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Let's Speak Korean 15 -저는 고기를 못 먹어요. I can't eat beef.

(차돌) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:54:57 -0700

불고기 먹으러 갑시다 = Let's go eat Bulgogi (the marinated beef).
불고기 먹으러 가요. = Let's go eat Bulgogi (the marinated beef).
미안해요. 저는 고기를 못 먹어요. = Sorry. I cannot eat meat.

In the first sentence, we use 갑시다 which means "let's go" and 먹으러 갑시다 which means "let's go eat". However, I'd say 갑시다 is rather musculine in tone, rather confirmative and forceful and used usually by adults whereas 가요 is a polite form used by anyone who is talking to older people or anyone in any formal situations.

For example,

the boss of a company could say, 점심 먹으러 갑시다 to all his employee, "let's go eat lunch."
a child may say to his parents, 아빠, 저녁 먹으러 가요!, "let's go eat dinner! Daddy!"

못 is used often and is attached in front of a verb in the spoken form, 못 먹어요 means "I cannot eat"

못 가요 = can't go
못 해요 = can't do
못 먹어요 = can't eat
못 마셔요 = can't drink
못 써요 = can't write
못 들어요 = can't hear
못 봐요 = can't watch

안 is placed in front of a verb in the spoken form, 안 먹어요 means "I don't eat"

안 가요 = don't go
안 해요 = don't do
안 먹어요 = don't eat
안 마셔요 = don't drink
안 써요 = don't write
안 들어요 = don't hear
안 봐요 = don't watch

맥주 한잔 하러 갑시다 = Let's go have a beer (Idiom. Lit. Let's do one glass of beer)
저는 맥주를 못 마셔요 = I can't drink beer
네, 좋아요 = Yes, I'd like to.

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Let's Speak Korean 14 -날씨가 춥지요? The weather is cold, isn't it?

(차돌) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:46:23 -0700

In this lesson, we learn about ~지요 and the formal spoken form, eg. 추워요.

날씨가 정말 춥지요? = The weather is really cold, isn't it?
날씨가 정말 춥죠? = The weather is really cold, isn't it?
네, 정말 추워요. = Yes, it is really cold.

영화가 재미있지요? = The movie is fun, isn't it?
예, 재미있어요 = Yes, it's fun.

Jason and Miriam used the past tense rather than the present tense above. 재미있지요 becomes 재미있었지요. Refer to Adjectives - Present, Past for more information about the past tense of adjectives.

영화가 재미있었지요? = The movie was fun, wasn't it?
예, 너무 재미있었어요 = Yes, it was very fun.

Note: In this past tense, 미있 is contracted to 밌. Therefore, 재미있었지요 is contracted to 재밌었지요? and 재미있었어요 → 재밌었어요

영화가 재밌었지요? = The movie was fun, wasn't it?
예, 너무 재밌었어요 = Yes, it was very fun.

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Let's Speak Korean 13- 떡국을 먹어 봤어요? Have you tried rice cake soup?

(차돌) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:42:41 -0700

about the expression, Try doing - ~해 보다 in this lesson.

떡국을 먹어 봤어요? = Have you tried eating 떡국?
네, 먹어 봤어요. = Yes, I have.
아뇨, 안 먹어 봤어요. = No, I haven't.
아직, 안 먹어 봤어요. = No, I haven't tried it yet.

저기 가 봤어요? = Have you gone there? [= Have you tried going there?]
여기 와 봤어요? = Have you come here? [= Have you tried coming here?]
마셔 봤어요? = Have you tried drinking it?
해 봤어요? = Have you done it?

많이 먹어 봤어요. = I have eaten it many times.

Extra

Written Form

맛있다 = delicious (present)
맛있습니다 = delicious (formal present)
맛있었다 = delicious (past)
맛있었습니다 = delicious (formal past)

Spoken Form

맛있어 = delicious (present)
맛있어요 = delicious (formal present)
맛있었어 = delicious (past)
맛있었어요 = delicious (formal past)

Jason used the formal past form of delicious which is 맛있었어요 to ask Miriam:

맛있었어요? = Was it delicious?

Notes on:
Adjectives - Present, Past
Adjectives - Formal [Present, Past]

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Let's Speak Korean 12 - 오래간만이에요! It's been a long time!

(차돌) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:29:03 -0700

오래간만이에요! = Long time no see!
그 동안 별일 없었어요? = How have you been?

오래 = long (time)
오래간만 = long time since

오래간만 refers to the long time that we haven't seen each other for since we had last met. 오래간만 is treated as a noun and 이에요 is attached after it.(Nouns - Present, Past)

그 = that
동안 = a period, during
별일 = anything special
없다 = there isn't
없었어요 = there wasn't (formal spoken form)

So 그 동안 별일 없었어요? essentially means "During that period wasn't there anything special (that happened to you)?" [= How have you been?/Have you been well?]

네, 별일 없었어요 = Yea. I'm cool [= Yea, no, there wasn't anything special (that happened to me)]
네, 잘 지냈어요 = Yes, I've spent my time well.

Lesson 11- Would you like to go? - 같이 갈래요?

(차돌) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:03:48 -0700

In this lesson, Stephen teaches you how to express your desire to do something with somebody. Also see (Would you like to go? - 갈래요?)

극장에 같이 갈래요? = Would you like to go to the cinema together?
네, 좋아요 = Yes, I'd like to. (most common)

네, 갈래요 = Yes, I will go. (very uncommon)

네, 가고 싶어요 = Yes, I want to go. (fairly uncommon) see (Verbs - Want)

아뇨, 안 갈래요 = No, I won't go.
너무 피곤해요 = I'm very tired

네 = Yes (formal)
아니요 = No (formal)
아뇨 = 아니요's contracted form
어 = Yes (informal)
아니 = No (Informal)

좋다 = like, good
좋아 = like, good (spoken form)
좋아요 = like, good (formal spoken form)
극장 = theatre, cinema
같이 = together
너무 = very
피곤하다 = tired
피곤해요 = tired (formal spoken form)
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