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먹다 (to eat)

A man eats a slice of bread at a breakfast table, with a glass of milk.
먹다[먹따] meok-ttato eat

Sound tip — written 먹다, sounds like [먹따]. After the batchim (bottom consonant) ㄱ, ㄷ becomes a tense ㄸ.

Build it up — listen and repeat

  1. 먹다to eat
    meok-tta
  2. 먹어요eat (polite, everyday)
    meo-geo-yo
  3. 빵을 먹어요eat bread
    ppang-eul meo-geo-yo
  4. 아침에 빵을 먹어요eat bread in the morning
    a-chi-me ppang-eul meo-geo-yo
  5. 저는 아침에 빵을 먹어요.I eat bread in the morning.
    jeo-neun a-chi-me ppang-eul meo-geo-yo.

Your turn

How do you say “I eat bread” in Korean?

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빵을 먹어요. ppang-eul meo-geo-yo.

Situation talk

A점심 먹었어요?jeom-sim meo-geo-sseo-yo?Did you have lunch?

B네, 김밥 먹었어요.ne, gim-ppap meo-geo-sseo-yo.Yes, I had gimbap.

"점심 먹었어요?" is also a friendly greeting in Korea.

Word list: National Institute of Korean Language, “Korean Learning Vocabulary List” (2003, KOGL Type 1). Examples and explanations by WordBob. · More words

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