Korean euphemisms?

This is when my studies with the Lonely Planet phrasebook started getting completely out of hand, I think I might have been just short of giggling like a school boy on the train at one point… Not that hysterics is a bad thing for language learning, mind you.

chim pogwanhami issossumyon hanundeyo = I’d like to store my luggage
 
ilbon ch’ulgu = entrance number 1
 
kaduk ch’aewojuseyo = please fill the tank

chuch’a hanunde olmaeyo = how much does it cost to park here

kio sut’ik = gear stick
 
t’yubu = inner tube
 
i-inyong chajon-go = tandem

yubang ekususon sajin = mammogram

sonmurul kyohwan haeyo = to exchange gifts
 
che not’ubugul yon-gyolhalsu innun goshi issoyo = Where can I plug in my laptop?

pulbop ch’imip = illegal entry
 
yogi ch’urip-kumji kuyogi-eyo? = Is this area off limits?
 
ch’oppurul guseyo! = blow out the candle

seryeshik = baptism

yogiso kido haedo dwaeyo? = Can I worship here?

Tags: Humour, Learning vocabulary, Lists, Quotes

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