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Free sample: polite Korean for a restaurant

A short choose-your-answer comic (PDF) + an MP3 practice track. No sign-up, no email.

Comic page: Alex at a Korean restaurant, choosing between three ways to ask for water
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ZIP = 6-page comic PDF + 1 MP3 + a short how-to.

How it works

Alex is thirsty at a busy Korean restaurant. What is the safest thing to say to the staff?

A) 야, 물 줘! — Hey! Give me water!
B) 저기요, 물 좀 주세요. — Excuse me, could I have some water?
C) 아줌마, 물! — Lady! Water!

Tap your answer in the PDF. The comic shows what happens (wrong answers get a very dramatic, exaggerated result), then a short culture note explains why.

Wrong answer page: the restaurant reacts dramatically Correct answer page: B, 저기요, 물 좀 주세요.

Then practice out loud

  1. Hear the situation in English.
  2. Listen to the Korean line.
  3. Say it during the 4-second pause.
  4. Check yourself with the repeat.

The artwork was made with AI image tools, and the audio uses AI-generated voices (not human recordings).

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