Learn Hardcore Korean: sseuregibongtuga da tteoreojyeoseo pyeonuijeomeseo keun geollo du jang sasseoyo. - I ran out of trash bags, so I bought two large ones at the convenience store.

쓰레기봉투가 다 떨어져서 편의점에서 큰 걸로 두 장 샀어요.sseuregibongtuga da tteoreojyeoseo pyeonuijeomeseo keun geollo du jang sasseoyo.

I ran out of trash bags, so I bought two large ones at the convenience store.

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Questions & Answers about sseuregibongtuga da tteoreojyeoseo pyeonuijeomeseo keun geollo du jang sasseoyo.

What does 다 떨어져서 mean here? I thought 떨어지다 meant to fall.

That is a very common question.

Here, 떨어지다 does not mean a literal fall. With supplies or household items, it often means to run out or to be used up.

쓰레기봉투가 떨어지다 = the trash bags run out
다 = all, completely
-아서/어서 = because, so

So 다 떨어져서 means because they were completely used up / because we ran out.

Why is it 쓰레기봉투가, not 쓰레기봉투를?

Because 떨어지다 is an intransitive verb here.

The trash bags are not the object of an action like use or buy. They are the thing that ran out, so Korean marks them as the subject with 가.

쓰레기봉투가 다 떨어졌어요 = the trash bags ran out
not 쓰레기봉투를 다 떨어졌어요

So 가 is natural because the sentence is describing the state of the trash bags.

Why is 큰 used instead of 크다?