먹다 vs 드시다
Explanation
먹다 is plain “eat”: 밥을 먹어요.
드시다 is common honorific: 드세요. 잡수시다 is even more honorific/formal.
About yourself, keep 먹다; about a respected subject, upgrade the verb.
Offers: 많이 드세요 is a classic polite invitation to eat.
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Examples
점심 먹었어요?
Did you eat lunch? (peers)
식사하셨어요?
Have you eaten? (more respectful)
많이 드세요.
Please eat a lot. (honorific offer)
Common mistakes
- 할머니가 밥을 먹어요 in careful family speech about elders.
- Using 드시다 about your own eating.
How to practice
- Level: elementary–friendly explanation; still re-check formality with a native conversation partner when stakes are high.
- Say every example out loud, then change one slot (place, time, or person) to force production — not only recognition.
- After reading, open Chamelingo and recycle the same pattern in a lesson or speaking practice so it enters long-term memory.
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