Let's learn about "후식은 어떤 걸로 드릴까요?"

후식은 어떤 걸로 드릴까요? : What would you like for dessert?; Should I tell you what we have for dessert?

[other expressions]

- 후식은 어떤 걸로  줄까? (to younger people or friends)

- 후식은 어떤 걸로  줄까요? (honourific by ‘-요’; to younger people or friends)

- 후식은 어떤 걸로  드릴까요? (formal; honourific by ‘-요’)

[explanations]

* 후식 : [後食] dessert

* -은 : a particle makes 후식 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 어떻다 = 어떠하다 : a short form of 어떠하다(be how)

* 어땠다 = 어떠했다 : past tense of 어떻다 / 어떠하다 by '-었-'

* 어떤 : (1) what; which (2) how <--- 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㄴ) + -ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb attributive)

(1) what, which

- 어떤 음식을 좋아하세요? : What kind of food do you like?  

(2) how

- 나는 그가 어떤 기분일지 잘 알고 있다 : I know quite well how he must feel. 

(3) some, certain, (slng) this

- 간밤에 어떤 이상한 남자를 만났다 : I met this weird guy last night.  

(4) any

- 어떤 상황에서도 거짓말을 해서는 안 된다 : You must not tell a lie under any circumstances. 

* 걸로 : a short form of 것으로

* 것 : a thing

* -으로 / -로 : A postpositional particle that indicates a thought about something(어떤 사물에 대하여 생각하는 바를 나타내는 조사); this can be replaced by -을

* -을 : a particle makes 어떤 것 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 주다 : give

* 드리다 : an honourific form of 주다 to the elderly

* 줄까? : 주(the stem of 주다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 줄까요? : 주(the stem of 주다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 드릴까요? : 드리(the stem of 드리다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -ㄹ까? : a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㄹ까? + -요 : an honourific propositive verb ending suffix