요거트
yogeoteu
The English word "yogurt" is 요거트 (yogeoteu) in Korean.
The word is used to describe a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process.
Meaning: a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process (noun)
Which one should you use?
While 요거트 refers to yogurt, the loanword 요구르트 is also frequently used.
How do you pronounce it?
yogeoteu
Did you know?
- While 요거트 is a direct loanword, the alternative 요구르트 (yogurt) is actually a loanword from Japanese, which originally borrowed it from English.
- In Korea, the word 요구르트 often refers specifically to the small, sweet, drinkable yogurt bottles with foil lids rather than the thick, spoonable kind.
- Because 요거트 is a newer loanword, it is often seen as more 'sophisticated' or 'Western' in marketing compared to the more traditional-sounding 요구르트.
Examples in context
- 요거트는 유제품 코너에서 찾으실 수 있습니다.You can find yogurt in the dairy section.This sentence is useful for seeing how to use 요거트 when talking about finding items in a store.Tatoeba #13058654 by Uwe, translation #11962742 by CK
- 저는 요구르트를 좋아해요.I like yogurt.
- 유산균 음료를 하나 주세요.Please give me one bottle of yogurt drink.
- 아침에 요구르트 한 컵 먹었어.I had a cup of yogurt for breakfast.
- 혹시 우유랑 요구르트 어떤 걸 더 좋아해?By any chance, which do you prefer, milk or yogurt?
- 아침 식사로 요거트를 먹어요.achim siksa-ro yogurt-reul meogeoyo.I eat yogurt for breakfast.
Example conversation
Minji and Hyunwoo are at a supermarket.
- 민지 Min-ji현우 씨, 요거트 어디에 있어요?Hyeon-u ssi, yogeoteu eodi-e isseoyo?Hyunwoo, where is the yogurt?
- 현우 Hyeon-woo저쪽 냉장고 안에 있어요.jeotteok naeng-jang-go ane isseoyo.It's inside the refrigerator over there.
- 민지 Min-ji플레인 요거트로 살게요.peullein yogeoteu-ro salgeyo.I'll buy the plain yogurt.
- 현우 Hyeon-woo좋아요, 같이 가요.jo-ayo, gat-i gayo.Okay, let's go together.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
