Korean for English speakers Beach · Lesson 0

Hot weather and strawberry icecream

Korean weather small talk — 오늘 날씨가 어때요? (How's the weather today?) — with the verb 어때요.

Conversation

  1. Rocky Rocky

    오늘 날씨가 어때요?

    Oneul nalssiga eottaeyo?

    How's the weather today?

    Tip: <오늘> = today <날씨> = weather <N이/가 어때요?> = formal way to say "How is/are N?"

  2. Muri Muri

    조금 더워요.

    Jogeum deowoyo.

    It's a little hot.

    Tip: <조금> = a little <더워요> = adjective "to be hot"

  3. Rocky Rocky

    아이스크림 먹을까요?

    Aiseukeurim meogeulkkayo?

    Shall we eat ice cream?

    Tip: <아이스크림> = icecream <먹을까요?> = verb "to eat" (in suggestion conjugation with the suffix -ㄹ/을까요)

  4. Muri Muri

    좋은 생각이에요. 무슨 맛을 좋아해요?

    Joeun saenggagieyo. Museun maseul joahaeyo?

    That's a good idea. What flavor do you like?

    Tip: <좋은 생각이에요> = formal way to say "That's a good idea" [Note] <좋은> = good ; <생각> = idea <무슨> = which/what <맛> = flavor <좋아해요> = verb "to like"

  5. Rocky Rocky

    딸기 맛을 좋아해요.

    Ttalgi maseul joahaeyo.

    I like the strawberry flavor.

    Tip: <딸기> = strawberry

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask 'how is X?' in Korean?

X + 어때요? — Korean's universal 'how is ...?'. 날씨가 어때요? (weather), 음식이 어때요? (food).

What does 더워요 mean?

'It's hot' (weather). Polite form of 덥다. Other weather: 추워요 (cold), 따뜻해요 (warm), 시원해요 (cool).

Common Korean weather vocabulary?

날씨 (weather), 더워요 (hot), 추워요 (cold), 비가 와요 (raining), 눈이 와요 (snowing), 바람이 불어요 (windy).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Korean lessons.

5 quick questions on what you just heard.

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