“What is this” in Korean: 이거 뭐예요? (igeo mwoyeyo?)

이거 뭐예요?

igeo mwoyeyo?

Situation: Dining out & orderingLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

What is this?

You can ask it while pointing at menu items or street food. 뭐 is short for 무엇, and since it ends in a vowel it takes 예요.

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

Ask it while pointing at a menu item, a street food or an ingredient. Use it any time you do not know what something is.

뭐예요 is short for 무엇이에요. Use 이거 for something close to you and 저거 for something far away. After the answer, you can check the spice with 이거 매워요?

Syllables: 5 · Words: 2

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
이거
이	ㅇ+ㅣ	i
거	ㄱ+ㅓ	geo
뭐예요
뭐	ㅁ+ㅝ	mwo
예	ㅇ+ㅖ	ye
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.

Test yourself before you move on. Tap an answer.

Question 1 What does “이거 뭐예요?” mean?

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Answer: What is this?

Question 2 How do you say “What is this?” in Korean?

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Answer: 이거 뭐예요? igeo mwoyeyo?

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