This is what you wanted to eat in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

Breakdown of the sentence:

1. "이게" comes from "이것이" meaning “this” with the subject particle “-이” attached (often contracted to "이게").

2. "드시고 싶었던" is a relative clause modifying “거.”
 • "드시다" is the honorific form of “to eat”.
 • "고 싶다" means “to want to,” so “드시고 싶다” expresses “to want to eat” (honorific).
 • Adding "었던" turns it into a modifier meaning “that you wanted to eat” (referring to a past desire).

3. "거예요" is a contracted form of "것이에요," meaning “thing is” or “it is the thing,” completing the noun phrase that the relative clause describes.

Romanized, the sentence is: "Ige dusigo sipeotdeon geoyeyo."
This literally conveys: "This is the thing that you wanted to eat."

Tips to remember:
• Recognize that relative clauses in Korean come before the noun they modify. Here, "드시고 싶었던" describes "거" (thing).
• Practice forming expressions with "고 싶다" and then converting them to relative clauses for past desires by adding "었던."
• Notice how honorific forms (like "드시다") change according to the status of the listener or subject.

Alternate ways to say “This is what you wanted to eat”:

• Using the non-honorific verb “먹다”:
 Sentence: "이게 네가 먹고 싶었던 거예요."
 Romanized: "Ige nega meokgo sipeotdeon geoyeyo."
 (“네가” is the casual form of “you.”)

• Changing the relative clause ending to a less formal style:
 Sentence: "이것이 네가 먹고 싶어 하던 거야."
 Romanized: "Igeosi nega meokgo sipeo hadeon geoya."

• For a more formal alternative replacing "거예요" with a full noun phrase:
 Sentence: "당신이 드시고 싶었던 것이 바로 이거예요."
 Romanized: "Dangsini dusigo sipeotdeon geosi baro igo yeyeyo."

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