Example Sentences#

1. 유나: 그런데 나는 매운 거 잘 못 먹어.¹
   Yuna: But I can’t handle spicy food well.
   • 맵다 means ‘to be spicy’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
2. 떡볶이 맵게 시킬 거야?¹
   Are you going to order the tteokbokki spicy?
   • 맵다 means ‘to be spicy’.
   • -게 is an adverb-forming suffix.
3. 도윤: 서준은 매운 거 좋아하지만, 우리를 위해 덜 맵게 시키자.¹
   Doyoon: Seojun likes spicy food, but let’s order it less spicy for the rest of us.
   • 맵다 means ‘to be spicy’.
   • -ㄴ is a modifier that turns the preceding statement into a phrase describing the following noun.
4. 서준: 그래, 이번에는 덜 맵게 시킬게.¹
   Seojun: Okay, I’ll order it less spicy this time.
   • 맵다 means ‘to be spicy’.
   • -게 is an adverb-forming suffix.
5. 해진: 좋아, 그럼 떡볶이 덜 맵게 하나, 불고기 하나, 그리고 밥도 추가하자.¹
   Haejin: Alright, so one less spicy tteokbokki, one bulgogi, and let’s add some rice too.
   • 맵다 means ‘to be spicy’.
   • -게 is an adverb-forming suffix.