Lunch and dinner
Someone asks what you're eating for lunch and you just point at it and grunt — a real, avoidable tragedy. Two words fix your entire day: 점심 and 저녁.
Feed me the wordsThe words — Lunch and dinner
Hilal is visiting for one day and has already turned it into a full meal schedule. Let's learn the words before he eats everything.
Meaninglunch
힐랄이 열두 시에 점심을 먹어요.
Hilal eats lunch at twelve o'clock.
Meaningdinner
힐랄이 저녁에 밥을 먹어요. 그리고 케이크도 먹어요.
Hilal eats rice for dinner. And cake too.
Meaningkimchi
힐랄이 점심에 김치를 먹어요.
Hilal eats kimchi for lunch.
Meaningcooks
지자가 저녁을 요리해요. 힐랄이 먹어요.
Zeeza cooks dinner. Hilal eats.
Meaningrice / meal
사마가 매일 밥을 먹어요.
Sama eats rice every day.
The scene — Lunch and dinner
Nujoom made a chart. A chart. For lunch. Zeeza and Sama did not ask for a chart.
- 두 시에 점심을 먹어요! 시간 정했어요.We eat lunch at two o'clock! It's official, I decided the time.
- 저는 점심에 김치 먹어요.I'm having kimchi for lunch.
- 누줌, 차트는 이제 그만해요.Nujoom, enough with the chart now.
- 아니요! 저녁도 있어요!No! There's dinner too!
- 저는 그냥 밥 먹어요. 차트 없이요.I'm just having a meal. No chart required.
The idea — Lunch and dinner
밥 (bap) means both 'cooked rice' and 'a meal' — and 을/를 marks the thing you eat, like in 점심을 먹어요 (I eat lunch).
Next time someone asks what's for lunch or dinner, you can just answer — no translating in your head first.
Questions about Lunch and dinner
How do you say 'lunch' in Korean?
Lunch in Korean is 점심 (jeomsim), as in 힐랄이 열두 시에 점심을 먹어요 (Hilal eats lunch at twelve o'clock).
How do you say 'dinner' in Korean?
Dinner in Korean is 저녁 (jeonyeok), as in 힐랄이 저녁에 밥을 먹어요 (Hilal eats rice for dinner).
What does 밥 (bap) mean in Korean?
밥 (bap) means both 'cooked rice' and 'a meal' in general.
How do you say 'kimchi' in Korean?
Kimchi in Korean is 김치 (gimchi), as in 힐랄이 점심에 김치를 먹어요 (Hilal eats kimchi for lunch).
What does the particle 을/를 do in Korean sentences?
The particle 을/를 marks the thing you eat or act on, as in 점심을 먹어요 (I eat lunch).
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