Unit 04

Ordering in the Restaurant

식당에서 주문하기
Ordering in the Restaurant

Lesson

There are three pointer words.

[i]
This.

[jeo]
That. "That" isn't near you or the person you are talking to.

[geu]
That. "That" by the other person you are talking to.


Put the pointer words with 거 [geo] to ask, "What's this or that?"

이거 [i-geo]
This thing.

저거 [jeo-geo]
That thing.

그거 [geu-geo]
That thing.

이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]
What is this?

  • 이거 [i-geo] means "this thing"
  • 뭐예요? [mwo-ye-yo?] means "What is it?"
  • Literally means "This thing, what is it?"

이거 주세요. [i-geo ju-se-yo]
Please give me this.

  • 이거 [i-geo] means "this thing"
  • 주세요 [ju-se-yo] means "please give it to me"
  • Literally means "this thing, please give it to me"

저거 주세요. [jeo-geo ju-se-yo]
Please give me that.

  • 저거 [jeo-geo] means "that thing"
  • 주세요 [ju-se-yo] means "please give it to me"
  • Literally means "that, please give it to me"

Conversation

  • A: 이거 뭐예요? [i-geo mwo-ye-yo?]
    What is this?
  • B: 컵이에요.
    It's a cup.
  • A: 저거 뭐예요? [jeo-geo mwo-ye-yo?]
    What is that?
  • B: 피아노예요.
    It's a piano.

Vocabulary

Korean English
이거 [i-geo] this one
그거 [geu-geo] that one
저거 [jeo-geo] that one
이쪽 [i-jjok] this way
저쪽 [jeo-jjok] that way