"What kind of hamburger do you have?"

Translation: 무슨 햄버거가 있습니까?

[solrock92]

Why not 어떤?

[wintertriangles]

무슨 and 어떤 have a very small nuance. 무슨 means something like "I have no idea which ones there could be" - 무슨 음반이 있어? = what/which albums do you have? (could be anything)

어떤 means something like "of the few obvious choices, which one?" - 어떤 영화 볼까? = which movie should we see? (if you're at the movie theater, there are around 7 choices)

[JayMMoney]

My understanding is 어떤 is a better word to use here. I'm not native and could be wrong.

[cameron13070]

why does this translate to "what kind of hamburger do YOU have"? it doesn't mention a you anywhere? wouldn't it be more along the lines of "what kind of hamburger exists"? is the you implied or did i miss something?

[AnonyLearner]

It's a cutural/language difference thing at that point. In English, you would never ask "What kind of hamburger exists?" if you were, say, asking this question at a restaurant. So the "you" in that sense is implied in that it is interpreting the meaning of the sentence rather than providing a word-for-word translation.

[kikjezrous]

How do we know where the question word goes in a sentence?

[wintertriangles]

If by "question word" you mean 무슨, it goes before the subject

[Laz.z.y]

Can 어떤 be exchanged for 무슨? Both mean "what kind of"?

[fi88r]

Again, switching between technical and vernacular. This time, vernacular, so, it is missing "kind"

[Kaito186809]

shouldn't it be 어떤 햄버거?