i sikdangeun jogeum bissajiman bumonimirang dasi ol manhaeyo.

This restaurant is a little expensive, but it’s worth coming back to with my parents.

Breakdown of i sikdangeun jogeum bissajiman bumonimirang dasi ol manhaeyo.

• 이: this
• ~은: topic particle
• 오다: to come
• 식당: restaurant

Questions & Answers about i sikdangeun jogeum bissajiman bumonimirang dasi ol manhaeyo.

Why is 은 attached to 식당 in 이 식당은?

은 is the topic particle. In 이 식당은, it marks this restaurant as the topic of the sentence.

It gives a feeling like:

• As for this restaurant...
• This restaurant, ...

That is slightly different from 이 식당이, which would mark the restaurant more as the grammatical subject in a more neutral or contrastive way depending on context.

Here, 은 works well because the speaker is making a comment about the restaurant: it is a little expensive, but still worth coming back to.

What is the role of 조금 here?

조금 means a little or a bit.

So 조금 비싸지만 means:

• it is a little expensive, but...

It softens the statement. Instead of saying the restaurant is just plain expensive, the speaker is being more moderate.

In everyday speech, you will also often hear 좀 instead of 조금:

• 조금 비싸지만
• 좀 비싸지만

Both are natural, but 좀 is more conversational.

Why is it 비싸지만 and not 비싸요 하지만?