"The food is meaningful."
Translation:음식은 의미가 있습니다.
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I think: 입니다 is a state(i am, you are, he is etc.), 있습니다 is like I have, you have, he has etc., 아닙니다 is the opposite state(i am not, you are not, he is not), 없습니다 is like I have not, You have not, he has not. Hope i could help you^^
"The food is meaningful".... Really? This makes no sense in English. No one would ever say this.
… As I pondered my own list, whole meals were conjured up in my mind, each bringing with it a clear picture of a place and a person—a restaurant, a table, a cloth, a companion, a time, a moment, an emotion at the occasion. So the food is meaningful not only as sustenance, but as sense-memory, touchstone for a deeper joy or pain. …
I know there are some bizarre sentences in the course, but I don't think this one is one of them. I can easily imagine someone saying that if they were talking about some traditions or history.
Thank you I was about to ask "what kind of situations do they use that?" But you're right.
Newb here, but, if I understand correctly, the structure of the sentence indicates something in the line of "the food has meaning", and therefore "(the) food is important", which - interlingual discrepancies notwithstanding - makes sense. Then again, it might be gibberish. Would appreciate a comment from someone Korean.
But in Korea, food-- in particular the sharing of meals with others-- is extremely important and there are many meanings bound up in it.
Its not abt the sentences themselves but more about learning the words and sentence structure
Why can't we just get straight to the point and say the food is delicious ... (ma-shi-se-yo) or it's not good or let's eat. Really! And why are we learning this BEFORE we learn thank you, goodbye, this, that etc???
learning this is more helpful than goodbye hello and some words because this show us how the korean sentence is, in each situation also:that kind of daily life expression you can find it anywhere but I am sick of the huge results about that I need to learn the korean grammar and the sentence. sorro for writing too much.
Wait... are you learning this before the thank you and goodbye,etc? My lessons came with that before this... now I'm nervous haha.
Could anyone explain why is 의미 use 가 in this sentence?I think 가/이 is placed after an object,how could be "meaningful" becomes an object here?
this sentence more directly translates to "the food has meaning" so meaning is technically the object and therefore has the 가 participle
I thought this would be a very good thing to start learning korean with, but it's ramped up so far in difficulty after learning phonetics IDK what to do with it anymore
I'm just looking at lines on the screen hoping something vague sounds familiar just to ultimately look at the answer
Try going back and using hints. Then work on it without hints. There is also a glossary of words I believe on the website for each lesson to help prep.
There is a word list, but I don't see a glossary with the actual meaning of the words. If there is, that would be super-helpful! I do see the tips, with some of the vocabulary in the lesson, but is there an actual glossary?
Guys don't overthink the sentence's application or logic in English, it's just trying to teach you the different structure of a Korean sentence, and if English translation was altered to be clear, the purpose of what you're supposed to understand would be unclear to the learner. You can still learn individual words like "food" and "to be meaningful" without issue.
IMO, This lesson focuses on sentence structure and new vocabulary. They may or may not make sense as actual statements.
This is actually a great sentence, and I see that people mention Sader Dinner. If you need a better Korean explanation, think Death Anniversary rituals. Turn on Viki once in a while and see some real culture and listen to some real conversations if you want to pick up a language. You can find examples of ancestor rituals a couple episodes into My Girl and also at the very beginning of Tamara Island (or whatever translators are calling it these days)...just to name a couple.
Fine, it is a little unrealistic that cats are eating cheese on the moon on Mondays and in their underwear...or whatever sillinesss, but like some other commenter pointed out...you're going to remember those words, aren't you?
as for grammar...be mad at me all you want, but 90% of the people complaining about not receiving a grammar lesson are terrible at their own native grammar... if you paid better attention in school, maybe you could intuitively pick up what duolingo is droppin'.
word of advice: don't stick to one single source for education. there's this wonderful interface called GOOGLE, and, as i understand it, google is good at getting people places...
Can someone please help me write this word 잇ㅅ습니다 it won't let me write it properly on keyboard Thanks
Maybe you can hold the ㅅ letter until the ㅆ appear. Ah sorry for my bad eglish, hope you understand what i mean
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In our language (Persian) we have sth like this wich it means "the food is awful" or "the food is not delicious" maybe it is like that. So why "음식은 맛업습니다" is false????
what purpose does the 의미카 serve in this phrase?
ps. my korean keyboard doesnt have the normal 'G' so i use the closest thing which is 'K' or 'ㅋ'. any idea of how i can get the normal 'G'?
Ok, so food is meaningful and books and movies are meaningless. Okay I guess?
I think this sentence makes sense if you think about a food shared with a loved one. That kind of food is really meaningful to me.
