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I feel like some Korean food.

Hi everyone! I added a search option yesterday so you can search other Korean teaching websites. It searches only seven websites at the moment including mine but I will add more as I find them. Hope you find it useful. :) Today, let's learn how to express your wish. I feel like hot Korean food. 매운 한국 음식 먹고 싶어요. 매운, mae-un, hot 한국, han-guk, Korea 음식, em-sik, food 먹고, mok-go, eat 싶어요, si-po-yo, want to do something 매운 한국 음식 먹고 싶어요. mae-un han-guk em-sik mok-go si-po-yo. Korean food is famous for its spicy taste. If you have tried " 불닭, bul-dak " you will see what I mean. :) A few more expressions that describe tastes are: 짠, jjan, salty 단, dan, sweet 담백한, dam-back-han, lean 기름진, gi-rum-jin, greasy 시원한, si-won-gan, cold 따뜻한, dda-ddut-han, hot A word for action followed by 싶어요 means you would like to do something. 자고(ja-go) 싶어요. I would like to sleep. 가고(ga-go) 싶어요. I would like to go. 만나고(man-na-go) 싶어요. I would like to meet. If you want to ask someone's wish, it is simp...

Let's have some food.

I was thinking about this week's theme and I thought why not talk about food! Yep, it is a ground breaking idea-- Not. ;) Is there anyone who doesn't like food? I love food. Korean, Japanese, Thai, Indian, Greek, American, Brazilian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Mediterranean, Chinese of course, Spanish, you name it. Anyway, let's learn how to suggest someone to eat. 뭐 좀 먹을래요? Would you like to have some food? 뭐, mo, what 좀, chom, little bit 먹을래요?, mo-gul-le-yo?, eat? 뭐 좀 먹을래요? mo chom mo-gul-le-yo? First of all, I think I need to mention that in Korean, we tend to omit a subject from the sentence when it is obvious. Actually, it sounds a bit awkward if I try to add a word for "you" to this sentence. But it is OK if you use a title. For example, "선생님, 뭐 좀 먹을래요?" or "학생, 뭐 좀 먹을래요?" 선생님, sun-saeng-nim, teacher 학생, hak-saeng, student 좀, chom, is commonly used just like we use a lot of "a bit" or "a little bit", in English sentences. ...