2023-04-19

Let's learn about "밥 한번 먹자"

밥 한번 먹자 : Let’s get together sometime / Let’s hang out sometime

* The above is a short form of 언제 시간이 되면 우리 밥 한번 먹자(If we have time, let's eat together sometime)

* In Korea, "Let's eat together sometime" often means "Let's get together sometime"

[other expressions]
- 밥 한번 먹자. (to younger people or friends)
- 밥 한번 먹어. (to younger people or friends)
- 밥 한번 먹지. (to younger people or friends)
- 밥 한번 먹어요. (honourific by ‘요’)
- 밥 한번 먹지요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 밥 한번 먹죠. (more honourific by ‘시’; -죠 is a short form of -지요)
- 밥 한번 먹읍시다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 밥 한번 먹으시지요. (more honourific by ‘으시’)
- 밥 한번 먹으시죠. (more honourific by ‘으시’; -죠 is a short form of -지요) 
- 밥 한번 먹으십시다. (more honourific by ‘으시’)

<to the elderly like your uncle, parent, grandpa, grandma>
- 밥 한번 드시지요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 밥 한번 드시죠. (more honourific by ‘시’; -으시죠 is a short form of -으시지요)
- 밥 한번 드십시다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]
* 우리 : we (non-honourific word)
* 저희 : we (honourific word)

* 밥 : meal
* -을 : a particle makes 밥 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 한번 : a time; one time; once
- 단 한번 : once (and) for all

* 먹다 : eat (non-honourific word)

* 들다 : eat (non-honourific word)
* 드시다 : an honourific form of 들다 to the elderly by '-시'

* 먹자 : 먹(the stem of  먹다) + -자(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")
* 먹어 : 먹(the stem of  먹다) + -어(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")
* 먹지요 : 먹(the stem of  먹다)  + -지(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 먹읍시다 : 먹(the stem of  먹다) + -읍시다(a propositive honourific verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")

* 드시지요 : 드시(the stem of  드시다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -지(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 드십시다 : 드시(the stem of  드시다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시다(a propositive honourific verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")

* a verb + -자 / -어 / -지 : a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~"
* a verb + -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -ㅂ시다 / -시지요 / -시죠 / -으시지요 / -으시죠 / -읍시다 : an honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~" by '-요' / '-ㅂ'

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