"I sing while I eat."

Translation: 저는 먹으면서 노래합니다.

[akitasounds]

Why is there 서 at the end of 먹으면서?
What's the difference if I just say 먹으면 only?

[nleconte]

으면 : if (I eat)
으면서: while (I eat)

To different grammar patterns.

[DitaSavitr]

From what I know "..면" means "If" and "..면서" means "while.."
So, "저는 먹으면.." means "if I eat.."
And"저는 먹으면서..." means "...while I eat"

[Matthew667285]

면 means if/when.....면서 means while I do something.

[UltimetaSy]

면 means if
면서 while

[RodSalomon1]

면 means "if"? 면서 means while

[roberto727]

"if" or "when" depending on the context. It might help to think "while __ing" for 면서. And at times "while" may not be be used in the translation. 집에 가면서 could be translated "on the way home", "going home" or "while going home."

[KookieBTSARMY101]

... That's not safe... Your gonna choke...

[roberto727]

https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-2-lower-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-2-lessons-42-50/lesson-43/

https://www.howtostudykorean.com/unit-3-intermediate-korean-grammar/unit-3-lessons-59-66/lesson-62/

[aloyoyen]

Can I also say I eat while I sing?

[pattmahiney]

You'd have to flip it.
The 으면서 means "while" or "as". It's weird because the verbs are in the opposited order in English.

저는 먹으면서 (while I eat/as I eat) 노래합니다 (I sing).

I hope that helped.

[LunaKyria]

No, because the 'while' is attached to the 'eating'. It's not ''I'm singing, and during that time I also eat a bit''; it's ''I'm eating, and during that time I also sing a bit''. Different things :)

[MichaelaRo567259]

The verb in that sentence would be eat, so the translation would have ended with 먹어요

[SeanFogart4]

You might want to if you were worried about chewed food flying out in the English translation like me. It should be a bit more like, "I sing while I have food."