Breakdown of podoneun ssiseun da-eume naengjanggo-e neoheo dumyeon deo siwonhaeyo.
Questions & Answers about podoneun ssiseun da-eume naengjanggo-e neoheo dumyeon deo siwonhaeyo.
는 marks 포도 as the topic of the sentence: as for grapes...
That makes the sentence sound like a general tip or statement about grapes. Korean often uses the topic marker in advice, explanations, or general truths.
If you said 포도를, that would mark grapes as the direct object of the verb more directly, and the sentence would feel a bit less like a general statement and more like a description of what you do to the grapes.
So here, 포도는 is natural because the sentence is basically saying something like:
As for grapes, if you wash them and put them in the fridge, they’re cooler.
씻은 다음에 means after washing.
It is made from:
- 씻다 = to wash
- 씻은 = washed / having washed
- 다음 = next, after
- 다음에 = after that
So literally, 씻은 다음에 is something like:
after the washed point
or more naturally, after washing
A very important point is that 다음 is a noun, so the verb before it has to appear in a form that can modify a noun. That is why you get 씻은 rather than just 씻다.