Eating Tteokbokki — Day 25

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Eating Tteokbokki

TOPIK 1 · Beginner · Spicy Tteokbokki

분식집에서 떡볶이를 먹어요.
I eat tteokbokki at a snack shop.

떡볶이가 아주 매워요.
The tteokbokki is very spicy.

그래서 물을 많이 마셔요.
So I drink a lot of water.

어묵도 같이 먹어요.
I eat fish cake together too.

매워서 눈물이 나요.
It's so spicy that tears come out.

하지만 계속 먹고 싶어요.
But I want to keep eating.

Key words

  • 분식집 — snack shop
  • 떡볶이 — tteokbokki (rice cakes)
  • 어묵 — fish cake
  • 같이 — together
  • 눈물 — tears

Grammar

~아서/어서

so, because

매워서 물을 마셔요.

It's spicy, so I drink water.

~고 싶다

want to

더 먹고 싶어요.

I want to eat more.

~아서/어서 links a cause and result: 'because this, that'.