"이 식당에서 식사합시다."

Translation: Let's eat at this restaurant.

[dryanlee]

Let's eat in this restaurant should be added as an acceptable response.

[Ash-Fred]

"Let's eat in this restaurant." is now accepted.

[ryujined]

Does the common 식 in 식당 and 식사 mean anything?

[aileeNfanboy]

식사 = meal

식탁 = dining table

식당 = restaurant

음식 = food

한식 = korean food

양식 = western food

식중독 = food poisoning

[a.charmedlife]

As someone whose second language is Chinese, I think 식 is similar to the Chinese word '食' (pronounced as 'shi', which means food) because to me, 식당 sounds like 食堂 (pronounced as 'shi tang', which literally translates to food hall). So I think the word 식 is related to food

[Ash-Fred]

Yes. It comes from 食.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/食

[charmantMode]

I noticed both words you mentioned are related to 음식 which means food.

[Lizardosity]

Food related things. Just like the 학 in 학생 and 학교 means school related things. It also probably means other things on its own.

[the_crait]

Looks like 식 comes from 食, which means food and is pronounced very similarly.

[Ash-Fred]

Correct. :)

[HyunSot]

Also, in Cantonese, eat is pronounced 'sik'

[the_crait]

Looks like 식 comes from 食, which means food and has a similar sound.

[the_crait]

I put "in" and got it wrong. In the US, this is a valid statement. :-/

[Ash-Fred]

"Let's eat in this restaurant." is now accepted.

[JordanWesl7]

What about the verb 먹다? Why is that not an option as 먹습니다?

[7hnM6]

Meokta is to eat something. 食事hada is to have a meal. Restaurants are more about having a meal in a refined way rather than simply eating things. I guess.

[md.yu]

이 食堂에서 食事합시다.

[Novinda1106]

Let's eat thia at the restaurant

[1sunnydwatts]

It's not accepting "let's eat at this restaraunt" or "let's eat in this restaraunt"

[Iron_Venema]

it's restaurant not restaraunt :)