Word
감자를 크게 썰어서 국에 넣어요.gamjareul keuge sseoreoseo guge neoheoyo.
Meaning
I cut the potatoes into big pieces and put them in the soup.
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Breakdown of gamjareul keuge sseoreoseo guge neoheoyo.
~를~reul
object particle
~에~e
location particle
넣다neohda
to put
~어서~eoseo
and then
Questions & Answers about gamjareul keuge sseoreoseo guge neoheoyo.
Why is it 감자를 and not 감자가?
Because 감자 is the thing being cut, so it takes the object particle -를.
- 감자를 = the potato / potatoes as the object
- 감자가 would mark potato as the subject
In this sentence, someone is doing something to the potatoes: cutting them and putting them into the soup. That is why -를 is used.
Why is it 크게 instead of 큰?
크게 is the adverb form of 크다 (to be big), and here it describes how the potatoes are cut.
- 크다 = to be big
- 큰 = big, as in a big potato
- 크게 = bigly / in a big way, more naturally into big pieces
So:
- 큰 감자 = a big potato
- 감자를 크게 썰다 = to cut the potato into large pieces
English often uses a phrase like cut it big or more naturally cut it into large chunks. Korean uses the adverb 크게 for that idea.
What exactly does 썰다 mean here?