Example Sentences#

1. 이번엔 좀 색다르게 놀아보자.¹
   Let’s try to do something a bit different this time.

   • 놀다 means ‘to play’ or ‘to have fun’.
   • -아 보다 is used to indicate that one attempts or tests the action described in the preceding statement, meaning ‘to try doing something’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

2. 우리가 번갈아 가며 하나씩 먹자.²
   Let’s take turns eating one at a time.

   • 먹다 means ‘to eat’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

3. 해진: 나도 떡볶이 좋아하지만, 불고기도 먹자.³
   Haejin: I like tteokbokki too, but let’s eat bulgogi as well.

   • 먹다 means ‘to eat’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

4. 자전거 타고 나서 치맥 먹자.¹
   Let’s have some after biking.

   • 먹다 means ‘to eat’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

5. 불고기 먹자.³
   Let’s eat bulgogi.

   • 먹다 means ‘to eat’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

6. 민준: 오케이, 그럼 이번 주말엔 한강에서 자전거 타고 치맥 먹는 걸로!¹
   Minjun: Okay, then this weekend, let’s ride bikes at the Han River and have chicken and beer!

   • 걸로 is a contraction of 것으로, where 것 (thing) is a bound noun used with a modifier to nominalize the preceding clause, and the particle -으로 indicates method or means, marking a decision in this context. The verb 하다 (to do) and the propositive ending -자 (let’s) are implied but omitted in this casual, shortened form.
   • Together, the full expression -는 걸로 하자 means ‘Let’s do it this way’ or ‘Let’s decide on this’.

7. 해진: 그럼 떡볶이랑 불고기 둘 다 시키자.³
   Haejin: Then let’s order both tteokbokki and bulgogi.

   • 시키다 means ‘to order’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

8. 도윤: 서준은 매운 거 좋아하지만, 우리를 위해 덜 맵게 시키자.³
   Doyoon: Seojun likes spicy food, but let’s order it less spicy for the rest of us.

   • 시키다 means ‘to order’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

9. 해진: 좋아, 그럼 떡볶이 덜 맵게 하나, 불고기 하나, 그리고 밥도 추가하자.³
   Haejin: Alright, so one less spicy tteokbokki, one bulgogi, and let’s add some rice too.

   • 추가하다 means ‘to add’.
   • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.

10. 도윤: 좋아, 그럼 이제 주문하자.³
    Doyoon: Perfect, let’s order then.

    • 주문하다 means ‘to order’.
    • -자 is an informal sentence ending used to suggest, propose, or encourage an action, often translated as ‘let’s’.