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Level 1 Lesson 12 / it’s delicious, it tastes awful, thank you for the food / 맛있어요, 맛없어요, 잘 먹겠습니다, 잘 먹었습니다
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안녕하세요! In this TTMIK lesson, we are going to have a look at how to say “It’s delicious.” “It tastes awful.” and how to say thanks for food before and after a meal. The expression 잘 먹겠습니다 [jal meok-ge-sseum-ni-da] is an expression that is very commonly used among Koreans before a meal, and it has some other hidden purposes as well. Listen in to find out! And be sure to check out the free PDF lesson notes! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us in the comment! 감사합니다.
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안녕하세요!
진석 선생님 정말 고마워요!
한우 먹고 싶어요 하지만 돈 없어요!ㅋㅋ..
I have noticed that James called Kyeongeun ‘noona’.. It means older sister right?
P.S. Kyeongeun is older than James..? By hearing James’ voice, I thought he is older than Kyeongeun..lol.. =]
I’ve noticed that James called Kyeongeun ‘noona’.. It means older sister right?
P.S. Kyeongeun is older than James..? By hearing his voice, I thought James is older than Kyeongeun..lol.. =]
Yup! It means older sister (only said by males) and it can be used for close friends as well (older female friends of males that is).
I like kimbap too (^_^)
안녕하세요~^^
피자 맛있어요.
브로콜리 맛있어요.
토마토 맛없어요 ㅠㅠ
감사합니다!^^
I am an American and I wouldn’t eat if the person I went to breakfast/lunch/dinner with food didn’t come because it is so weird eating by yourself in public. I always wait until the person I came with have recieve their food as well as me. Oh and I love TTMIK.com, it’s such a good website and I am going through the lessons in no time. Except I did get stuck on “Level 1, Lesson 9″ because learning about the “Topic Markting Particles and Subject Markting Particles” were a bit tricky. But keep up the good work with this website and teaching thousands how to speak Korean and also just adding a little humor in it. I want to try Kimbap because it looks so good, but my father is like no seeweed is allowed in this house and you know I had it before, seeweed that is. And I think it’s pretty yummy and just wanting to try it with Kimbap. My Appa get’s annoyed when I talk about Korean this and Korean that and I don’t know why, I just love everything about Korea. It’s history, language, music, everything. But yeah 감사합니다.
Another lunchtime helper!!
(Very) brief lunchtime dialogue:
*goes through lunchline*
“잘 먹겠어요!” *sits down*
“이 식사가 맛있어요!” *eats and gets up to leave*
“잘 먹었어요!” *leaves*
Hi James! What’s the difference between “잘 먹겠어요” and “잘 먹겠습니다”? I’m confused >.<
감사합니다!
thank you so much for adding these..
i am from u.s and live in u.s and when i go to breakfast/brunch/lunch/or dinner
with friends or family i NEVER eat before they get their food.. we always eat together
but i guess it all depends on how they were raised. my mother always said to me its good manners to eat at the same time with the people that accompany you but i do have friends that dont really care ^^
anyway thank you so much for making these lesson’s its so easy and very clear thank you thank you ^^
much love from PHOENIX ARIZONA US :]
비지 맛있어요!!!
You guys are really great teachers and always sound like you’re having fun! I’m learning a lot from all the lessons.
On the point that Americans don’t wait for everyone to get their food before eating, I think any with manners would. It might not be as culturally recognized as in Korea but it’s still considered polite.
삼겹살 맛있어요!
Had it once in the Korean restaurant Arirang in Stockholm.
It was so delicious!! ^^ Too bad that place is so expensive, otherwise I’d eat there more often.
I was wondering why is it that the letter shiot is for “S” but sometimes makes a “T” sound or an “Sh” sound. For instance in “mas-iss-eo-yo” the first S makes an Sh sound but in “mas” by itself it sounds like mat. Like why doesn’t it have tieut at the end instead of shiot?? How do you know when to make the S, Sh, or T sound when you see the letter shiot in a word??
Hi Courney,
Although the pronounciation of “ㅅ” sounds like [s] in most of the cases but according to its position, it sounds different.
At the end of a word or before a consonant, all Korean consonants are pronounced without releasing air and as a result, the sound changes. For the ㅅ sound, it turns to a ㄷ (t) sound because you are not releasing any air when finishing the word. For example, 옷 (ot) is pronounced with the “t/d” sound because your tongue is kind of trapped between your teeth when you’re finished!! It’s really hard to not release any air when saying the ㅅ sound, so the t/d sound (ㄷ) is used to ease pronunciation. There are a number of consonants that change sounds at the end of a word, so please refer to this chart: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/smorriskc/FinalChart.png
Concerning the [sh] sounds, I guess it happend because we have used different hearing ear for a long time. It sounds like [s] to me.
Thanks for your comment.
If you have any more questions, please ask!!
bibimbap neomu neomu masisseoyo!
is 맛이있어요 acceptable as well or only 맛있어요 is acceptable?I just want to clarify. Thanks a lot =)
Hi Jorey,
Yeah, it will be no problem if you say “맛이 있어요”, but we don’t often say it.
I understand the lesson in 5 minutes
It’s very easy
감사합니다! (^^)
kopi masisseoyo!! :) yum yum!!
Ahhhhhhh great lesson. You guys make it very easy… I see I am a couple years behind though, hopefully I can catch up soon, thanks!!
Hello,
If you were at a friends house for a meal, and their mom was feeding you a meal, would you use these same expressions? Or are these phrases usually only used if you were at a restaurant where someone is paying?
Thank you very much!
yea, you can use 잘 먹겠습니다[jal meok-ge-sseum-ni-da] in both situations.
but it would be more friendly to speak 잘 먹을게[ jal meo-geul-ge] to your friends. ^ㅡ^
Thanks a lot for this lesson! Everything you guys are covering are so useful for beginners. I like how the lessons progress, too :D And as for bulgogi and samgyupsal.. I do think they are delicious BUT I’m a vegan now so I don’t eat meat anymore :P It’s pretty challenging to enjoy Korean cuisine as a vegan but I still love the culture!
Thanks for all these lessons!!
두유 맛있어요!
Here we learned that it’s delicious is “massisoyo”, but I often heard “massikeda”..
What’s the difference? Is it in the degree of politeness?
Yes. Mashikeda is more formal and polite compared to mashisseoyo :)
On 3/8/10, Courtney posted part of what I wanted to say, which was that it is in fact considered rude in the U.S. to start eating before everyone’s food has arrived, so watch out!! People won’t so much get offended as they will just think you have no manners.
Probably the reason people think this isn’t the case is that many younger people don’t practice this custom in casual settings, though nearly all of them still know enough to wait in a nice restaurant or when they’re a guest in someone’s home.
The custom, particularly in a casual setting, when food is arriving sporadically, is for the people who do *not* have their food to tell the people who *do* have their food, “Please, go ahead and eat. Don’t wait, your food will get cold.” Either the other person will say, “Oh, no, I’ll wait,” or they’ll say, “Are you sure?” in which case the first person will say, “Of course!” Then the people with food are welcome to begin.
In general, *any* person whose food hasn’t arrived has the right to initialize this dialog, and none of the other people who have no food really have any right to object. Even in nice restaurants, it is considered polite to give fellow diners the option to go ahead, but in a nice restaurant, the other diner is more likely to decline the invitation out of a desire to be polite.
If you are a guest in someone’s home, the only person who really has the right to tell you to go ahead is the person who cooked the meal and is serving.
Hi..! I have the same question as Jessica. I would also love to know the difference with regards to her question. I also often hear ‘masitda’ or ‘neomu masitda’ to express that it’s very delicious.
Mashida is more formal and polite than mashisseoyo.
Mashida is more formal and polite than mashisseoyo ;)
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