🇰🇷 Culture - Greetings with 🍚밥🍚?!

안녕하세요. 1분한국어 아일린이에요  🙋🏻‍♀️

 ✔︎ 오늘의 1분한국어 

Do you know the meaning of "밥 먹었어요? (Did you have a meal?)"

It's a common greeting that you hear in Korean dramas, movies, and everyday life. In Korea, there are many greetings related to 밥(meal/rice)🍚.

These 밥 related expressions are rooted in the past when food in Korea was not abundant as it is today. (Sad history🥲)

Seoul (1950s) / In this period, Korea was one of the poorest country. Japanese colonial rule happened during the two World Wars from 1910 to 1945. After that The Korean war lasted from 1950 to 1953 and it pushed it poorer.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Then, Let's see how to use 밥 in the greetings!

  1. 밥은 먹었어요?  (Did you have a meal?😨)

2. 다음에 같이 밥 먹어요. (Let's have a meal sometime.😨 *같이 together)

It is the most representative expression. Foreigners sometimes wait for a call after hearing this one. But, it is just a greeting that means 'see you again later' not a promise to eat together next time.

여러분, 다음에 같이 밥 먹어요~😆🍚

즐거운 한 주 시작하세요❤️

Hope you start a wonderful week!