About This Lesson
Use Cooking Simple Soup to practice Korean conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
요리가 취미예요?
yo-REE-ga chwee-MEE-yeh-yo? Is cooking your hobby?
B
집에서 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요.
JEE-beh-suh gan-DAN-han eum-SHEE-geul man-DEU-neun guh-SEU-reul joh-A-hae-yo. I like making simple food at home.
A
무엇을 만드는 것을 좋아해요?
moo-UH-seul man-DEU-neun guh-SEU-reul joh-A-hae-yo? What do you like to make?
B
저는 간단한 수프를 자주 만들어요.
juh-neun gan-DAN-han SOO-peu-reul ja-JOO man-DEU-ruh-yo. I often make a simple soup.
A
요리법을 사용해요?
yo-REE-buh-beul sa-YONG-hae-yo? Do you use a recipe?
B
쉬운 요리법을 따라 해요.
SHWEE-un yo-REE-buh-beul TTA-ra-hae-yo. I follow an easy one.
A
다 되면 먹어 보고 싶어요.
da DWEH-myun muh-GUH BOH-goh SHEE-puh-yo. I would like to try it when it is ready.
B
수프를 조금 남겨 둘게요.
SOO-peu-reul jo-GEUM nam-GYUH DUL-kkeh-yo. I will save some soup for you.Word by Word
요리가
In this question, 요리가 means cooking as the subject being asked about, and 가 marks that subject. It appears in 요리가 취미예요? to ask whether cooking is a hobby. Use a similar subject + 취미예요? pattern when asking about someone's hobby.
취미예요
취미예요 means is a hobby in the polite question 요리가 취미예요? The form 취미예요 states that the preceding subject is a hobby. It can be reused after an activity or interest when asking or saying that it is a hobby.
집에서
집에서 means at home, the place where the action takes place. 집 means home, and 에서 marks the location of an action in 집에서 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요. Put a place followed by 에서 before an action when saying where you do it.
간단한
간단한 means simple and describes the food and soup in this dialogue. It is the noun-modifying form related to 간단하다, so it comes directly before a noun such as 간단한 음식 or 간단한 수프. Use it before a noun when describing something as simple.
음식을
음식을 means food as the object being made in 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요. 음식 means food, and 을 marks it as the object of the action. The same object pattern is used when placing something before an action that is done to it.
만드는
만드는 means making in 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요. It is the form of 만들다 used before 것 to describe the activity of making something. The pattern verb + 는 것 lets you talk about an activity as a thing you like or discuss.
것을
것을 turns the preceding activity into the object of 좋아해요 in 만드는 것을 좋아해요. Here, 것을 refers to the act of making food, and 을 marks that act as what is liked. Reuse the pattern verb + 는 것을 좋아해요 to say that you like doing an activity.
좋아해요
좋아해요 means like or enjoy in 만드는 것을 좋아해요. It is the polite form used to express a preference for making food, which is presented as a hobby here. Use an object or activity before 좋아해요 when talking about things you like.
무엇을
무엇을 means what as the object in 무엇을 만드는 것을 좋아해요? The question asks what the other person likes to make, and 을 marks what is being made. Use 무엇을 before an action when asking what that action is done to.
저는
저는 means I or as for me, introducing the speaker's answer about their own routine. 저 means I in a polite context, and 는 marks it as the topic in 저는 간단한 수프를 자주 만들어요. Use 저는 when giving your own preference, habit, or experience.
수프를
수프를 means soup as the object of an action. In the dialogue, soup is made in 수프를 자주 만들어요 and is set aside in 수프를 조금 남겨 둘게요; 를 marks it as the object. Use a food noun followed by 를 when identifying the food affected by the action.
자주
자주 means often and describes a repeated habit in 저는 간단한 수프를 자주 만들어요. It comes before the action it modifies, 만들어요. Use 자주 before an action when saying that you do something frequently.
만들어요
만들어요 means make in 저는 간단한 수프를 자주 만들어요. It is the polite form of 만들다 and describes the speaker's usual cooking activity here. Put the object before 만들어요 when saying what you make.
요리법을
요리법을 means a recipe or cooking method as the object being used or followed. In 요리법을 사용해요? it is what someone uses, and in 쉬운 요리법을 따라 해요 it is what someone follows; 을 marks the object. Use 요리법을 before an action when talking about using or following a recipe.
사용해요
사용해요 means use in 요리법을 사용해요? It is the polite form of 사용하다 and asks whether the person uses a recipe. Use an object followed by 사용해요 when asking or saying that something is used.
쉬운
쉬운 means easy and describes 요리법 in 쉬운 요리법을 따라 해요. It is the noun-modifying form related to 쉽다, so it comes directly before the noun it describes. Use 쉬운 before a noun when describing something as easy.
따라
따라 contributes the meaning of following in 따라 해요, where the speaker follows an easy recipe. Together with 해요, 따라 해요 means to follow or do according to something. Use the pattern 요리법을 따라 해요 when saying that you follow a recipe.
해요
해요 completes 따라 해요 and makes the expression mean follow or do according to the recipe. It is the polite form of 하다, but in this dialogue its meaning is understood together with 따라. Use 따라 해요 after an instruction or recipe when saying that you follow it.
다
다 means completely in 다 되면, referring to the soup or cooking process being fully finished. It strengthens 되면 so that the phrase means when it is completely ready. Use 다 with a process when emphasizing that it has reached completion.
되면
되면 means when it becomes ready or is finished in 다 되면 먹어 보고 싶어요. It combines 되다, reaching a state, with 면, which introduces a time or condition. Use the pattern 다 되면 + action when saying what you will do once something is ready.
먹어
먹어 means eat in the connected form used in 먹어 보고 싶어요. It comes before 보고 to form the expression for trying the action of eating or tasting. Use 먹어 보고 싶어요 when saying that you would like to try some food.
보고
보고 helps form the meaning try doing in 먹어 보고 싶어요. Together with 먹어, it expresses trying the food rather than simply stating the action of eating. Reuse the pattern verb + 어 보고 싶어요 to say that you would like to try an action.
싶어요
싶어요 expresses a polite wish or desire in 먹어 보고 싶어요, meaning would like to try eating it. The action before 싶어요 is the thing the speaker wants to do. Use it after an action expression when politely saying what you would like to do.
조금
조금 means a little or some, specifying a small amount of soup in 수프를 조금 남겨 둘게요. It appears before the action and tells how much is being left aside. Use 조금 when offering or describing a small quantity.
남겨
남겨 means leave or save in 남겨 둘게요, referring to keeping some soup instead of using all of it. It is the connected form of 남기다 before 둘게요 and contributes the action of leaving something set aside. Use the pattern object + 남겨 둘게요 when promising to save something.
둘게요
둘게요 means will leave or keep it in 남겨 둘게요, showing the speaker's intention to leave the soup set aside. Together, 남겨 둘게요 means I will save some and leave it there for later. Use the pattern verb + 아/어 둘게요 when offering to do something and leave the result in place.
Grammar Points
-(으)면
수프가 되면 먹어 보고, 조금 남겨 둘게요.
SOO-peu-ga dweh-MYUN muh-GUH BOH-goh, jo-GEUM nam-GYUH DUL-kkeh-yo.When the soup is ready, I’ll taste it and leave a little for later.
-(으)면 expresses a condition or time: “if/when.”
-아/어 보다
수프를 먹어 보고 조금 남겨 둘게요.
SOO-peu-reul muh-GUH BOH-goh jo-GEUM nam-GYUH DUL-kkeh-yo.I’ll try tasting the soup and leave a little for later.
-아/어 보다 means to try doing something; 먹어 보고 connects it to the next action.
Korean Vocabulary
간단하다
adj
gan-DAN-ha-da
to be simple
간단한
간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요.
만들다
verb
man-DEUL-da
to make
만드는
집에서 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요.
무엇
pron
moo-UHT
what
무엇을
무엇을 만드는 것을 좋아해요?
사용하다
verb
sa-YONG-ha-da
to use
사용해요
요리법을 사용해요?
수프
noun
SOO-peu
soup
수프를
저는 간단한 수프를 자주 만들어요.
요리
noun
yo-REE
cooking; cooking as a hobby
요리가
요리가 취미예요?
요리법
noun
yo-ree-BBUHP
recipe
요리법을
요리법을 사용해요?
음식
noun
eum-SHIK
food
음식을
집에서 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요.
자주
adv
ja-JOO
often
저는 간단한 수프를 자주 만들어요.
좋아하다
verb
joh-A-ha-da
to like
좋아해요
무엇을 만드는 것을 좋아해요?
집
noun
JEEP
home
집에서
집에서 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요.
취미
noun
chwee-MEE
hobby
취미예요
요리가 취미예요?
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
Is cooking your hobby?
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요리가 취미예요?I like making simple food at home.
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집에서 간단한 음식을 만드는 것을 좋아해요.What do you like to make?
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무엇을 만드는 것을 좋아해요?Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
hobby
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취미예요to like
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좋아해요recipe
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요리법을to use