Egg question

[orbiter]

A question on eggs...

계란, 달걀, 알 --> when to use what??

계란찜? 달걀찜? 계란라면? 달걀찜라면?

[trutherous]

계란, 달걀, 알 --> when to use what??

I haven't got a complete answer for you but I can say that "알" just means 'an egg'.. 'some kind of egg' (could be a dragon egg), whereas 계란 and 달걀 (닭알) refer to chicken eggs. Typically when I think of food, talk about food, or order food, I seem to find myself using 계란 e.g. 삶은 계란, 계란 후라이, 등등 --the only time I think I ever used 달걀 was when the person looked at me puzzled as if they didn't understand my pronunciation and maybe I said 달걀 말이에요! ㅋㅋ

[manyakumi]

Hi, guys.
I just stopped by to solve the question remains.


계란(鷄卵) : 鷄 닭 '계' + 卵 알 '란'
달걀 : 닭의 알


Same meaning, different origins.
Have a good day~!


Sean.

[timandyou]

Yeah!
Thanks for the comment, orbiter!

영훈님 & 김 감독님 are here!!!
"YEAH~~!!!!"

I have nothing much to say about the question.
cheers,
Tim

모두 감사해요~~ ^^

[orbiter]

Hi, guys.
I just stopped by to solve the question remains.


계란(鷄卵) : 鷄 닭 '계' + 卵 알 '란'
달걀 : 닭의 알


Same meaning, different origins.
Have a good day~!


Sean.

This is very interesting! So if I say 달걀 후라이... 이상해요? 달걀마리..? ㅋㅋ

[trutherous]

Not as strange as it would be to say '''I'll have my ovum scrambled please'''

Woah --I just realized that looks like a bad subtitle '''I'll have my ovum scrambled please'' ㅋㅋㅋ