🇵🇭 Kaya kong maintindihan ang isang maikling Korean joke at gamitin ang Noun + 이/가 있어요, 제, 에 at 은/는.
Welcome to Nova Funny Korean! 😂 Studying a textbook every day can get boring — so let’s laugh a little. A joke is a great way to review: it’s short, you remember it, and you want to tell it to your friends. Today’s joke happens in a Korean restaurant. Watch it first, then let Teacher Nova break down every word.
🇵🇭 Medyo nakakabagot minsan ang libro araw-araw — kaya tumawa muna tayo! Panoorin muna ang joke, tapos aralin natin ang bawat salita.
🎬 1. Watch the Joke
🇵🇭 Hulaan muna nang malakas ang sagot ng may-ari bago siya magsalita!
📖 2. The Joke
| Who | Korean | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 🍽️ 손님 customer |
사장님! 제 김치찌개에 파리가 있어요!!! [사장님! 제 김치찌개에 파리가 이써요] |
Sir! There’s a fly in my kimchi stew!!! Boss! May langaw sa kimchi jjigae ko!!! |
| 👨🍳 사장님 owner |
괜찮아요, 손님. 파리는 많이 안 먹어요. [괜차나요, 손님. 파리는 마니 안 머거요] |
It’s okay, sir. Flies don’t eat much. Okay lang po. Hindi naman kumakain nang marami ang langaw. |
🇵🇭 Galit ang customer dahil may langaw sa sabaw — pero sumagot ang may-ari na parang ang problema ay baka maubos ng langaw ang pagkain niya!
🔍 3. Word by Word
| Korean | Meaning | Teacher Nova’s note |
|---|---|---|
| 사장님 | boss / owner | The owner of a shop or restaurant. In Korea, customers call the owner 사장님 to be polite and friendly — you will hear it everywhere! |
| 제 | my (polite) | Humble form of “my” (저의 → 제). Use it with people you respect, like a boss or a stranger. |
| 찌개 | stew | A thick Korean soup cooked in a pot. |
| 김치찌개 | kimchi stew | The most popular stew in Korea — spicy and delicious! 🍲 |
| -에 | in / at | Location particle: 김치찌개에 = in the kimchi stew. |
| 파리 | a fly 🪰 | Careful: same sound as Paris (파리) — the city! |
| -가 있어요 | there is ~ | 파리가 있어요 = There is a fly. |
| 괜찮아요 | It’s okay | One of the most useful Korean words. Sounds like [괜차나요]. |
| 손님 | customer / guest | Staff in shops and restaurants call customers 손님. |
| -는 | topic particle | 파리는 = “As for the fly…” (it shows contrast — the fly, not you 😄). |
| 많이 | a lot / much | Sounds like [마니]. |
| 안 먹어요 | don’t eat | 안 + verb = not ~. 많이 안 먹어요 = don’t eat much. |
📌 4. Grammar Points
✅ Batchim (final consonant) → 이 있어요: 손님이 있어요, 물이 있어요
✅ No batchim → 가 있어요: 파리가 있어요, 커피가 있어요
👉 Opposite: 없어요 (there isn’t) — 파리가 없어요! 😅
🇵🇭 May ~ / Mayroong ~
📚 Full lesson: Grammar 3-1 · 있어요/없어요
저 (I, polite) + 의 (‘s) → 저의 = 제. Friends use 내 (my, casual), but with a boss, a customer or the restaurant owner, say 제.
예) 제 이름은 마두예요. · 제 커피에 파리가 있어요!
🇵🇭 Magalang na “ko / aking”.
김치찌개에 파리가 있어요. (There’s a fly in the stew.) · 식당에 손님이 많아요. (There are many customers at the restaurant.)
📚 Full lesson: Grammar 3-2 · The Location Particle 에
Batchim → 은 (손님은), no batchim → 는 (파리는). Here 파리는 means “the fly (unlike you)…” — that’s the joke!
📚 Full lesson: Grammar 1-2 · The Topic Particle 은/는
많이 먹어요 = eat a lot 🍚 · 많이 안 먹어요 = don’t eat much
안 + verb makes it negative: 가요 → 안 가요, 마셔요 → 안 마셔요.
📚 Full lesson: Grammar 7-2 · Simple Negation 안
❓ 5. Answer Fast! (Mini-Story Q&A)
Say each answer out loud — fast! One or two words is enough. Then tap to check. ⚡
🇵🇭 Sumagot nang malakas at mabilis! Isa o dalawang salita lang ay okay na.
❓ 손님은 어디에 있어요? (Where is the customer?)
👉 식당에 있어요. (At a restaurant.)
❓ 손님은 뭐 먹어요? (What is the customer eating?)
👉 김치찌개요! (Kimchi stew!)
❓ 김치찌개에 뭐가 있어요? (What is in the kimchi stew?)
👉 파리가 있어요! (A fly!)
❓ 파리는 많이 먹어요? (Does the fly eat a lot?)
👉 아니요, 많이 안 먹어요. (No, it doesn’t eat much.) 😂
❓ 사장님은 걱정해요? (Is the owner worried?)
👉 아니요! “괜찮아요!” (No! “It’s okay!”)
Change the food and try: “사장님! 제 커피에 파리가 있어요!” · “제 라면에 머리카락이 있어요!” (There’s a hair in my ramen!)
Tell this joke to a Korean friend — they will laugh! 😆
📚 Want more? Review food words in Vocabulary 9-1, watch FUN Story #1 · Where is Gaeguri from?, or start from EPS-BOOK 1.
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