Word
배가 고파서 식당에서 만두를 주문했어요.baega gopaseo sikdangeseo mandureul jumunhaesseoyo.
Meaning
I was hungry, so I ordered dumplings at the restaurant.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of baega gopaseo sikdangeseo mandureul jumunhaesseoyo.
~에서~eseo
location particle
~를~reul
object particle
~가~ga
subject particle
식당sikdang
restaurant
Questions & Answers about baega gopaseo sikdangeseo mandureul jumunhaesseoyo.
Why does 배가 고파서 literally talk about the stomach/belly instead of saying I am hungry?
That is just the natural Korean way to express hunger.
- 배 = stomach, belly
- 고프다 = to be hungry
So 배가 고프다 literally looks like the stomach is hungry, but it simply means to be hungry.
This is very common in Korean. In English, hunger is described with I am hungry. In Korean, it is often expressed through 배.
Also, 배 can mean other things like pear or boat, but here the context clearly shows it means stomach/belly.
Why is it 배가 and not 배는?
가 is the subject marker, so 배가 고프다 marks 배 as the thing being described: the stomach is hungry.
- 배가 고프다 = the neutral, standard way to say I’m hungry
- 배는 고프다 would put special topic emphasis on as for my stomach, it is hungry
In most normal situations, 배가 고프다 is the natural choice.
How is 고파서 formed from 고프다?