한KOREAN3001Intermediate 1

Intermediate 1 · Lesson 27

Decline a request politely

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Lesson information & display

Planning guide: about 30 min · Progress by understanding and practice, not by the clock.

Completion records the activities you finished. It is not a pronunciation score or a Korean proficiency certificate.

Unit contents
Relationships and cultural differences
25Explain different expectations26Apologize while separating intention and impact27Decline a request politely28Set a boundary around personal questions29Check whether a misunderstanding is resolved30Work through differences in conversation
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Learn the expressions

Attach -기는 어렵겠어요 to a verb stem to decline in a considerate but clear way: 보내기는 어렵겠어요, 돕기는 어렵겠어요. Here it softens how you state the difficulty, not whether you have agreed.

Situation or formKorean expression
오늘 전체 자료 보내기오늘 전체 자료를 보내기는 어렵겠어요.
이번 주에 돕기이번 주에 돕기는 어렵겠어요.
가능한 다른 행동대신 내일 목차를 보내 드릴게요.
대안을 약속하지 않음지금은 다른 방법도 약속하기 어렵겠어요.

When the full document today is not possible but its contents list tomorrow is, separate the refusal and the alternative. A contents list is not the full document. No alternative is required when none is available.