"Garam, what do you want?"

Translation: 가람 씨, 뭘 원해요?

[BobPancakes]

Is 뭘 a contraction of 무엇을?
If so, do people ever say 무엇을 or is 뭘 a lot more common?

[Wang_Jackson]

You are right! 뭘 is used more in daily life and is a contraction of 무엇을.

[ReneeL19]

This is confusing :(

[erudis]

What is confusing?

• 가람 is just a name, but because so many Korean names are gender-neutral, you don't know if it's a man or a woman
• 씨 is a honorific attached to the given name of someone not very close to you whom you want to respectfully address
• 뭘 means 'what' and it is a contracted form of 뭐 (which is a contracted form of 무엇) + the object marking particle 를
• 원해요 means 'to want', and it is the informal polite present tense conjugation of the verb 원하다

See, Korean is not confusing. Not confusing at all. Nope. *twitches*

[nleconte]

Good explanation. Small note, here they use the topic particle 는 instead of the object marking particle 를. Same contraction logic.

[Buchukimchi]

No. They use the object marking particle 을/를

무엇을 is shortened to 뭘

[Druckles]

What's the difference between 씨 and 님?

[erudis]

In general terms, you use 씨 for given names (민지 씨, 수연 씨) and 님 for titles or full names (선생님, 사장님, 김동률님).

[SabianF]

More like "Mr. Garam, what do you desire?"

[yinneo]

Why on Earth would "가람 씨, 뭐를 원해요?" suddenly not be accepted in this one sentence? Especially since this contraction is not even covered in the lesson??? Duolingo is so ridiculous, lol.

[zerrenato]

Can't I use 원합니다 instead of 원해요?

[jovikasse]

You'd have to use 원합니까

[Name38498]

Yes, you can if you want to sound more formal.

[Name38498]

Yes you can if you want to sound more formal.