📍 How to use this page: three parts — ① Before (prep on your own), ② During (our live session), ③ After (practice + leave your submission here). Do them in order.

Everyday Korean · Session 4 — Ordering at a restaurant

Goal: order food, ask for what you need, and pay — smoothly.

① BEFORE — prepare on your own

Vocabulary — learn these 10

Korean	English	Example
메뉴	menu	메뉴 좀 주세요.
추천	recommendation	추천해 주세요.
맵지 않게	not spicy	맵지 않게 해 주세요.
반찬	side dishes	반찬 더 주세요.
물	water	물 좀 주세요.
젓가락	chopsticks	젓가락 주세요.
숟가락	spoon	숟가락도 주세요.
맛있어요	it's delicious	정말 맛있어요!
더 주세요	more, please	물 더 주세요.
계산해 주세요	check, please	계산해 주세요.

Grammar — ~아/어 주세요 (please do ~ for me)

Verb stem + 아 주세요 (ㅏ/ㅗ) / 어 주세요 (else). → 추천해 주세요 (please recommend) · 계산해 주세요 (please ring me up).

💡 Studying alone? Add anything confusing to your 📌 Questions for Rok list on your tracker — we'll clear it up in the warm-up.

② DURING — in our session

🔥 Warm-up — review & small talk

요즘 어때요? 주말에 뭐 했어요?
Quick review of last session (numbers & buying)
Go through your Questions for Rok

🗣️ Dialogue — at a restaurant

Who	Korean	English
점원	주문하시겠어요?	Ready to order?
나	뭐 추천해 주세요.	What do you recommend?
점원	비빔밥 어떠세요?	How about bibimbap?
나	좋아요. 맵지 않게 해 주세요.	Great. Not spicy, please.
점원	네, 알겠습니다.	Sure.
나	물 좀 더 주세요. 젓가락도요.	More water, please. Chopsticks too.
나	잘 먹었어요. 계산해 주세요.	That was great. Check, please.

How we run it: read together → you're 나, I'm 점원 → swap → then order a meal you'd actually want, off-script.