Korean phrases / Everyday Korean
이번 주에 이사 도와줄 수 있어? / 손 좀 빌려줘
i-beon ju-e i-sa do-wa-jul su it-seo? / son jom bil-lyeo-jwo
“Can you help me move this week? / Lend me a hand”
🏷️ Daily conversationTextbook vs Real
Textbook이사하는 것을 도와주시겠습니까?i-sa-ha-neun geot-eul do-wa-ju-si-get-seum-ni-kka?
Real이번 주에 이사 도와줄 수 있어? / 손 좀 빌려줘i-beon ju-e i-sa do-wa-jul su it-seo? / son jom bil-lyeo-jwo
Why Koreans say it this way
손 빌려주다 (lend a hand) is the same idiom in Korean! When friends help you move, you MUST buy them 치킨 (chicken) and 맥주 (beer) after. This is the unwritten Korean moving-day law.
Situation: favors