2023-10-06

Let's learn about "점심을 굶었어요"

점심을 굶었어요 : I skipped lunch; I didn’t have any lunch; I’ve been fasting all day

아침 먹고 나서 아무것도 못 먹었다 : I haven’t had a bite since this morning.

* 단식하다•금식하다 : fast

ex)

A. 오늘 점심은 뭐 먹었어? : So, what did you have for lunch today?

B. 아, 점심 굶었어. 수업 중간에 시간이 나지 않았거든 : Oh, I skipped it. I didn’t have enough time between my classes

[other expressions]
- 점심을 굶었다. (to younger people or friends)
- 점심을 굶었네. (to younger people or friends)
- 점심을 굶었어. (to younger people or friends)
- 점심을 굶었네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 점심을 굶었어요. (honourific by '-요')
- 점심을 굶었습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

- 아침 먹고 나서 아무것도 못 먹는다. (to the younger people or friends)
- 아침 먹고 나서 아무것도 못 먹네. (to the younger people or friends)
- 아침 먹고 나서 아무것도 못 먹어. (to the younger people or friends)
- 아침 먹고 나서 아무것도 못 먹네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 아침 먹고 나서 아무것도 못 먹어요. (honourific by '-요')
- 아침 먹고 나서 아무것도 못 먹습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-')

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)
* 저 : I (honourific word to the elderly)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; when this omitted, the sentence is more natural

* 난 : a short form of 나는; this omitted
* 전 : a short form of 저는; this omitted

* 굶다 : [Pronunciation: 굼따] go foodless[hungry]; skip[miss / lose] a meal; starve; famish; fast
- 굶어 죽다 : die of[from] hunger / be starved[famished] to death
- 종일 굶었다  :I haven't eaten all day. / I have not touched food all day
- 그 해에는 많은 사람들이 굶어 죽었다 : Many died of hunger[starved to death] that year
- 굶어 죽을 지경이다 : I'm (almost) starved. / I'm (simply) starving. / I'm famished
- 그들은 여러날 굶었다 : They went hungry for days
- 굶어 죽기 전에 일자리를 찾아야 한다 : I have to find a job before I starve

* 굶기다 : [Pronunciation: 굼기다] [=굶게 하다] let go hungry[foodless]; starve; make starve <-- casautivr form of 굶다 by '-기-'
- 굶겨 죽이다 : starve to death
- 처자식을 굶길 수는 없잖나 : How can I let my family go hungry?
  
* 굶었다 : [Prinunciation: 굴먿따] past tense of 굶다 by '-었-'

* 굶었습니다 : 굶었(the stem of 굶었다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

* 아침 : (1) morning (2) [=아침 식사] breakfast
- 아침 (식사) 겸 점심 : brunch

* 못 : this is equal to "can't; be unable to" in English

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

* 먹고 : 먹(the stem of 먹다) + -고(and)

* 먹고 나서 : 먹(the stem of 먹다) + -고 나서(and then; after doing something)

* 아무것 : anything
* 아무것도 : nothing at all <-- 아무것 + -도(A postpositional particle used to indicate the ability to accept something although it does not reach a standard or expectation; A postpositional particle used when giving an extreme case in order to show that it is obvious in another case; A postpositional particle used to emphasize an unusual case or unexpected case; A postpositional particle used to emphasize emotions such as a surprise, exclamation, disappointment, etc)
- 나는 아무것도 가져오지 않았다 : I didn't bring anything with me

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

* 단식 : [斷食] a fast; fasting; abstinence <-- 단(abstrain) + 식(eat)
- 7일간의 단식에 들어가다 : go on a seven day fast[a fast of seven days]
- 단식을 중지하다 : break one's fast
- 단식법 : a fasting method
- 단식 요법 : a starvation cure; a fasting treatment
- 단식일 : a fast day
- 단식 투쟁 : a hunger strike

* 단식하다 : fast; observe a fast; abstain from food
- 5일간 단식하다 : fast (for) five days
- 단식하여 수양하다 : train oneself while fasting
- 그는 그 날 하루 단식했다 : He went without food the whole of that day

* 금식 : [禁食] a fast; fasting <-- 금(prohibit; abstrain) + 식(eat)
- 금식일 : a fast day

* 금식하다 : fast; observe a fast; go without food; abstain from food

* 오늘 : [=금일] today

* 점심 : lunch
* -은 : a particle makes 점심 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant; this can be replaced by '-으로/-으로는'

* 뭐 : a short form of 뭘
* 뭘 : a short form of 무엇을
* 무엇 : what
* -을 : a particle makes 무엇 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 먹었다 : past tense of 먹다 by '-었-'

* 먹었어? : 먹었(the stem of 먹었다) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 아 : Oh

* 수업 : [修業] pursuit of knowledge; study
- 수업하다 : pursue knowledge; study; get one's education[training]

* 수업 : class

* 중 / 중에 : in the middle of ~

* 중간 : middle
* 중간에 : in the middle of ~

* 시간 : [時間] (1) an hour (2) [=때] time  (3) [=시각] time
* -이 : a particle makes 시간 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 안 : this is equal to "not" in English

* 나다 : [=틈이 생기다] be vacated; become vacant[empty]; empty; open up
* 났다 : past tense of 나다 by '-았-'
- 시간이 나다 : be free / have leisure[spare time]
- 자리가 났다 : A place[job / seat] opened up[became available]
- 방이 났다 : A room was available[vacant]
- 빈 집이 났다 : A house was vacant (for rent)

* 나지 : 나(the stem of 나다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타] be not; never
* 않는다 : present form of 않다 by '-는-'

* 않을 : 않(the stem of 않다) + -을(s suffix makes a verb future tense and a ttributive)

* 텐데 : s short form of 터인데
* 터 : [추측•짐작] a conjecture
* -인데 / -ㄴ데 : (1) A sentence-final ending used to ask the listener while anticipating his/her answer (2) A connective ending used to talk in advance about a situation to follow (3) A sentence-final ending used to admire something while anticipating the listener's response
- 그런데, 너 지금 갈 거니? : By the way, are you going now?
- 참 좋은데! : How nice!

* 시간이 안 나다 / 시간이 나지 않다 : don't have enough time

* 않았다 : past tense of 않다 by '-았-'

* 않았거든 : 않았(the stem of 않았다) + -거든(A sentence-final ending referring to the reason, cause, or basis for the preceding statement that the speaker thought of)

* -거든요 : an honourific form of -거든 by '-요'

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