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밥: Vocabulary #497

Example Sentences#

  1. 먹으러 와서 떡볶이만 먹을 거야?1
    You came here for a meal, and you’re just going to have tteokbokki?
    • literally means ‘cooked rice’, but is often used to refer to a meal in general.
  2. 너 진짜 안 먹고 사는 거 아니야?1
    Are you really living without eating proper meals?
    • literally means ‘cooked rice’, but is often used to refer to a meal in general.
  3. 해진: 좋아, 그럼 떡볶이 덜 맵게 하나, 불고기 하나, 그리고 밥도 추가하자.1
    Haejin: Alright, so one less spicy tteokbokki, one bulgogi, and let’s add some rice too.
    • means ‘cooked rice’, but is often used to refer to a meal in general.
    • is a particle meaning ‘also’ or ‘too’.
  4. 유나: 응, 난 밥이랑 불고기 먹을게.1
    Yuna: Yep, I’ll have rice and bulgogi.
    • means ‘cooked rice’, but is often used to refer to a meal in general.
    • 이랑 is a particle meaning ‘and’ or ‘with’, used to connect nouns in informal speech.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from What Is On The Menu Tonight. 2 3 4

밥: Vocabulary #497
https://koreanstorylab.com/posts/vocabulary/밥/
Author
Korean Story Lab
Published at
2026-03-19
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