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SurvivalPhrasesS1#14
KoreanRestaurantPart3:Delicious!
CONTENTS
Dialogue-Korean
Main
English
Romanization
Vocabulary
Samplesentences
Grammar
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Culturalinsight
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KOREANCLASS101.COM SURVIVAL PHRASES S1 #14 1
DIALOGUE-KOREAN
MAIN
1. 맛있어요.
2. 뭐가맛있어요?
ENGLISH
1. Delicious.
2. Whatdoyourecommend?orWhat'sdelicious?
ROMANIZATION
1. Masisseoyo.
2. Mwogamasisseoyo?
VOCABULARY
Hangul Romanization English Class
뭐 mwo what adjective
맛있다 masitta tobedelicious verb
이거 igeo this,thisone adjective
뭐예요? mwo-yeyo Whatisit?What? expression
이 i this determiner
찌개 jjigae stew,soup noun
SAMPLESENTENCES
이건뭐예요? 네역할은뭐야?
Igeonmwo-yeyo? Neyeokhareunmwoya?
"Whatisthis?" "What'syourrole?"
와...맛있겠다! 이찌개는맛있어요.
wa...masikketta! ijjigaeneunmasisseoyo.
"Wow...looksdelicious!" "Thisstewisdelicious."
Kimchi,galbi,bulgogi,bibimbap,kimchijjigae,pajeon...mmm!Ifyouhaven'theardofanyofthese,they
aresomepopularKoreandishes.Andifyou'rereallyintoKoreanfood,youknowhowdelicioussomeof
thesedishesare.YoucanexpresshowdeliciousyouthinkKoreanfoodisbysaying맛있어요"
(massisseoyo).Thistranslatesinto"delicious"or"tasty."Therearefoursyllables.Thefirstthreesyllables
areinterconnectedandyoucan'treallybreakthemdownintosyllableswhenyouspeakthem.
NowthatwecanexpresshowdeliciousKoreanfoodis,wecannowaskpeoplewhattheyrecommend,or
rather,whattheythinkisdelicious.Thisphrasehereis뭐가맛있어요"(mwo-gamassisseoyo).Thefirst
syllableofthephrase,mwo,means"what."Gafollows,andthatisasubjectmarker.Thelastpartis
massisseoyo,oraswe'vecovered,"delicious."Thephraseweliterallyhavehereis"what,delicious."We
caninterpretthisas"Whatisdelicious?"oraswesayinEnglish,"Whatdoyourecommend?"
IfyouaskaKoreanthisquestion,kimchimayverylikelybenumberoneonhisorherlist.Checkoutmore
onKoreansandkimchiinQuickTip#1.
CULTURALINSIGHT
QuickTip#1:WhattheHeckIsKimchi?
Let'ssayyouobserveaKoreancoupleeatinganelegantmealatoneofthefinestrestaurantsinSeoul.
They'veorderedsomeofthefatteststeaksonthemenu.It'soneofthejuicieststeaksyou'veeverseen,
andyou'reenvious.Theyreallyseemtobeenjoyingtheirmeal,buttheystartcomplaininginthemiddle
ofit.Theywantsomekimchi!