Section 1, Unit 2: Order food and drinks

This unit seems to teach the words of some specific types of Korean foods. In this unit we start with various grammar points. Again, I have used Dynamite kiss for examples if possible. First of all because I really love that show and have watched it so many times, it is easier to find things here. Second of all because I want to mess up your Netflix viewing history as little as possible 😜.

 The vocabulary

Korean	English	Links	Notes
고기	meat	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037602?&t=1225
김치	kimchi	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037594?&t=1104
두부	tofu	https://www.netflix.com/watch/81726590?&t=2277 (Queen of tears)
만두	dumpling	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037596?&t=217
잡채	japchae	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037602?&t=1243
찌개	stew	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037594?&t=1104
뜨거운	hot	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037599?&t=2382	Here hot is used to describe how someone with a fever feels.
뜨거운	hot	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037601?&t=290	Here we see that hot can be used to describe a welcome.
맛있는	delicious	https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037595?&t=535

Grammar Point: Ending with 요

Korean is a very polite language so in most contexts you end sentences with 요 to show the other person respect. I will do a blogpost about the causal speech, 요 and formal speech later. 

Grammar Point: 예요 (and 이에요)

예요 and 이에요 are how you use the English verb "To be" in the intrinsic meaning or belonging to a category way. You can read about this in Talk to me in Korean book 1, lesson 5. 

Here are 3 uses of the English "to be " but only one is translated to 예요 and 이에요 in Korean:

٧ I am a doctor (YES! This is something about you intrinsicly)

᥊ I am smart (No, This is a description. In Korean adjectives are treated as verbs. We will get to this in a later unit)

᥊ I am at home (No, this says something about your location. Also a later unit)

In Korean the verb comes at the end just before the 요 so if we wanted to translate "I eat tofu", the Korean word order would be "I tofu eat". "I" is the subject, "tofu" is the object and "eat" is the verb. 

The Korean word orders is: 

subject + object + verb 

How to chose between 예 and 이에요

If the word(noun) before ends in a vowel, use 예.

If the word(noun) before ends in a consonant, use 이에요.

Example 예

두부예요 = "It is tofu" "It" is not necessary in Korean, but is required in English so we insert it in the English translation

Example 예

다림 씨예요

It is Darim ssi. 

https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037602?&t=190

Example 이에요

물이에요 = "It is water"

Example 이에요

병원이에요?

Is it the hospital?

https://www.netflix.com/watch/82037599?&t=178

I realize that 이에요 is first introduced in the next unit, but I chose to describe 예 and 이에요 together here because they are easier to describe together.

Grammar Point: Giving a noun a description

Duolingo starts of by using words like "delicious meat" = 맛있는 고기. Delicious (맛있다) and Hot (뜨겁다) are descriptive verbs that we will get to later. 

Here just notice that this type of word ends with 는, 운 or just ㄴ and come before whatever they describe, same as in English. Also note that saying "delicious meat" is not the same as saying "the meat is delicious".