Could you do me a favor? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

The sentence 저에게 부탁 하나 들어 주실 수 있어요? can be broken down as follows:

• 저에게 (jeo-e-ge): This means “to me” or “for me.” The particle 에게 marks the indirect object, and 저 is the humble form for “I.”

• 부탁 하나 (butak hana): Here, 부탁 means “favor” or “request,” and 하나 means “one.” Together, they imply “a favor.”

• 들어 주실 (deureo jusil): This comes from the verb 들어주다, which means “to do (a favor for someone).” The ending 주실 is an honorific form indicating that you are politely asking someone of higher or equal status to do something.

• 수 있어요? (su isseoyo?): Literally translates to “is there a possibility?” or “can you…” This part uses the construction 수 있다 to indicate ability or possibility in a polite question form.

Tips to remember:
• Note that 에게 is used to mark the person for whom the favor is being done.
• Remember that adding 하나 after a noun indicates “one” or “a single instance” of something.
• The verb 들어주다 is commonly used to express doing someone a favor, and switching it to its honorific form (들어 주실) is customary in formal or polite requests.
• Using 수 있다 after the honorific verb form creates a polite inquiry about the possibility of the action.

Alternate ways to say “Could you do me a favor?” in Korean:

• 저한테 부탁 좀 들어 주실래요? (jeo-hante butak jom deureo jusillaeyo?)
• 저에게 부탁 하나만 들어 주시겠어요? (jeo-ege butak hanaman deureo jusigesseoyo?)
• 부탁 좀 들어줄 수 있을까요? (butak jom deureojul su isseulkkayo?)

Each of these maintains a polite tone and varies slightly in wording while conveying the same request.

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