery if it's still in stock.

창고에 구매 가능한 책상이 하나 있는지 확인해 주시겠어요?

CHAHNG-goh-eh goom-eh gah-NEUNG-hahn CHEK-ssang-ee HA-nah EEN-neun-jee hwa-GEEN-heh joo-shee-GET-ssuh-yoh? Could you check whether the warehouse has one available?

지금 재고 기록을 확인해 볼게요.

jee-GUHM JEH-goh gee-ROH-geul hwa-GEEN-heh BOHL-geh-yoh. I'll check the stock record now.

구매할 수 있다면 어떤 배송 방법을 제공하시나요?

goom-eh-hahl soo EET-ttah-myun uh-TTEON BEH-song bahng-BUH-buhl jeh-gong-ha-SHEE-nah-yoh? If it is available, what delivery options do you offer?

기본 배송은 고객님 댁까지 가져다드려요.

gee-BOHN BEH-song-uhn GOH-geng-neem DEK-kkah-jee ga-JYUH-dah-duh-RYUH-yoh. Standard delivery would bring it to your home.

조립도 포함되나요, 아니면 문 앞까지 배송만 되나요?

joh-RIP-tto poh-HAHM-dweh-nah-yoh, AH-nee-myun moon AHP-kkah-jee BEH-song-mahn DWEH-nah-yoh? Does that include assembly, or only delivery to the door?

조립은 별도로 요청하셔야 하지만, 위층으로 옮겨 드리는 것은 포함돼요.

joh-REE-buhn byuhl-doh-roh yoh-CHUHNG-ha-SYUH-yah hah-JEE-mahn, wee-CHEUNG-uh-roh ohm-GYUH duh-REE-neun guh-suhn poh-HAHM-dweh-yoh. Assembly is a separate request, but carrying it upstairs is included.

배송을 추가해 주세요. 저는 직접 조립할 수 있어요.

BEH-song-uhl CHOO-gah-heh JOO-seh-yoh. juh-nuhn JEEK-juhp joh-RIP-hahl soo ee-SSUH-yoh. Please add delivery. I can assemble it myself.

주문을 처리하기 전에 재고를 확인하고 배송 요청을 추가해 드릴게요.

joo-MOON-uhl chuh-REE-ha-gee juhn-eh JEH-goh-reul hwa-GEEN-ha-goh BEH-song yoh-CHUHNG-uhl CHOO-gah-heh duh-RIL-geh-yoh. I'll confirm the stock and add the delivery request before processing the order.

Word by Word

이 이 means this and points to the desk being discussed. It appears directly before 책상이 and identifies a nearby or currently selected item. It commonly comes before a noun when pointing out a specific thing.

책상이 책상이 means the desk as the subject of the sentence. The ending 이 marks 책상 as what is pleasing to the speaker in 마음에 들지만. A noun with 이 or 가 can be the subject of an action or description.

마음에 마음에 contributes the idea of being to someone's liking in 마음에 들지만. Together with 들지만, it says that the desk appeals to the speaker before the sentence continues with but. This expression is useful when saying that an item or idea is pleasing to you.

들지만 들지만 means is pleasing or liked, but in this dialogue. It is the form used in 마음에 들지만 to connect liking the desk with the following problem. A clause ending in 지만 can introduce a contrast.

혼자 혼자 means alone or by oneself here. It explains that the speaker cannot carry the desk without anyone else's help. It is useful when describing an action done without assistance.

집까지 집까지 means to home, with 까지 marking home as the endpoint of carrying the desk. It describes how far the desk would need to be taken. A destination can be followed by 까지 to show the endpoint of movement.

가져갈 가져갈 means take or carry it, in the form used before 수 in 가져갈 수 없어요. It describes taking the desk from the shop to the speaker's home. This form commonly appears in expressions of ability or inability such as 가져갈 수 있다 or 가져갈 수 없다.

수 수 marks possibility or ability in 가져갈 수 없어요. With the following 없어요, it makes carrying the desk impossible for the speaker. It commonly follows a verb form ending in ㄹ or 을 before an expression meaning can or cannot.

없어요 없어요 means is not possible in 가져갈 수 없어요. Here it does not mean simply that something is absent; together with 수, it says the speaker cannot carry the desk. It is used after 수 to express inability.

재고가 재고가 means the stock or inventory as the subject. In 재고가 남아 있다면, the stock is what remains available. The ending 가 marks 재고 as the subject of the condition.

남아 남아 means remains or is left in 재고가 남아 있다면. It describes stock continuing to exist. It is connected to 있다 to express that something remains available.

있다면 있다면 means if there is still some or if it remains in this dialogue. In 재고가 남아 있다면, it introduces the condition under which the shop can arrange delivery. It is useful for setting a condition about something existing or remaining.

배송을 배송을 means delivery as the object of the action in 배송을 준비해 드릴 수 있어요. It identifies the service the staff can arrange for the customer. The ending 을 marks 배송 as the object of the verb.

준비해 준비해 means prepare or arrange in 배송을 준비해 드릴 수 있어요. Here it refers to arranging the delivery service, not physically preparing an object. It commonly comes before a following service expression or an auxiliary showing that an action is done for someone.

드릴 드릴 contributes the meaning of doing or providing something for the customer in 배송을 준비해 드릴 수 있어요. It presents the staff's action as a service offered respectfully to the customer. It is useful when offering to do something for another person.

있어요 있어요 completes 수 있어요 and makes the possibility affirmative, meaning can or is possible. In this sentence, the staff can arrange delivery if stock remains. It commonly follows 수 when expressing ability or possibility.

창고에 창고에 means in the warehouse. The ending 에 marks the warehouse as the place where the available desk may be located. It is used after a place when describing where something exists.

구매 구매 means purchase or buying in 구매 가능한 책상. It identifies the purpose for which the desk must be available. It commonly combines with words describing whether a purchase is possible.

가능한 가능한 means possible or available in 구매 가능한 책상. It modifies 책상 and says that the desk can be purchased. It is useful before a noun when describing something as possible or available for a particular purpose.

하나 하나 means one in 하나 있는지. It specifies that the customer is asking whether a single available desk exists in the warehouse. It is used to state a quantity of one.

있는지 있는지 means whether there is or whether it exists. In 하나 있는지, it turns the question about one desk being present into the information the staff is asked to check. It commonly appears in indirect questions about whether something exists.

확인해 확인해 means check or confirm in 확인해 주시겠어요. It asks the staff to verify the warehouse availability. The thing being checked can be marked as the object of 확인하다.

주시겠어요 주시겠어요 makes 확인해 주시겠어요 a polite request meaning could you check it for me. It presents the requested action as something done for the speaker. This form is useful when politely asking another person to perform an action.

지금 지금 means now. It tells the customer that the stock record will be checked immediately. It can be placed with an action to specify that the action is happening at the present time.

재고 재고 means stock or inventory in 재고 기록. It refers to the shop's information about items currently available. It is commonly used when discussing whether products remain and checking stock information.

기록을 기록을 means the record as the object of the check. In 재고 기록을 확인해 볼게요, it identifies the stock record that the staff will examine. The ending 을 marks the record as the object.

볼게요 볼게요 means I'll take a look or I'll check in 확인해 볼게요. It expresses the speaker's immediate intention to check the record. It is useful when committing to do something for the person being addressed.

구매할 구매할 means purchase or buy in 구매할 수 있다면. It is the verb form used before 수 to describe the possibility of buying the item. It commonly precedes an expression of ability or possibility.

어떤 어떤 means what kind of or which in 어떤 배송 방법을. It asks the staff to identify the type of delivery method available. It comes directly before the noun being selected or described.

배송 배송 means delivery. In 어떤 배송 방법을 제공하시나요, it names the service whose available methods the customer is asking about. It is useful in conversations about sending a purchased item to a destination.

방법을 방법을 means method or option as the object of 제공하시나요. It refers to the kind of delivery method the shop offers. The ending 을 marks 방법 as the object of the verb.

제공하시나요 제공하시나요 means do you offer or provide in a polite question to shop staff. It asks what delivery options the shop makes available. It is useful when asking a business about services or choices it offers.

기본 기본 means standard or basic in 기본 배송. It identifies the ordinary delivery service rather than a specially requested service. It commonly comes before a noun to describe the standard version of something.

배송은 배송은 means as for standard delivery in 기본 배송은. The ending 은 sets delivery as the topic of the staff's explanation. It is useful when introducing the service being described.

고객님 고객님 means customer in a respectful form. In 고객님 댁까지, the staff uses it to address or refer respectfully to the customer. It is appropriate in service interactions with a customer.

댁까지 댁까지 means to the customer's home, using a respectful word for home and 까지 for the endpoint. It describes where the delivery will bring the desk. It is useful when respectfully referring to a customer's home as a destination.

가져다드려요 가져다드려요 means bring or deliver it to you. In the shop's explanation, it says that standard delivery brings the desk to the customer's home. This form is useful when describing a service that brings something to another person.

조립도 조립도 means assembly too or assembly as well. The ending 도 shows that the customer is asking whether assembly is included in addition to delivery. It can be attached to a noun when adding that item to the question or statement.

포함되나요 포함되나요 means is it included in the customer's polite question. Here it asks whether assembly is part of the delivery service. It is useful when checking whether a service or item is covered in an arrangement.

아니면 아니면 means or or alternatively. It introduces the second possibility in the question about assembly and delivery to the door. It is useful when presenting another option or alternative.

문 문 means door. In 문 앞까지, it identifies the door whose front is the delivery endpoint. It commonly combines with location words when describing where something is left or delivered.

앞까지 앞까지 means to the front or up to the front. Together with 문, it specifies the area in front of the door as the endpoint of delivery. 까지 marks the limit or destination reached by an action.

배송만 배송만 means delivery only. The ending 만 limits the service to delivery and excludes assembly from the option being asked about. It is useful when emphasizing that only one service is included.

되나요 되나요 means is it provided or does it count as possible in 문 앞까지 배송만 되나요. Here it asks whether delivery only to the door is the service offered. Its meaning comes from this service context rather than from the standalone idea of becoming.

조립은 조립은 means as for assembly. The ending 은 makes assembly the topic of the staff's contrasting explanation. It is useful when separating one service from another in a discussion.

별도로 별도로 means separately. It says that assembly must be handled as a separate request rather than being automatically included. It is useful when explaining that something is arranged independently.

요청하셔야 요청하셔야 means must request, in a respectful form directed toward the customer. In 조립은 별도로 요청하셔야 하지만, it explains the required action for receiving assembly service. It is useful for politely stating a requirement in a service interaction.

하지만 하지만 means but or however. It connects the separate assembly requirement with the contrasting information that carrying upstairs is included. It commonly introduces a contrast between two clauses.

위층으로 위층으로 means upstairs or toward the upper floor. The ending 으로 marks the direction in which the desk is moved. It is useful when describing movement toward an upper floor.

옮겨 옮겨 means move or carry in 옮겨 드리는 것은. It describes taking the desk to another place, specifically upstairs in this dialogue. It commonly appears before an expression showing that the action is done for someone.

드리는 드리는 contributes the respectful meaning of doing the carrying for the customer in 옮겨 드리는 것은. It presents the shop's action as a service to the customer. It is useful when describing an action performed for another person.

것은 것은 turns 옮겨 드리는 into the topic meaning as for carrying it for you or the act of carrying it for you. The ending 은 then contrasts this service with the separate assembly request. It is useful for making an action or situation the topic of a sentence.

포함돼요 포함돼요 means is included. Here it states that carrying the desk upstairs is part of the delivery service. It is useful for confirming that a particular service is covered.

추가해 추가해 means add in 배송을 추가해 주세요. It asks the staff to add delivery to the order or service arrangement. It commonly comes before 주세요 when making a polite request to add something.

주세요 주세요 makes 배송을 추가해 주세요 a polite request meaning please add the delivery. It asks another person to perform the action expressed by the preceding verb. It is widely used for polite requests in shops and everyday interactions.

저는 저는 means I as the topic. It sets the speaker apart from the delivery service by introducing what the speaker can do personally. The ending 는 marks the speaker as the topic.

직접 직접 means personally or by oneself. In 저는 직접 조립할 수 있어요, it emphasizes that the speaker will do the assembly without requesting that service. It is useful when stressing personal involvement in an action.

조립할 조립할 means assemble in 조립할 수 있어요. It is the verb form used before 수 to describe the possible action. It commonly precedes an expression of ability or inability.

주문을 주문을 means the order as the object of processing. In 주문을 처리하기 전에, it identifies the order that the staff will process. The ending 을 marks 주문 as the object.

처리하기 처리하기 means processing in 주문을 처리하기 전에. It turns the action of processing the order into a form that can be followed by 전에. It is useful when placing a time relation before an action.

전에 전에 means before. In 처리하기 전에, it says that checking the stock and adding the delivery request will happen before the order is processed. It commonly follows a noun or an action expressed in noun-like form.

재고를 재고를 means the stock as the object of checking. In 재고를 확인하고, it identifies what the staff will confirm before processing the order. The ending 를 marks 재고 as the object.

확인하고 확인하고 means check and then or check and in 재고를 확인하고 배송 요청을 추가해 드릴게요. The ending 고 links checking the stock with adding the delivery request. It is useful for connecting sequential or related actions.

요청을 요청을 means the request as the object of adding. In 배송 요청을 추가해 드릴게요, it refers to the delivery request that the staff will add. The ending 을 marks 요청 as the object.

드릴게요 드릴게요 means I'll do or provide it for you. Here it is the staff's polite commitment to add the delivery request for the customer. It is useful when promising an action that benefits the person being addressed.

Grammar Points

-지만

마음에 들지만

ma-uhm-eh DUHL-jee-man

Although I like it,

-지만 connects contrasting ideas and means “but” or “although.”

-셔야 하다

요청하셔야

yoh-CHUHNG-ha-SYUH-yah

you must request

-셔야 하다 expresses obligation politely and respectfully: “must” or “have to.”

Korean Vocabulary

가져가다 verb

ga-JYUH-gah-dah to take; to carry 가져갈

구매 가능하다 phrase

goom-eh gah-NEUNG-hah-dah to be available for purchase 구매 가능한

기록 noun

gee-ROHK record

남아 있다 phrase

nah-MAH EET-ttah to remain; to be left

마음에 들다 phrase

ma-uhm-eh DUHL-dah to like; to appeal to someone 마음에 들지만

배송 noun

BEH-song delivery

재고 noun

JEH-goh stock; inventory

준비하다 verb

joon-BEE-hah-dah to arrange; to prepare 준비해

창고 noun

CHAHNG-goh warehouse

책상 noun

CHEK-ssang desk

혼자 adv

HOHN-jah alone; by oneself

확인하다 verb

hwa-GEEN-hah-dah to check; to confirm 확인해

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I'll check the stock record now.

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지금 재고 기록을 확인해 볼게요.

Standard delivery would bring it to your home.

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기본 배송은 고객님 댁까지 가져다드려요.

Spelling

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to check; to confirm

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확인해

delivery

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배송

alone; by oneself

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혼자

to arrange; to prepare

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준비해