는 김에
Romanisation: -neun gime
by the way; while at it
Example sentence
가는 김에 커피도 사다 주세요.
Ganeun gime keopido sada juseyo.
While you're at it, please buy me a coffee too.
What 는 김에 means
는 김에 (-neun gime) is a Korean word meaning “by the way; while at it”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 3
겨우
gyeou
only then; barely
게다가
gedaga
moreover
에 따르면
e ttareumyeon
according to
에 대해
e daehae
about; regarding
허락하다
heorakhada
to let; to allow
만약
manyak
if
위해서
wihaeseo
in order to; for
영원히
yeongwonhi
forever
원래
wollae
originally; it turns out
어쩔 수 없이
eojjeol su eopsi
to have no choice but
기만 하면
-giman hamyeon
as long as
서서히
seoseohi
gradually