“What are you doing today” in Korean: 오늘 뭐 해요?

오늘 뭐 해요?

oneul mwo haeyo?

Situation: Café & daily lifeLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

What are you doing today?

A daily conversation starter with friends or colleagues. 뭐 is the short form of “what.”

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Ask a friend or coworker about their plans. It is often a lead-in to an invitation.

With a rising tone it’s a question, and with a flat tone it can state your own plan. To ask about someone’s job, say 무슨 일 하세요? instead.

Syllables: 5 · Words: 3

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
오늘
오	ㅇ+ㅗ	o
늘	ㄴ+ㅡ+ㄹ	neul
뭐	ㅁ+ㅝ	mwo
해요
해	ㅎ+ㅐ	hae
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Question

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
하다	verb	to do	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “오늘 뭐 해요?” mean?

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Answer: What are you doing today?

Question 2 How do you say “What are you doing today?” in Korean?

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Answer: 오늘 뭐 해요? oneul mwo haeyo?

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