2021-05-04

Let’s learn about "죽었다, 죽였다”

트럭만한 악어가 나타나서 분탕을 지어서 (사람들이) 결국 죽였대요(An alligator the size of a truck showed up, built a lot of trouble, and people killed him)


* 악어 : a crocodile; an alligator

* 트럭 : a truck

* -만한 : as ... as

* 트럭만한 : the size of a truck

* 나타나다 : show up

* 나타나서 : 나타나다 + -서(and then)

* 분탕 : (1) dissipation; squandering (2) a clamor; an uproar; a row; a commotion; a trouble; a plight

* 을 : a suffix makes 분탕 objective after a word ends a consonant

* 짓다 : (1) commit; do (2) build; compose

* 지어서 : 짓다 + -어서(because of)

* 사람 : human being

* 들 : a suffix makes 사람 plural

* 이 : a suffix makes 사람들 subjective after a word ends a consonant

* 죽이다 : kill somebody or something

* 죽다 : die; pass away

* 죽였다 : past tense of 죽이다

* 죽었다 : past tense of 죽다

* 죽였대요 : 죽였다(kill) + -대(quote) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 죽었대요 : 죽다(die) + -대(quote) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix) 

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* 죽었대요 : die; pass away

* 죽였대요 : kill something or someone

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죽였다 : 죽이다 + -었(a particle makes a verb past tense) + -다

* -이 + -었 ==> -였


죽었다 : 죽다 + 었(a particle makes a verb past tense) + -다

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