tteugeoun eumsigeul meogeoseo ibi apayo.

to eat

Breakdown of tteugeoun eumsigeul meogeoseo ibi apayo.

• 음식: food
• 아프다: to hurt
• 뜨겁다: hot

Questions & Answers about tteugeoun eumsigeul meogeoseo ibi apayo.

Does 뜨거운 mean hot in temperature, or spicy?

Here it means hot in temperature.

• 뜨거운 음식 = hot food
• 매운 음식 = spicy food

This is an important distinction, because English hot food can mean either one, but Korean usually separates them clearly.

Why is it 뜨거운, not 뜨겁은?

The dictionary form is 뜨겁다.

When this kind of word modifies a noun, it uses a noun-modifying ending, often taught as -(으)ㄴ. But 뜨겁다 is a ㅂ-irregular word, so the ㅂ changes to 우 before vowel-initial endings.

So:

• 뜨겁다
  • -은
• becomes 뜨거운

That is why you get:

• 뜨거운 음식 = hot food

So 뜨거운 is just the correct modified form of 뜨겁다.

Why is 음식 marked with -을?

Because 음식 is the object of 먹다 (to eat).

• 음식 = food
• 음식을 = food + object marker

Since 음식 ends in a consonant, it takes -을 rather than -를.

So:

• 음식을 먹다 = to eat food

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