Planning lunch at a restaurant | Learn Korean in English

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Dialogue

같이 점심 먹을래?

gah-CHEE juhm-SHEEM muh-GUHL-leh? Would you like to have lunch together?

좋아. 어디로 갈까?

JOH-ah. uh-dee-ROH GAHL-kkah? That sounds nice. Where should we go?

여기 근처의 작은 식당은 어때?

yuh-GEE guhn-CHUH-eh JAH-geun SHIK-TTAHNG-uhn uh-TTEH? Maybe the small restaurant near here.

바쁘지 않으면 거기로 가자.

bah-PPUH-jee AHN-uh-myuhn guh-GEE-roh GAH-jah. Let's go there if it isn't busy.

입구 앞에서 만날까?

EEP-koo AH-peh-suh mahn-NAHL-kkah? Should we meet by the front door?

네가 나를 볼 수 있는 곳에서 기다릴게.

neh-gah nah-ruh BOHL soo EEN-neun goh-SEH-suh gee-dah-REEL-kkeh. I'll wait where you can see me.

그럼 내가 너를 찾아갈게.

guh-RUHM neh-gah NUH-ruhl chah-jah-GAHL-kkeh. Then I'll come find you.

그다음에 자리를 부탁하자.

guh-dah-uh-MEH jah-ree-ruhl boo-TAH-kah-jah. After that, we can ask for a table.

Word by Word

같이 같이 means “together” in 같이 점심 먹을래?, showing that the speaker wants to share lunch with the listener. It commonly comes before an activity, as in 같이 점심 먹을래? Use it when inviting a friend to do something with you.

점심 점심 means “lunch” in 같이 점심 먹을래? It names the midday meal and comes before 먹을래 in this invitation. Use it when making or discussing plans for lunch.

먹을래 먹을래 comes from 먹다 and asks here whether the listener would like to eat. In 같이 점심 먹을래?, it forms a casual invitation to have lunch together. It can follow a meal or food word when asking a friend whether they want to eat it.

좋아 좋아 is the conversational form of 좋다 and means “sounds good” or “okay” in this reply. It accepts the suggestion in 좋아. Use it with a friend when agreeing to a proposed plan.

어디로 어디로 asks “where to” in 어디로 갈까? and points to the destination of going. It commonly comes before an action of movement when deciding a destination. Use it when asking a friend where you should go.

갈까 갈까 comes from 가다 and means “shall we go?” in 어디로 갈까? It presents going as a suggestion for the speakers to consider together. Use it with a friend while choosing where to go.

여기 여기 means “here” and provides the current location reference in 여기 근처의 작은 식당. It can come before 근처의 to identify something near the place where the speakers are. Use it when pointing out a nearby place.

근처의 근처의 describes something located nearby in 여기 근처의 작은 식당. The 의 connects the nearby area to the noun that follows it. Use 근처의 before a noun when locating something near a known place.

작은 작은 is the form of 작다 used before a noun and means “small” in 작은 식당. It describes the restaurant being suggested. Use 작은 before a noun when describing something as small.

식당은 식당은 means “the restaurant, as for the restaurant” in 여기 근처의 작은 식당은 어때? 식당 names the restaurant, and 은 presents it as the topic being considered. The pattern [option]은 어때? asks how an option sounds, so use it when suggesting a place or plan.

어때 어때 is the conversational form of 어떻다 and means “how about it?” in 여기 근처의 작은 식당은 어때? It asks for the listener’s opinion about the suggested restaurant. Use it with a friend when asking whether a proposed option is good.

바쁘지 바쁘지 comes from 바쁘다 and contributes the meaning “busy” in 바쁘지 않으면. Here it describes the restaurant’s condition before the negative condition is completed. The pattern 바쁘지 않으면 means “if it isn’t busy,” useful when making a plan dependent on a situation.

않으면 않으면 comes from 않다 and adds “not” together with the conditional meaning “if” after 바쁘지. In 바쁘지 않으면, the whole expression means “if it isn’t busy,” rather than 않으면 alone expressing the complete condition. Use this kind of negative condition when an action depends on something not happening or not being so.

거기로 거기로 means “to there” in 거기로 가자 and refers to the restaurant mentioned earlier. 로 marks the direction or destination of going in this expression. Use it when agreeing to go to a previously mentioned place.

가자 가자 comes from 가다 and means “let’s go” in 거기로 가자. It proposes going together after the condition has been considered. Use it with a friend to suggest starting or continuing toward a place.

입구 입구 means “entrance” in 입구 앞에서 만날까? It names the place used as the meeting reference point. Use it when arranging to meet at the entrance of a building or place.

앞에서 앞에서 means “in front of” or “at the front of” in 입구 앞에서. It places the meeting action at the area in front of the entrance. The pattern [place] 앞에서 + action can be used when arranging to do something in front of a specific place.

만날까 만날까 comes from 만나다 and means “shall we meet?” in 입구 앞에서 만날까? It proposes a meeting place for the speakers to decide together. Use it with a friend when suggesting where to meet.

네가 네가 is the subject-marked form of 너 and identifies “you” as the person who can see the speaker in 네가 나를 볼 수 있는 곳. The subject marker shows who performs the seeing action. Use it when specifying that the listener is the person doing an action in a clause.

나를 나를 is the object-marked form of 나 and means “me” in 나를 볼 수 있는 곳. It identifies the speaker as the person being seen. Use [person]을/를 when showing whom an action affects.

볼 볼 comes from 보다 and means “see” in 나를 볼 수 있는 곳. Together with 수 있는, it describes a place where the listener can see the speaker. Use the pattern [object]을/를 볼 수 있는 곳 when identifying a place from which someone can see something.

수 수 is the possibility or ability element in 볼 수 있는, helping express “can see.” In this phrase, 볼 supplies the seeing action and 수 있는 makes it possible or able to happen. Use the exact pattern 볼 수 있는 곳 when describing a place where an action can be done.

있는 있는 comes from 있다 and completes the ability expression in 볼 수 있는 곳, meaning that seeing the speaker is possible there. It helps describe the place rather than functioning alone as “can.” The pattern [verb] 수 있는 + noun describes a thing or place where an action can happen.

곳에서 곳에서 means “at the place where” in 네가 나를 볼 수 있는 곳에서 기다릴게. 곳 means “place,” and 에서 marks where the waiting takes place. Use [description] 곳에서 + action when specifying a place for an activity.

기다릴게 기다릴게 comes from 기다리다 and means “I’ll wait” in 곳에서 기다릴게. The ending presents the speaker’s willing commitment to wait. Use it with a friend when telling them that you will wait at an agreed place.

그럼 그럼 means “then” or “in that case” in 그럼 내가 너를 찾아갈게. It connects the earlier meeting arrangement to the speaker’s next decision. Use it at the start of a response when drawing a conclusion from what was just agreed.

내가 내가 is the subject-marked form of 나 and means “I” in 내가 너를 찾아갈게. It identifies the speaker as the person who will go and find the listener. Use it when making clear who will perform an action.

너를 너를 is the object-marked form of 너 and means “you” in 너를 찾아갈게. It identifies the listener as the person the speaker will go and find. Use [person]을/를 when showing whom an action is directed toward.

찾아갈게 찾아갈게 comes from 찾아가다 and means “I’ll go and find you” in 내가 너를 찾아갈게. It presents the speaker’s friendly commitment to go to the listener and find them. Use the pattern [person]을/를 찾아갈게 when telling someone that you will go find them.

그다음에 그다음에 means “after that” or “then” in 그다음에 자리를 부탁하자. It places asking for a table after the earlier meeting step. Use 그다음에 before an action when organizing the next step in a plan.

자리를 자리를 is the object-marked form of 자리 and means “a seat” or “a table” in this restaurant context. In 자리를 부탁하자, it names the place or table being requested, while 를 marks it as the object of the request. Use it in this context when asking a restaurant for seating.

부탁하자 부탁하자 comes from 부탁하다 and means “let’s ask for” or “let’s request” in 자리를 부탁하자. It proposes that the speakers make the request together after arriving. Use it with the requested item when suggesting that you and another person make a request.

Grammar Points

V-(으)ㄹ래?

같이 점심 먹을래?

gah-CHEE juhm-SHEEM muh-GUHL-leh?

Would you like to eat lunch together?

This ending asks what the listener wants to do and is often used for friendly suggestions.

V-(으)ㄹ까?

어디로 갈까?

uh-dee-ROH GAHL-kkah?

Where shall we go?

This ending suggests doing something together and asks for the other person's opinion.

Korean Vocabulary

갈까? verb

GAHL-kkah? Shall we go? 갈까

같이 adv

gah-CHEE together

거기로 adv

guh-GEE-roh there

근처의 noun

guhn-CHUH-eh nearby

먹을래? verb

muh-GUHL-leh? Would you like to eat? 먹을래

바쁘지 않으면 phrase

bah-PPUH-jee AHN-uh-myuhn if it is not busy

식당 noun

SHIK-TTAHNG restaurant

어디로 pron

uh-dee-ROH where to

여기 adv

yuh-GEE here

작은 adj

JAH-geun small

점심 noun

juhm-SHEEM lunch

좋아 adj

JOH-ah That sounds good

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

Would you like to have lunch together?

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같이 점심 먹을래?

That sounds nice. Where should we go?

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좋아. 어디로 갈까?

Maybe the small restaurant near here.

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여기 근처의 작은 식당은 어때?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

Would you like to eat?

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먹을래

Shall we go?

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갈까

lunch

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점심

together

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같이