How to Ask for a Spanish Audio Guide in Korean
Learn to ask 'Do you have an audio guide in Spanish?' in Korean, understand rental vocabulary, and tell audio guides apart from guided tours.
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If you want to explore a Korean museum or palace at your own pace, the audio guide is your friend. In this lesson you will learn the exact Korean sentence for asking whether a Spanish-language audio guide is available, plus the words for renting one and for a live guided tour. Korean has no articles like 'a' or 'the', and no plural ending is needed after a number, so the phrases are shorter than their English translations. Focus on the polite -yo endings; they work in almost every public setting.
By the end, you can…
- ask whether a Spanish-language audio guide is available.
- understand and use basic rental vocabulary at a ticket desk.
- distinguish an audio guide from a guided tour in Korean.
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스페인어 오디오 가이드 있어요?
Do you have an audio guide in Spanish?
seu-pe-in-eo o-di-o ga-i-deu i-sseo-yo?
The core question. 스페인어 means 'Spanish (language)'; 있어요? is the polite 'is there / do you have?'. No article or plural marker is needed.
오디오 가이드 대여해 주세요.
Please rent me an audio guide.
o-di-o ga-i-deu dae-yeo-hae ju-se-yo
대여 means 'rental'. Use this when you have decided to rent and want to make the request politely.
한국어 가이드도 있어요?
Do you also have a Korean guide?
han-guk-eo ga-i-deu-do i-sseo-yo?
Swap the language name to ask about any language. 도 means 'also/too'.
가이드 투어는 몇 시에 시작해요?
What time does the guided tour start?
ga-i-deu tu-eo-neun myeot si-e si-jak-hae-yo?
가이드 투어 is a live guided tour, different from a self-paced audio guide. 몇 시에 means 'at what time'.
대여료가 얼마예요?
How much is the rental fee?
dae-yeo-ryo-ga eol-ma-ye-yo?
대여료 is the rental fee. 얼마예요? is the standard polite way to ask a price.
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Useful pattern
The pattern '[language] + 오디오 가이드 있어요?' lets you ask about any language: 영어 오디오 가이드 있어요? (English audio guide), 일본어 오디오 가이드 있어요? (Japanese audio guide). Language names ending in -어 (스페인어, 영어, 일본어) are the ones used for spoken languages. If you want to be more formal, change 있어요? to 있습니까? (i-sseum-ni-kka?), which is common in announcements and at some ticket counters.
When to use it
Use these phrases at ticket desks, information counters, or audio-guide booths in museums, palaces and galleries. Ask 스페인어 오디오 가이드 있어요? first; if the answer is yes, say 오디오 가이드 대여해 주세요. If you would rather join a live tour, ask 가이드 투어는 몇 시에 시작해요? Remember that an audio guide is a device you carry, while a guided tour is led by a person, so the two questions lead to different counters.
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안녕하세요. 스페인어 오디오 가이드 있어요?
Hello. Do you have an audio guide in Spanish?an-nyeong-ha-se-yo. seu-pe-in-eo o-di-o ga-i-deu i-sseo-yo?네, 있어요. 여권이나 신분증을 보여 주세요.
Yes, we do. Please show your passport or ID.ne, i-sseo-yo. yeo-gwon-i-na sin-bun-jeung-eul bo-yeo ju-se-yo.여기 있어요. 대여료가 얼마예요?
Here it is. How much is the rental fee?yeo-gi i-sseo-yo. dae-yeo-ryo-ga eol-ma-ye-yo?삼천 원이에요. 두 시간 안에 반납해 주세요.
It's 3,000 won. Please return it within two hours.sam-cheon wo-ni-e-yo. du si-gan a-ne ban-na-pae ju-se-yo.A little context goes a long way
In Korea, 있어요? is polite and perfectly fine with staff, but dropping it for a bare noun can sound abrupt. Many major museums offer audio guides in several languages, yet Spanish is not always available, so it is natural to ask 한국어 가이드도 있어요? as a fallback. Rental usually requires an ID deposit, and 반납 (return) by a set time is standard.
One thing to watch for
Adding an article or plural ending from English, as in 스페인어 오디오 가이드가 하나 있어요? or 스페인어 오디오 가이드들 있어요?
Try this instead: Korean does not need 'a' or a plural -들 here. Say simply 스페인어 오디오 가이드 있어요? The topic particle 는 or 이/가 is optional and often omitted in speech. If you want to stress 'one', use 한 개 (han gae): 스페인어 오디오 가이드 한 개 있어요?
Your turn
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1How do you ask whether a Spanish audio guide is available?
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스페인어 오디오 가이드 있어요?
This uses the language name plus 오디오 가이드 and the polite question 있어요? No article or plural marker is needed. 스페인어 오디오 가이드 있습니까? is also correct in more formal settings.
2You want to rent the audio guide. What do you say?
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오디오 가이드 대여해 주세요.
대여 means 'rental' and -해 주세요 makes a polite request. 오디오 가이드 빌려 주세요 is also understandable, though 대여 is the term you will see on signs.
3What is the difference between 오디오 가이드 and 가이드 투어?
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오디오 가이드 is a device you carry and listen to at your own pace; 가이드 투어 is a live tour led by a person.
The distinction matters because they are usually arranged at different counters. To ask about a live tour's start time, say 가이드 투어는 몇 시에 시작해요?
Ask 스페인어 오디오 가이드 있어요? first, then say 오디오 가이드 대여해 주세요 to rent it, and remember that 가이드 투어 means a live guided tour, not the device.
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