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tigerz8me asked in TravelAsia PacificKorea · 9 years ago

In Korean, is rice "bal" or "ssap"?

If it is both, what is the difference and when do you use them?

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  • 갬보스
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    You mixed the ending letters up.

    밥[Bap] - boiled rice/cooked rice/meal/food

    쌀 [ssal] - raw rice/newly harvested rice

  • Keem k
    9 years ago

    before it cook.. just call 'ssal'

    after cooked from rice cooker or pot.. we call "bab"

    Source(s): mother tongue
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