"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*

[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).

[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

[Translator500]

XD

[imma_potato123]

Garam: you (with wild smirk and fishy eyes)

[Translator500]

당신! XD

[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?

[jokai00]

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.

[Stella11209]

What's the difference between 원해요 and 싶어요?

[MiraB30]

Can someone tell me if my answer also acceptable is: 가람 씨, 무엇을 싶어요?

[imma_potato123]

I don't know but it's unnatural to me.

[soobee620]

I was told that I have an extra space and was given "가람씨, 무엇을 원해요?" as the correct answer. Here I see that it is "가람 씨". So, which is it?

[thines01]

That's "Mr." to YOU.

[zkfls148]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 나 한국인인데 여기 너무 재미있닼ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[TiaDarling1]

how was i supposed to know mr. 가람 needed an honorific from that speakers pov