There's a company dinner - KoreanBlueprint

Day 197 — There’s a company dinner | Korean Blueprint

Today’s Phrase

회식이 있어요

hoe·si·gi is·seo·yo

hoesiigi isseoyo

There’s a company dinner

Cultural Insight

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Phrase Breakdown

회식이

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company dinner (subject)

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있어요

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there is / I have

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There is a company team dinner.

오늘 저녁에 회식이 있어요.

oneul jeonyeoge hoesiigi isseoyo.

There’s a company dinner this evening.

저녁에 means ‘in the evening’; 회식 implies a group social meal after work.

회식 때 뭘 먹어요?

hoesik ttae mwol meogeoyo?

What do you eat at the company dinner?

때 here means ‘at the time of / during’; it follows a noun to mark when something occurs.

회식에 꼭 참석해야 해요?

hoesige kkok chamseokhaeya haeyo?

Do I really have to attend the company dinner?

꼭 means ‘necessarily / must’; 참석해야 해요 = ‘have to attend.’

1차는 삼겹살이에요

ilchaneun samgyeopsalyeyo

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2차 가요?

icha gayo?

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일찍 자리를 떠도 돼요?

iljjik jarireul tteodo dwaeyo?

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Quick Review

야근해야 할 것 같아요

Can you recall what this means?

yageunhaeya hal geot gatayo

I think I’ll have to work overtime