Paying and Exchange
Ask whether a shop takes cards or cash, and request an exchange or refund using your receipt.
카드 돼요?: review, now at checkout
You met 카드 돼요? back in Numbers & Time when learning about prices — it still means 'can I pay by card?' Almost every shop and even most street stalls in Korea take cards, but it's worth confirming before you order. If a place is cash-only, you'll hear 현금 (cash) in the reply.
The same phrase from before — cards work almost everywhere in Korea, but small markets and some food stalls are still cash-only, so it's a handy check.
현금 means 'cash,' and 계산하다 ('to pay/calculate') is the same verb from 계산해 주세요 you learned for asking for the bill at a restaurant.
~해 주세요, now for exchanges and refunds
This is the same ~ 주세요 request pattern you already know — just attached to new verbs. 교환하다 (to exchange) + 주세요 = 교환해 주세요 ('please exchange this'). 환불하다 (to refund) + 주세요 = 환불해 주세요 ('please refund this'). Same building blocks, new situation.
Say this when you want a different size or color of the same item, not your money back.
Use this when you want your money back instead of a different item. Both this and 교환해 주세요 almost always require your receipt.
영수증 있어요?: the receipt check
Without a receipt (영수증), most Korean shops won't accept an exchange or refund — it's how they confirm you actually bought the item there. Clerks will usually ask you first: 영수증 있어요? ('do you have the receipt?'). Keep receipts until you're sure you're keeping the item.
Note the exact form: 영수증 있어요? — one 요 at the end, not two. This is what a clerk asks you before processing an exchange or refund.
Returning an item at a store
Say it out loud
Listen, then repeat aloud. Matching the rhythm matters more than perfection.