Example Sentences#

1. 나 떡볶이 먹고 싶어.¹
   I want to eat tteokbokki.
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
2. 유나: 떡볶이?¹
   Yuna: Tteokbokki?
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
3. 밥 먹으러 와서 떡볶이만 먹을 거야?¹
   You came here for a meal, and you’re just going to have tteokbokki?
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
   • 만 is a particle meaning ‘only’ or ‘just’.
4. 해진: 나도 떡볶이 좋아하지만, 불고기도 먹자.¹
   Haejin: I like tteokbokki too, but let’s eat bulgogi as well.
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
5. 나 떡볶이 진짜 먹고 싶은데…¹
   I really want to eat some tteokbokki though…
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
6. 해진: 그럼 떡볶이랑 불고기 둘 다 시키자.¹
   Haejin: Then let’s order both tteokbokki and bulgogi.
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
   • 랑 is a particle meaning ‘and’ or ‘with’, used to connect nouns in informal speech.
7. 떡볶이 맵게 시킬 거야?¹
   Are you going to order the tteokbokki spicy?
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
8. 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.
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
9. 떡볶이는 너희가 맛있게 먹어.¹
   You guys enjoy the tteokbokki.
   • 떡볶이 is a compound noun made up of 떡 (rice cake) and 볶다 (to stir-fry), with -이 as a noun-forming suffix that nominalizes the verb, referring to a popular Korean dish made of chewy rice cakes simmered in a spicy-sweet gochujang (Korean chili paste) sauce with fish cakes and often garnished with ingredients like boiled eggs and scallions.
   • 는 is a topic particle.