식료품
singnyopum
The Korean word for grocery is 식료품 (singnyopum).
식료품 refers to food and other small items bought at a store. In casual conversation, it is often used interchangeably with 식품 when talking about items bought at a shop.
What does it mean word for word?
The word is composed of 식 (food), 료 (material/ingredient) and 품 (item/goods).
How do you pronounce it?
singnyopum
Did you know?
- In Korea, instead of a 'grocery store', people often go to a 마트 (ma-teu), a Konglish term derived from 'mart', which refers to large-scale supermarkets.
- While 식료품 is the formal term for groceries, you will more commonly hear people use the word 장 (jang) to refer to the act of grocery shopping, such as in the phrase 장을 보다 (jang-eul boda).
- Many Koreans still buy their 식료품 at a 전통시장 or 'traditional market'. These markets often use a bargaining system that is entirely absent from the modern 마트 experience.
Examples in context
- 이 식료품점은 유기농 식품만을 팔고 있다.This grocery store only sells organic food.This sentence is useful for seeing how to use 식료품 in the context of a grocery store.Tatoeba #9083614 by HappyMidnight, translation #4190431 by Hybrid
- 가까운 마트 어디예요?Where is the nearest mart?
- 오늘 장보러 갈 거야?Are you going grocery shopping today?
- 이 곳에 식료품점이 있나요?Is there a grocery store around here?
- 나는 주말에 장터에서 신선한 야채를 살 거야.I'm going to buy fresh vegetables at the open-air market this weekend.
- 이 마트는 식료품이 아주 신선해요.i mateuneun singryopumi aju sinseonhaeyo.The groceries at this mart are very fresh.
Example conversation
Jihoon and Subin are talking about chores at home.
- 지훈 Ji-hun수빈 씨, 식료품이 다 떨어졌어요.Subin ssi, singnyopumi da tteoreojyeosseoyo.Subin, we are out of groceries.
- 수빈 Su-bin정말요? 제가 지금 사 올게요.jeongmalyo? jega jigeum sa olgeyo.Really? I will go buy some now.
- 지훈 Ji-hun같이 가서 식료품을 골라봐요.gati gaseo singnyopumeul gollabwayo.Let's go together and pick out the groceries.
- 수빈 Su-bin좋아요. 지훈 씨, 빨리 준비하세요.joayo. Jihoon ssi, ppalli junbihaseyo.Okay. Jihoon, please get ready quickly.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
