2023-10-04

Let's learn about "돼지처럼 많이 먹어요"

돼지처럼 많이 먹어요 : He eats like a pig

* 돼지같이 먹다 : pig out

ex)

A. 존 다이어트하는 중 아니야? : Isn’t John going on a diet?

B. 무슨 소리야? 걔는 늘 돼지같이 많이 먹어 : Are you kidding? He’s always pigging out

[other expressions]
- 그는 돼지처럼 많이 먹는다. (to the younger people or friends)
- 그는 돼지처럼 많이 먹네. (to the younger people or friends)
- 그는 돼지처럼 많이 먹어. (to the younger people or friends)
- 그는 돼지처럼 많이 먹네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 그는 돼지처럼 많이 먹어요. (honourific by '-요')
- 그는 돼지처럼 많이 먹습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-')

[explanations]
* 그 : he
* -는 : a particle makes 그 subjective after  a word ends in a consonant

* 돼지 : a pig
* -처럼 / -같이 : like

* 많이 : many; much

* 먹다 : [Pronunciation: 먹따] eat
* 먹는다 : present tense of 먹다 by '-는-'

* 먹습니다 : : 먹(the stem of 먹다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourifc descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -어 + -요 : an honouricic ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ'

* 존 : John
* -은 / -이 : a particle makes 존 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 다이어트 : diet
* 다이어트하다 : do a diet

* -하는 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb attributive)

* 중 : in the middle of; ...ing

* 아니다 : be not
* 아니냐? : 아니(the stem of 아니다) + -냐?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 무슨 소리야? = 무슨 말이야? : What do you mean? / What?

* 개 : he or she (non-honourific word means "그 아이”(that boy or girl) / "그 사람(that man or that woman is younger than us)
* -는 : a particle makes 걔 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 늘 / 항상 : always

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