아침 식사가 포함돼 있어요?

When to use

Use this to confirm your booking details before assuming you can eat at the hotel restaurant for free.

How it works

This polite informal question uses a continuous state construction.

• 아침 식사가: 'Breakfast' + subject particle '가'
• 포함돼 있어요?: 'Is included?' (포함되다 + 어 있다)

State of Being

The ending '-아/어 있다' expresses a continuing state resulting from an action. Here, '포함되다' (to be included) combines with '-어 있다' to form '포함되어 있다' (contracted to 포함돼 있다), meaning it is currently in the state of being included.

Pronunciation

The word '식사' (meal) undergoes tensification due to the preceding 'ㄱ' batchim, making it sound like [식싸].

Notes

Ask this during check-in to clarify if your room rate covers the morning meal.