🌟 켜다

Verb  

1. 물이나 술 등을 한 번에 많이 마시다.

1. GUZZLE; GULP: To drink a lot of water, liquor, etc., at a time.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 물을 켜다.
    Turn on the water.
  • 술을 켜다.
    Turn on the booze.
  • 운동을 한 민준이는 물 한 병을 켰다.
    Min-joon, who exercised, turned on a bottle of water.
  • 아버지는 막걸리 한 사발을 켜시고 다시 밭에 나가셨다.
    My father put on a bowl of makgeolli and went out to the field again.
  • 맥주 한 잔을 다 켰어?
    Did you finish a glass of beer?
    날씨가 더워서 그런지 잘 넘어가네요.
    The weather is hot, so it's going well.

2. 갈증이 나서 물을 자꾸 마시다.

2. DRINK WATER A LOT: To drink water repeatedly due to thirst.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 물을 켜다.
    Turn on the water.
  • 나는 몹시 목이 말라서 냉수를 연거푸 세 잔이나 켰다.
    I was so thirsty that i turned on three glasses of cold water in a row.
  • 민준이는 산에 오르는 동안 계속 물을 켜면서 갈증을 달랬다.
    Minjun kept turning on the water while climbing the mountain to soothe his thirst.
  • 오늘따라 왜 그렇게 물을 켜니?
    Why are you turning on the water today?
    저녁을 짜게 먹어서 그런 것 같아요.
    I think it's because i had a salty dinner.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 켜다 (켜다) () 켜니 ()


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