Korean Field — Lesson 6
Author: 106501054 Dino 謝銘鴻
I am a NCCU student and now studying Introduction to Language Learning. In this semester, my group and I are going to learn Korean, aiming to be able to have basic conversation with native speakers in the end of this semester. Details and processes of my learning will be recorded in this website, Korean Fields. Welcome!
In lesson 6, I have learnt vocabulary about having a meal in a Korean restaurant.
Below are the vocabulary.
어서 오세요 — welcome
종업원 — employee
손님 — customer
드시다 — eat (with honorific title)
오렌지주스 — orange juice
있다 /없다 — have / do not have
녹차 — green tea
커피 — coffee
죄송하다 — sorry
주다 — give
Let’s read the conversation below.
A: 어서 오세요. 뭘 드시겠어요? — Welcome, what would you like to have?
B: 오렌지주스 있어요? — Do you have orange juice?
A: 죄송합니다. 오렌지주스 없어요. — Sorry, there is no orange juice.
B: 녹차 있어요? — How about green tea?
A: 죄송해요. 녹차도 없어요. — Sorry, we don’t have green tea, either.
B: 그럼, 커피 주세요. — Well, please give me coffee.
A: 네, 알겠습니다. — Sure.
Grammar — Have
있다 /없다 are words for describing the status of “having / not having.” They can be used as the example below.
여자친구 있어요? — Do you have a girlfriend?
여자친구 있어요. — I have a girlfriend.
한국어 잭 있어요? — Do you have a Korean book?
한국어 잭 없어요. — I don’t have a Korean book.
It should be noted that the intonation decides whether this sentence is an affirmative or an interrogative sentence. Also, the placement of 있 and 없 determines whether this sentence means “having” or “not having.”
The nouns of these sentences can be replaced by other nouns. For example,
한국인 칙구 — Korean friend
티슈 — tissue
껌 — chewing gum
노트북 — personal computer
With the knowledge learnt in this lesson, I am able to order food in a restaurant, and to describe the status of having to my Korean friends.
