우리 우선 2인분만 시킬까요?
Shall we first order two orders?
좋아요. 먹어 보고 부족하면 그때 더 시켜요.
OK. Let’s first eat and order more if it’s not sufficient.
요즘 음식을 남기면 벌금을 내야 하는 식당이 있다면서요?
I heard that there are restaurants where you have to pay a fine for leaving food. (Is it true?)
네, 남은 음식을 버려야 하잖아요.
Yes. We have to throw away the leftover food.
그러니까 음식을 시킬 때 너무 많이 시키면 안 돼요. 알맞게 시켜야 해요.
So you shouldn’t order too much when ordering food. You should order appropriately.
맞아요. 음식이 많이 남으면 아깝잖아요.
Yes, it’s right. It’s such a waste to leave so much food.
V+ 는/ㄴ다면서요?
A+ 다면서요?
It is used to ask the other person to confirm the fact that the speaker has heard of somewhere else.
When an action verb stem ends in a consonant, use ‘-는다면서요?‘, and when it ends in a vowel, use, ‘-ㄴ다면서요?’ ‘-다면서요?’ is used after a descriptive verb stem.
한국 사람들이 거의 날마다 김치를 먹는다면서요?
I heard that Koreans eat kimchi almost every day. (Is it true?)
한국 식당에서는 반찬이랑 물을 무료로 준다면서요?
I heard that Korean restaurants give side dishes and water for free. (Is it true?)
중고품 가게에 질이 좋은 물건들도 많다면서요?
I heard that second-hand stores have a lot of quality items. (Is it true?)
Related words
벌금 a fine
그러니까 so
아깝다 to be a waste
질 quality
Source: Yonsei University. Korean Language Institute
