Unit 03

Making Appointment with Friends

친구와 약속하기 (I)
Making Appointment with Friends

Lesson

오늘 뭐해요? [o-neul mwo-hae-yo?]
What are you doing today?

  • 오늘 [o-neul] means "today"
  • 뭐해요? [mwo-hae-yo?] means "What are you doing?"
  • Literally means "today, what are you doing?"

There are some time words in Korean that we don’t add ‘-에’ [e]

내일 공부해요. [nae-il gong-bu-hae-yo]
I'm studying tomorrow.

  • 내일 [nae-il] means "tomorrow"
  • 공부해요 [gong-bu-hae-yo] means "I study"
  • Literally means "tomorrow, I study"

Time words in Korean that doesn’t go with ‘-에’ [e]

오늘 [o-neul]
today

내일 [nae-il]
tomorrow

모레 [mo-re]
The day after tomorrow

지금 [ji-geum]
Right now

주말에 뭐해요? [ju-ma-re mwo-hae-yo?]
What are you doing on the weekend?

  • 주말 [ju-mal] means "weekend"
  • [e] in this case means "on"
  • 뭐해요? [mwo-hae-yo?] means "What are you doing?"
  • Literally means "weekend, on, what are you doing?"

주말에 공부해요. [ju-ma-re gong-bu-hae-yo]
I study on the weekend. / I will study during the weekend.

  • 주말 [ju-mal] means "weekend"
  • [e] in this case means "on"
  • 공부해요 [gong-bu-hae-yo] means "I study"
  • Literally means "weekend, on, I study"

Conversation

  • A: 오늘 뭐해요?
    What are you doing?
  • B: 오늘 공부해요. [o-neul gong-bu-hae-yo]
    I'm studying today.
  • A: 주말에 뭐해요?
    What are you doing on the weekend?
  • B: 주말에 쇼핑해요. [ju-ma-re syo-ping-hae-yo]
    I'm going shopping on the weekend.
  • B: 내일 뭐해요? [nae-il mwo-hae-yo?]
    What are you doing tomorrow?
  • A: 내일 수영해요.
    I'm swimming tomorrow.

Vocabulary

Korean English
오늘 [o-neul] today
내일 [nae-il] tomorrow
모레 [mo-re] the day after tomorrow
주말 [ju-mal] weekend
평일 [pyeong-il] weekdays
휴일 [hyu-il] holiday