Lunch at a Restaurant — Day 2

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Lunch at a Restaurant

TOPIK 1 · Beginner · Ordering Food

점심에 한식당에 갔어요.
At lunch I went to a Korean restaurant.

메뉴가 많아서 고르기 어려웠어요.
There were many menu items, so it was hard to choose.

저는 비빔밥을 주문했어요.
I ordered bibimbap.

음식이 생각보다 빨리 나왔어요.
The food came out faster than I expected.

맵지 않아서 정말 맛있었어요.
It wasn't spicy, so it was really delicious.

다 먹고 계산을 했어요.
After eating everything, I paid.

Key words

  • 메뉴 — menu
  • 주문하다 — to order
  • 고르다 — to choose
  • 맵다 — to be spicy
  • 계산하다 — to pay / settle the bill

Grammar

~아/어서

because ~ / and so

비가 와서 집에 있었어요.

It rained, so I stayed home.

~기 어렵다

to be hard to ~

한국어는 발음하기 어려워요.

Korean is hard to pronounce.

~기 쉽다 / ~기 어렵다 turn a verb into 'easy/hard to do'. Just add ~기 to the verb stem.