day 21what’s for dinner?
unit 4 · home & tablewhat’s for dinner?
Talk about meals, eating habits and Korean staple foods, and count food with 끼, 모금 and 토막.
today’s words
- 끼니 kkini · meal, mealtime
- 진지 jinji · meal (honorific)
- 식생활 siksaenghwal · eating habits, diet
- 식성 sikseong · taste in food, food preferences
- 의식주 uisikju · food, clothing and shelter
- 주식 jusik · staple food
- 육류 yungnyu · meat (as a food group)
- 한우 hanu · hanu, Korean beef
- 참치 chamchi · tuna
- 찹쌀 chapssal · glutinous (sticky) rice
- 팥 pat · red beans, adzuki beans
- 대추 daechu · jujube (red date)
- 미역 miyeok · miyeok, seaweed (for soup)
- 면 myeon · noodles
- 순대 sundae · sundae, Korean blood sausage
- 빙수 bingsu · bingsu, shaved-ice dessert
- 통조림 tongjorim · tinned food, a can of food
- 탄산음료 tansaneumnyo · fizzy drink, soda
- 생수 saengsu · bottled (mineral) water
- 생- saeng- · 생-: raw, fresh (생고기)
- 토막 tomak · piece, chunk (생선 한 토막)
- 모금 mogeum · mouthful, sip (물 한 모금)
- 출출하다 chulchulhada · a bit peckish
- 꼬르륵 kkoreureuk · rumble (of an empty stomach)
- 꼭꼭 kkokkkok · (chew) well; firmly, tightly
sentences
- 지난주에는 바빠서 끼니를 제때 못 챙겼어요. · Last week I was so busy I couldn’t eat at proper mealtimes.
- 한국 사람들의 주식은 밥이에요. · Rice is Koreans’ staple food.
- 요즘은 육류보다 생선을 더 좋아하는 식성으로 바뀌었어요. · My tastes have changed: these days I like fish more than meat.
- 식사하기에 앞서 물을 한두 모금 마시면 좋습니다. · It’s good to drink a sip or two of water before a meal.
- 밤늦게 출출해서 순대를 사 먹었어요. · I felt a bit peckish late at night, so I bought some sundae.