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무슨 음악 좋아해요?
What's your favorite music? (Literally 'what music do you like?' — Korean has no native word for 'favorite'.)
무슨 음식 좋아해요?
What's your favorite food? (음식 = 'eat-drink' (飮食).)
고양이가 강아지보다 좋아요
Cats are better than dogs (보다 = 'than'; 강아지 = puppy (more common in speech than 개).)
강아지보다 고양이를 더 좋아해요
I like cats more than dogs (더 = 'more'.)
진짜요? 저도 그거 좋아해요!
Really? I like that too! (-도 = 'also/too'.)
추천해 줄 거 있어요?
Do you have a recommendation for us? (추천 = recommendation; -해 줄 거 = 'something to do for [us]'.)
차 너무 싫어해요
I hate cars (싫어하다 = opposite of 좋아하다 — 'to dislike'.)
먹어 본 적 있어요?
Have you ever tried it? (-어 본 적 있다 = 'have the experience of trying' — for food. For other things: 해 본 적 있어요?)
어느 게 더 좋아요?
Which one is better? (어느 = 'which'; 게 = '것이' (thing-subject).)
김치 좋아해요?
Do you like kimchi?
그거 어떻게 생각해요?
What do you think about that? (Literally 'how do you think it?')
제 생각에는…
I think that… (Literally 'in my thought…')
그런 거 같지 않아요
I don't think so (Literally 'doesn't seem like that'; -ㄴ 거 같다 = 'seems like'.)
잘 모르겠어요
I'm not sure (Literally 'I don't know well' — softer than 몰라요.)
맞아요!
You're right! (맞다 = 'to be correct'.)
커피도 마실래요?
Do you want coffee too? (-ㄹ래요? = 'do you want to?' (casual offer).)
괜찮아요, 커피 안 좋아해요
No thanks, I don't like coffee (괜찮아요 = polite refusal 'I'm fine'.)
커피 좋아하는데 차를 더 좋아해요
I like coffee, but I prefer tea (-는데 = 'but/and' (mild contrast).)
맥주 한잔 할래요?
Can I offer you a beer? (Literally 'shall we do one cup of beer?' 한잔 하다 = idiom for 'have a drink'.)
네, 좋아요! 맥주 진짜 좋아해요
Yes, sure! I love beer
커피가 너무 진해서 안 좋아해요
I don't like coffee, because it's too strong (진하다 = 'thick/strong (of liquids)'; -아서 = 'because'.)
커피가 세상에서 제일 좋아요
Coffee is the best thing in the world (제일 = 'number one/the most'.)
맥주가 세상에서 제일 별로예요
Beer is the worst thing in the world (별로 = 'not great' (literally 'separately' — i.e. nothing special).)
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