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Why is 전에 used after 회의 in 회의 전에?

전에 means before, and it comes after a noun.

  • 회의 전에 = before the meeting
  • 수업 전에 = before class
  • 점심 전에 = before lunch

This is the normal pattern:

  • noun + 전에 = before noun

If you want to say before doing something, you usually use:

  • verb stem + 기 전에

For example:

  • 먹기 전에 = before eating
  • 회의하기 전에 = before having the meeting

So 회의 전에 is natural because 회의 is a noun.

Why does the sentence say 과자 하나? Why not 과자 한 개?

Both are possible.

  • 과자 하나
  • 과자 한 개

In casual spoken Korean, 하나, 둘, 셋 are often used by themselves as general counters, especially when the context is clear.

So 과자 하나 means something like:

  • one snack
  • one cookie/cracker
  • one piece/package of snacks

The exact unit depends on context.

한 개 is a little more explicit because is the general counter for things. But 하나 by itself is very common in everyday speech.

What does 하나랑 mean here?

is a casual particle that usually means and or with.

Here it means and, linking the two things eaten:

  • 과자 하나랑 빵 조금 = one snack and a little bread

This is the casual spoken form of (이)랑:

  • after a vowel:
  • after a consonant: 이랑

Since 하나 ends in a vowel, it becomes 하나랑.

Other similar ways to say and are:

  • 하고 — casual/common
  • 와/과 — more formal or written

So these are similar:

  • 과자 하나랑 빵 조금
  • 과자 하나하고 빵 조금
  • 과자 하나와 빵 조금
Why is it 빵 조금, not 조금 빵?

In Korean, amount words like 조금 often come after the noun in expressions like this:

  • 물 조금 = a little water
  • 밥 조금 = a little rice/meal
  • 빵 조금 = a little bread

So 빵 조금 먹었어 is a very natural spoken way to say I ate a little bread.

You can also say:

  • 빵을 조금 먹었어

This is also correct and may feel a bit more structurally complete.

But 조금 빵 is not the normal word order here.

Why are there no object particles like 을/를?

Because this is natural conversational Korean. Object particles are often omitted when the meaning is already clear.

So:

  • 과자 하나랑 빵 조금 먹었더니 is a casual, natural spoken sentence.

A fuller version could be:

  • 과자 하나랑 빵 조금을 먹었더니 or
  • 과자 하나와 빵을 조금 먹었더니

But in everyday speech, leaving out 을/를 is extremely common.

This sentence already sounds casual because of:

  • omitted particles
  • final 했어 instead of 했어요
What exactly does 먹었더니 mean?

-았/었더니 is a very common grammar pattern that means something like:

  • when/after I did X, Y happened
  • I did X, and then I found that Y
  • because I did X, the result was Y

So:

  • 먹었더니 아주 든든했어 means roughly:
  • After I ate, I felt really full/satisfied
  • I ate, and it turned out I felt quite full

This grammar often carries a sense of result or realization.

It is not just two actions in sequence. It suggests:

  1. the eating happened first,
  2. then the speaker experienced the result.
How is 먹었더니 different from 먹어서?

This is a very common learner question.

먹어서

This usually gives a straightforward cause/reason:

  • 먹어서 배불렀어 = I was full because I ate.

먹었더니

This often emphasizes the result or the speaker’s realization after doing something:

  • 먹었더니 아주 든든했어 = I ate, and then I found I felt really satisfied/full.

So -아서/어서 is more neutral cause-and-effect, while -더니 often feels more like:

  • after doing it
  • it turned out that
  • I realized that

In this sentence, 먹었더니 works well because it sounds like the speaker noticed the result after eating.

What does 든든했어 mean here? Is it just full?

Not exactly. 든든하다 is a little richer than just full.

With food, 든든하다 means something like:

  • comfortably full
  • satisfied
  • feeling sustained
  • feeling like you have enough energy from what you ate

So 아주 든든했어 is more like:

  • I felt really satisfied
  • It was quite filling
  • I felt nicely full

It usually has a positive nuance. It is not the same as being overly stuffed.

For example:

  • 배불러 = I’m full
  • 든든해 = I feel satisfyingly full / well fed / fueled up
Why is it 아주 든든했어? What does 아주 add?

아주 means very or quite.

So:

  • 든든했어 = I felt satisfied/full
  • 아주 든든했어 = I felt very satisfied/full

It strengthens the description.

In everyday speech, people also use words like:

  • 정말
  • 되게
  • 엄청

But 아주 is perfectly natural and straightforward.

Why does the sentence end with 했어 instead of 했어요?

했어 is the casual, informal ending.

So this sentence is in 반말 style, used with:

  • close friends
  • younger people
  • people you are comfortable with
  • informal narration

A polite version would be:

  • 회의 전에 과자 하나랑 빵 조금 먹었더니 아주 든든했어요.

The meaning is the same, but 했어요 is more polite.

Does connect single nouns only, or can it connect bigger phrases like 과자 하나 and 빵 조금?

It can connect bigger noun phrases too.

Here, is not just linking 과자 and . It is linking:

  • 과자 하나 and
  • 빵 조금

So the structure is:

  • [과자 하나]랑 [빵 조금] 먹었더니

That is why the sentence means I ate one snack and a little bread, not something strange like one with a snack.

This kind of linking is very common in Korean.

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