Taking a Cooking Class | Learn Korean in English

Korean lesson set in a contemporary Seoul everyday setting: In a community setting, two adults discuss a beginner cooking class with simple dishes and basic sauces..

EN → KO / Level: A2

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Dialogue

A

지역 주민 센터에 요리 수업이 있어요.

jee-uhk joo-min SEN-tuh-eh yoh-ree soo-uh-mee ee-ssuh-yoh There's a cooking class at the community center.
B

어떤 요리를 만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요?

uh-TUN yoh-ree-rul MAN-deu-nun buh-mul gah-ruh-chyuh jwoh-yoh What kind of dishes will they teach you to make?
A

간단한 파스타 요리와 기본 소스예요.

gahn-DAHN-han pah-stah yoh-ree-wah GEE-bohn soh-seu-yeh-yoh Simple pasta dishes and basic sauces.
B

초보자도 들을 수 있어요?

choh-boh-jah-doh DUH-rul soo ee-ssuh-yoh Is it open to beginners?
A

수업은 기본 단계부터 시작해요.

soo-uh-meun GEE-bohn dan-GYE-buh-tuh shi-jah-kae-yoh The class starts with basic steps.
B

신청해 보세요.

shin-CHUHNG-hae boh-SEH-yoh You should sign up.
A

유용한 레시피 하나를 배우고 싶어요.

yoo-YONG-han reh-shi-pee hah-nah-rul BAE-oo-goh SHI-puh-yoh I want to learn one useful recipe.
B

그 후에 우리를 위해 그 요리를 만들 수 있어요.

guh HOO-eh oo-ree-rul wee-hae guh yoh-ree-rul MAN-deul soo ee-ssuh-yoh You can cook it for us afterward.

Word by Word

지역 지역 means “local” or “area” here, describing the 주민 센터 as a center for the local community. It commonly appears before a place or group to identify the area connected with it, as in 지역 주민 센터.
주민 주민 means “resident” here. In 지역 주민 센터, it refers to people who live in the local area, and 주민 commonly combines with a place-related noun to describe its residents.
센터에 센터에 means “at the center” in this sentence. 센터 names the location, and 에 marks where the cooking class exists; the same location pattern appears in 지역 주민 센터에 있어요.
요리 요리 means “cooking” or “a dish” here, depending on the surrounding words. In 요리 수업 it describes a cooking class, while in 어떤 요리를 it refers to the dishes being made.
수업이 수업이 means “the class” as the thing that exists in 지역 주민 센터에 요리 수업이 있어요. 수업 means a class or lesson, and 이 marks it as the subject of 있어요.
있어요 있어요 means “there is” or “exists” here, stating that a cooking class is available at the community center. It is used after the thing that exists, as in 요리 수업이 있어요.
어떤 어떤 asks “what kind of” before a noun. In 어떤 요리를 만드는 법, it asks what kind of dishes are taught, and it can be reused before a noun when asking about its type or choice.
요리를 요리를 means “dishes” here, as the things that someone will learn to make. 요리 is followed by 를 because it is the object in 어떤 요리를 만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요.
만드는 만드는 means “making” in 만드는 법, the expression for “the way to make” something. It connects the action of making to 법, and the full pattern 만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요 refers to teaching how to make dishes.
법을 법을 means “the way” or “how to” in 만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요. In this construction, 법 follows an action description and 를 marks the way being taught.
가르쳐 가르쳐 means “teach” here and is followed by 줘요 in 가르쳐 줘요. Together, 가르쳐 줘요 describes teaching someone how to make the dishes, and this pattern presents the teaching as an action done for someone.
줘요 줘요 contributes the meaning of doing or providing an action for someone after 가르쳐. In 가르쳐 줘요, the whole expression means “teach someone” or “show someone how,” and the same helpful-action pattern can follow another action form.
간단한 간단한 means “simple” here, describing the pasta dishes. It comes directly before the noun it describes, as in 간단한 파스타 요리.
파스타 파스타 means “pasta.” Here it identifies the type of 요리 in 간단한 파스타 요리, and it can be placed before a food-related noun to specify its kind.
요리와 요리와 means “dishes and” in the list 간단한 파스타 요리와 기본 소스예요. 요리 names the dishes, and 와 connects them to the basic sauces that are also taught.
기본 기본 means “basic” here, describing the sauces in 기본 소스. It commonly comes before a noun to indicate an introductory or fundamental level, as in 기본 소스.
소스예요 소스예요 identifies the second items in the list as basic sauces. 소스 means “sauce,” and 예요 links that noun to the description in 간단한 파스타 요리와 기본 소스예요.
초보자도 초보자도 means “even beginners” or “beginners too” here. 초보자 means beginner, and 도 adds the inclusion meaning in 초보자도 들을 수 있어요, asking whether beginners can attend as well.
들을 들을 is the form used before 수 in 들을 수 있어요, meaning “attend” or “take” a class. In this sentence it refers specifically to attending the cooking class, and it is part of the ability or possibility pattern 들을 수 있어요.
수 수 expresses possibility or ability in 들을 수 있어요. Together with the preceding verb form, 들을 수 있어요 means “can attend,” so 수 is not the meaning of “attend” by itself.
수업은 수업은 means “as for the class” in 수업은 기본 단계부터 시작해요. 수업 names the topic, and 은 marks it as what the next statement is about.
단계부터 단계부터 means “starting from the steps” here, referring to the basic steps of the class. 부터 marks the starting point, as in 기본 단계부터 시작해요.
시작해요 시작해요 means “starts” here, saying that the class begins with basic steps. It follows the starting point in 기본 단계부터 시작해요, a useful pattern for stating where an activity begins.
신청해 신청해 means “sign up” or “apply” here. It is followed by 보세요 in 신청해 보세요, which makes the expression a polite suggestion to try signing up.
보세요 보세요 means “please try” or “go ahead and do it” after 신청해. In 신청해 보세요, the whole expression gently suggests trying the action rather than describing seeing something.
유용한 유용한 means “useful” here, describing the recipe the speaker wants to learn. It comes before the noun in 유용한 레시피 and can be used before a noun to describe something that will be practically helpful.
레시피 레시피 means “recipe.” In 유용한 레시피 하나를 배우고 싶어요, it is the cooking instruction the speaker wants to learn, and it is followed by 하나를 to specify one recipe.
하나를 하나를 means “one” as the object in 하나를 배우고 싶어요. 하나 specifies the number of recipes, and 를 marks that one recipe as what the speaker wants to learn.
배우고 배우고 means “learn and” here, connecting 배우다 with 싶어요 in 배우고 싶어요. The full expression 배우고 싶어요 means “want to learn,” while 배우고 supplies the action before the desire expression.
싶어요 싶어요 expresses the speaker’s desire to do the preceding action. In 배우고 싶어요, it means “want to learn,” and it commonly follows an action form to state what the speaker wants to do.
그 그 means “that” or “the” here, referring back to the recipe or dish just mentioned. In 그 요리, it identifies the dish as the one previously discussed rather than introducing a new dish.
후에 후에 means “afterward” or “after that” here. In 그 후에, it places the cooking action after the previously mentioned learning, and it can follow an event or time expression to show what happens later.
우리를 우리를 means “us” in 우리를 위해, identifying the people for whom the dish will be cooked. 우리 means “we” or “us” depending on its role, and 를 marks it in the phrase 우리를 위해.
위해 위해 means “for” in 우리를 위해, expressing who will benefit from the cooking. The reusable pattern noun을/를 위해 means “for someone or something,” as in 우리를 위해.
만들 만들 is the form used before 수 있어요 in 만들 수 있어요, meaning “can make” or “can cook.” In 그 요리를 만들 수 있어요, it refers to preparing the dish, and the pattern 만들 수 있어요 expresses ability or possibility.

Grammar Points

V-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요

간단한 요리를 만들 수 있어요.

gahn-DAHN-han yoh-ree-rul MAN-deul soo ee-ssuh-yoh

I can make a simple dish.

This pattern expresses ability or possibility. The verb comes before 수 있어요.

V-고 싶어요

레시피 하나를 배우고 싶어요.

reh-SHI-pee hah-nah-rul BAE-oo-goh SHI-puh-yoh

I want to learn one recipe.

Attach -고 싶어요 to a verb stem to express what the speaker wants to do.

Korean Vocabulary

가르쳐 줘요 verb
gah-ruh-chyuh jwoh-yoh teaches; shows someone how

만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요.

간단한 adj
gahn-DAHN-han simple

간단한 파스타 요리와 기본 소스예요.

기본 noun
GEE-bohn basic; fundamentals

기본 소스예요.

들을 수 있어요 phrase
DUH-rul soo ee-ssuh-yoh can attend; can take

초보자도 들을 수 있어요?

만드는 법 phrase
MAN-deu-nun buhp how to make

어떤 요리를 만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요.

수업 noun
soo-UHP class

요리 수업이 있어요.

신청해 보세요 phrase
shin-CHUHNG-hae boh-SEH-yoh you should sign up; try signing up

신청해 보세요.

어떤 det
uh-TUN what kind of; which

어떤 요리를 만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요.

요리 noun
yoh-ree cooking; dish

지역 주민 센터에 요리 수업이 있어요.

있어요 verb
ee-ssuh-yoh there is; there are

지역 주민 센터에 요리 수업이 있어요.

지역 주민 센터 noun
jee-uhk joo-min SEN-tuh community center

지역 주민 센터에 요리 수업이 있어요.

초보자 noun
choh-boh-jah beginner

초보자도 들을 수 있어요.

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

There's a cooking class at the community center.

Show Answer지역 주민 센터에 요리 수업이 있어요.

What kind of dishes will they teach you to make?

Show Answer어떤 요리를 만드는 법을 가르쳐 줘요?

Simple pasta dishes and basic sauces.

Show Answer간단한 파스타 요리와 기본 소스예요.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

basic; fundamentals

Show Answer기본

cooking; dish

Show Answer요리

what kind of; which

Show Answer어떤

class

Show Answer수업