day 27shopping smart

shopping smart

Warn someone with -다가는 (if you keep …, something bad will happen), and read sale notices: limited offers, free gifts, raffles, refunds and guarantees.

today’s words

• 구매자 gumaeja · buyer, purchaser
• 기호 giho · taste, preference
• 선호도 seonhodo · (degree of) preference, popularity
• 만족도 manjokdo · (degree of) satisfaction
• 브랜드 beuraendeu · brand
• 상표 sangpyo · brand, trademark
• 명품 myeongpum · designer goods, luxury item
• 고가품 gogapum · expensive item
• 저가 jeoga · low price, budget
• 제값 jegap · a fair price, the full price
• -가 -ga · -가: price (최고가, 판매가)
• 파격 pagyeok · breaking the rules: unprecedented, huge
• 한정 hanjeong · limit(ed)
• 선착순 seonchaksun · first come, first served
• 사은품 saeunpum · free gift (with a purchase)
• 경품 gyeongpum · prize (in a draw)
• 추첨 chucheom · draw (lots)
• 상품권 sangpumgwon · gift voucher
• 우대 udae · preferential treatment, special terms
• 응모 eungmo · entering (a contest), applying
• 선불 seonbul · payment in advance
• 전액 jeonaek · the full amount
• 불량품 bullyangpum · faulty goods, a defective item
• 하자 haja · defect, flaw
• 보증 bojeung · guarantee, warranty

sentences

• 이렇게 매일 인터넷 쇼핑을 하다가는 비상금까지 다 쓰겠어요. · If I keep shopping online every day like this, I’ll spend even my emergency money.
• 오늘 오전 열 시부터 선착순 백 명에게 생수와 참치 통조림 세트를 사은품으로 드립니다. · From 10 a.m. today, the first hundred customers get a free gift set of bottled water and tinned tuna.
• 요즘 소비자의 기호가 바뀌면서 저가 브랜드의 선호도가 높아졌어요. · As consumer tastes change, cheaper brands have become more popular.
• 구매자 만족도 조사에서 이 상표가 1위를 차지하여 품질의 우수성을 인정받았다. · This brand came first in a customer satisfaction survey, and the excellence of its quality was recognised.
• 불량품은 영수증이 있으면 전액 환불해 드립니다. · Faulty goods are refunded in full with a receipt.