Dinner at a Restaurant — Day 12

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Dinner at a Restaurant

TOPIK 1 · Beginner · Korean Restaurant

저녁에 식당에 갔어요.
In the evening I went to a restaurant.

메뉴를 천천히 봤어요.
I looked at the menu slowly.

저는 비빔밥을 먹고 싶어요.
I want to eat bibimbap.

음식이 빨리 나왔어요.
The food came out quickly.

비빔밥이 매워요.
The bibimbap is spicy.

하지만 아주 맛있어요.
But it is very delicious.

Key words

  • 식당 — restaurant
  • 메뉴 — menu
  • 비빔밥 — bibimbap
  • 맵다 — to be spicy
  • 저녁 — evening/dinner

Grammar

~고 싶다

want to

비빔밥을 먹고 싶어요.

I want to eat bibimbap.

하지만

but, however

매워요. 하지만 맛있어요.

It's spicy. But it's delicious.

하지만 starts a new sentence to show contrast, like 'but' in English.