Lesson 6
6. 뭐 먹을까? What should we eat? (casual) / 뭐 먹을까요? What should we eat? (formal)
The most important question in a day is this. “What are we eating today?” In Korean, you can say 뭐 먹을까? which literally means “What should we eat?” or “What shall we eat?”. 먹다 means to eat and 뭐 means what. And, when you suggest doing something together, you can use this sentence structure -(으)ㄹ까(요)?
For more detailed explanation about this sentence structure, -(으)ㄹ까(요)?, please click on the link here.
Other ways to say “What should we eat?”
뭐 먹지? What should we eat? (casual)
뭐 먹을래? What do you want to eat? (casual)
뭐 먹고 싶어? What do you want to eat? (casual)
뭐 드시고 싶으세요? What do you want to eat? (formal)
Practice this phrase with other verbs.
뭐 마실까? What should we drink?
뭐 볼까? What should we watch?
뭐 들을까? What should we listen to?
뭐 선택할까? What should we choose?
Sample Conversation
A: 뭐 먹을까? = What should we eat?
B: 떡볶이 어때? = How about 떡볶이(tteok-bbo-kki)?