"I eat a banana with coffee."
Translation:바나나를 커피와 함께 먹습니다.
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I understand 와 as "and". So it would be something like "I eat banana and coffee together", I guess
That combo changes sentence from "and" to mean "with". Notice that banana is object (를) of eat.
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As far as I understand, having the 와 an the end of the second noun, rather than the first, makes it "with". 함께 seems to be commonly used, but not strictly necessary.
In the English translation, it says "I eat a banana with coffee." But in the Korean translation, I see no "I." Why is there no "I" in the Korean version?
Yes. "I" is often understood in Korean and is often dropped in Korean conversation. It's why you learned "죄송합니다" rather than "저는 죄송합니다" as the other person you're speaking with/to Would already understand that it's you who is sorry.
Can't we put 저는 바나나를 커피와 함께 먹어요? I tried to put it and I got a wrong answer...
in this context, is 하고 still interchangeable with 와 or no? (Ex. 바나나를 커피하고 함께 먹습니다.")
It would, if the sentence were "I eat coffee and banana", but I think the context here is more like: every time I eat a banana, I also have coffee
That would be: "I eat a banana using/for coffee". Now im really curious about your banana eating habits
If you use the browser version, you can type your answer into a blank box, rather than selecting from a word bank. I highly recommend doing this whenever possible, so that you actually learn to spell in Korean. It's also just a bigger challenge in itself to have to generate the words from memory, without prompting. Give it a go!
(Most computer keyboards have fairly easy ways to switch back and forth between your native alphabet and 한글. I bought the little stickers for my laptop, and it was immeasurably useful.)
Korean keyboard is super easy to learn. I didn't even required the stickers for learning it, for it's easy to remember and it is the same format as the phone format. But I came back now to learning korean after one month break so I think I remember 70% of that. Better brush up my Korean skills!!
Well, technically what you answered means "I eat a banana and coffee" rather than "I eat a banana with coffee." The word order does matter, in this case.
I think 같이 is "together" when referring to you and someone else ... close to "let's".
같이 가요 --> let's go together
같이 먹어요 --> let's eat together