Please try eating this (honorific)

Day 108 — Please try eating this (honorific) | Korean Blueprint

Today’s Phrase

드셔 보세요

deu·syeo bo·se·yo

deusyeo boseyo

Please try eating this (honorific)

Cultural Insight

Offering food in Korea is an act of care and hospitality. When a Korean says 드셔 보세요, they are genuinely sharing something they value. Refusing without tasting can seem rude — try a small bite and offer genuine feedback. Your reaction is the reward!

Phrase Breakdown

드셔

deusyeo

eat (honorific connector)

드시다 (honorific for 먹다) + -어 (connector)

보세요

boseyo

please try

보다 (to try/see) + -세요 (polite request)

Encourages someone respectfully to try tasting something.

Example Phrases

이거 직접 만들었어요. 드셔 보세요!

Igeo jikjeop mandeureosseoyo. Deusyeo boseyo!

I made this myself. Please try it!

직접 = personally/directly.

이 김치 맛있어요. 한번 드셔 보세요.

I gimchi massisseoyo. Hanbeon deusyeo boseyo.

This kimchi is delicious. Please try it once.

한번 = once, one time.

어떠세요? 맛이 어때요?

Eotteoseyo? Mashi eottaeyo?

How is it? How does it taste?

맛이 어때요? = how is the taste?

Related Phrases

한번 먹어 봐요

hanbeon meogeo bwayo

Try eating it once (casual)

Casual invitation to taste something.

맛있죠?

masitjyo?

It’s delicious, right?

Seeking confirmation of good taste.

어떤 맛이에요?

eotteon masieyo?

What does it taste like?

Asking for a description of the flavor.

Quick Review

스트레스 받아요

Can you recall what this means?

seuteuleseu badayo

I’m stressed out