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day 37eating habits

unit 5 · food & the kitchen

    eating habits

    Explain why you couldn't do something because you were busy doing something else (-느라고), and talk about eating habits: meals, appetite, portions and nutrition.

    today’s words

    • 끼 kki · meal (counting)
    • 덜다 deolda · take some (out), dish out; reduce
    • 배고프다 baegopeuda · hungry
    • 빨다 ppalda · suck (a sweet, a straw)
    • 소화 sohwa · digestion
    • 식사량 siksaryang · amount you eat
    • 아침밥 achimbap · breakfast
    • 양 yang · amount, quantity
    • 영양 yeongyang · nutrition, nourishment
    • 인스턴트 inseuteonteu · instant (food)
    • 입맛 immat · appetite; taste (in food)
    • 지방 jibang · fat
    • 체하다 chehada · have indigestion, have an upset stomach
    • 편식 pyeonsik · picky eating
    • 가득하다 gadeukada · full
    • 가득히 gadeuki · fully, to the brim
    • 나이프 naipeu · knife (at the table)
    • 냉동 naengdong · frozen; freezing
    • 담기다 damgida · be put in, be filled with
    • 담다 damda · put in (a container), fill
    • 덮다 deopda · cover, put a lid on; close (a book)
    • 도시락 dosirak · packed lunch, lunchbox

    sentences

    • 일하느라고 점심을 못 먹었어요. · I was so busy working that I couldn't eat lunch.
    • 시험 공부를 하느라고 아침밥을 굶었어요. · I skipped breakfast because I was studying for an exam.
    • 하루에 세 끼를 잘 먹어야 건강해요. · You have to eat three meals a day to stay healthy.
    • 요즘 입맛이 없어서 식사량이 줄었어요. · I've lost my appetite lately, so I eat less.
    • 급하게 먹어서 체한 것 같아요. · I ate too fast. I think I've got indigestion.