Eat Here or To Go in Korean | Most Common Korean Phrases

NUGGETS

take out 테이크아웃
: Take out

yeogi 여기
: here

meog-da 먹다
: to eat

Takeout haejuseyo 
테이크아웃 해주세요
: Take out please

Meoggo gal geoyeyo 
먹고 갈 거예요
: I will eat and go

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio, Pexels

 

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APPETIZER

PROLOGUE

Have you heard of following kind of saying in Korean cafe or self-serve restaurants?

Deusigo gaseyo?
드시고 가세요?

The phrase above is one of frequently asked questions usually give to you when the store has sitdown space for eaters. Because that sentence means this below.

Do you eat here (or to go)?

How would you say in Korean when you were asked like that? That is the point of this article. You would read about how you can answer to the questions throughout this article.

LEARNING CONTENTS

1. Be my friend
2. Ordering in Restaurant | Cafe
 - This One Please
 - Eat Here or To Go ★ here ★
3. Buying in Stores
 - How Much Is This
 - Receipt / Bag / Parking / Point number

 

 

 

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INGREDIENTS

VOCABULARY

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TO GO in KOREAN

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Let me unveil one truth first. Once you know “this truth” you could express an intent “to go” in Korean right away. To talk about the fact, Koreans use an English word quite generally to say “to go” in Korean. This is THE localized English word.

 

Take out (테이크아웃)

With knowing this fact, you are already half way through - I’m glad that you can avoid sweaty effort for memorizing a new Korean word for “takeout”.

🚫DIFFERENT PHRASES WON’T WORK !
- Take away ❌
- To go ❌
- Take out 🌀

 

Takeout 테이크아웃
: Take out

Takeout haejuseyo ☆
테이크아웃 해주세요
: Take out please

 

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Is there no genuine Korean word for "to-go"? Yes, there is! Korean word “pojang(포장)” is also used by native speakers. However, you would be fine as long as you can catch the sound “pojang” from questioning phrase “Pojangiseyo?”. You can remember “takeout” for yourself to speak out. *** The word “pojang” itself means like “boxing/wraping”.

Pojang 포장
: boxing/wraping to go

Pojang-iseyo? 포장이세요?
: Is this for wrapping(to-go)?

Pojang-iyo 포장이요
: This is for wrapping(to-go).

 

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EAT HERE in KOREAN

The basal Korean word for "to eat" is "meog-da"(먹다). After getting "-da"(-다) off, the head part "meog-"(먹-) transforms together with suffixes.

meog-da 먹다
: to eat

Before seeing phrases, let us meet one more useful word ahead. Saying only this word would work sometimes in practical situation because you are a foreigner. The helpful Korean word you would want to remember is "yeogi" which means "here".

yeogi 여기
: here

Now, let's look at key phrases of this learning. My go-to phrase for "eat here or to-go" question is "meog-go gal geo-ye-yo". As long as you can speak this out clearly, there won't be a drama I bet.

meoggo gal geoyeyo ☆
먹고 갈 거예요
: I will eat and go

Adding a word "here" in the phrase above could clarify your intent much better - only when your brain has spare room.

yeogiseo meoggo gal geoyeyo
여기서 먹고 갈 거예요
: I will eat here and go

 

MIND SAYING "deusigo" AS CUSTOMER

I've heard "Deusigo gaseyo? (드시고 가세요?)" more often than "Meoggo gaseyo?(먹고 가세요?)" from cafe/restaurant workers. That's because, like you might know, Korean language has "respectful" way of saying which varies your vocab choices.

"deusida" is a formal word that you can use for higher people in hierachy, and service people tend to use "deusida(드시다)" instead of "meogda(먹다)" to be nice to you. Even though both words indicate same meanings functionally, you might want to avoid using "deusida" talking about actions of yourself. Because you could look rude with that.

 

 

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BREAD SPREAD

CULTURE REVIEW

 

 

PAYING AT TABLE OR FRONT DESK?

Paying at the front desk is general - different from several western countries' custom. You could see visitors are lining up to pay for their meal in busy restaurants.

 

TIPPING REQUIRED?

No. Korean service workers tend to be kind. They seem to do their best for helping customers - you would understand this after language barrier faded away. However, tipping is not usual in Korean culture. They don't expect tip. You can take their good will as it is.

 

GETTING BILL FROM THE FIRST

Natural in Korea. Some might deem giving you a bill as soon as ordering food is impolite. However, Korean people like to know if entire meal price is safe in their budget or if they'd better stop adding dishes. For this reason, keeping bill at the table and checking it real-time is natural in Korea. Well, unless when having difficult person in the meal time, or when you want yourself look cool.

 

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COOKING PROTEIN

KEY PHRASE PRACTICE

 

 

Let us get used to 2 key phrases first. My recommendation is using your own voice while repeating this video below. 

 

Eat here
: Meoggo gal geoyeyo (먹고 갈 거예요)

To go
: Take out haejuseyo (테이크아웃 해주세요)

 

 

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LAYERING SANDWICH

BEING SITUATED

 

Let's practice Korean sentences in dialogue. 

 

[ Question type 1 ]

Q. Deusigo gaseyo? (드시고 가세요?)
A. Take out haejuseyo (테이크아웃 해주세요)

Q. Deusigo gaseyo? (드시고 가세요?)
A. Meoggo gal geoyeyo (먹고 갈 거예요)


[ Question type 2 ]

Q. Pojang-iseyo? (포장이세요?)
A. Pojang haejuseyo (포장해주세요)

Q. Pojang-iseyo? (포장이세요?)
A. Meoggo gal geoyeyo (먹고 갈 거예요)

 

 

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HEAD UP QUIZ

 

 

 

How many questions could you successfully answer in the following video? Cheating may allowed ;)

 

 

 

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FINALE w/ QUIZ

LAST TORTURE

 

 

Q1. In a Korean restaurant, a worker asked to you like below. How can you reply if you want to sit down and eat there?

Deusigo gaseyo?
드시고 가세요

 

A.

Q2. When visited a cafe in Korea, a cafe worker asked to you like below. How can you reply if you want to take out your beverage?

 

Pojangiseyo?
포장이세요

 

A.

 

 

 

WOW!!! FINISHED!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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