Common Mistakes 10 ELL 2035 – Media English

1. I went out with my friends last night and I was drunken. 나는 귀엽다… 나는 귀여운… …I was drunk drunken + 명사 a drunken driver a drunken fight It was a drunk driver. It was a drunken driver. I was so drunk. I was so drunken. golden, wooden, olden, only, mere

2. Last night, I drunk so much! Last night, I drunk drank so much! drink – drank – drunk (i-a-u) sing – sang – sung swim – swam – swum ring – rang – rung begin – began – begun swing – swang swung – swung

3. I have drunken beer mixed with whiskey (boilermaker). I have drunken beer mixed with whiskey. I’ve drunk a boilermaker. (whiskey + beer)

4. At first time, I drank soju when I was 18. I drank soju when I was 18 for the first time. My first experience drinking soju was when I was 18. At first, I didn’t like the taste of soju, but now I like it.

at first – in the beginning/in the start/initially I hated dancing lessons at first. At first I didn’t speak English. for the first time – the first experience I kissed my gf yesterday for the first time. I met him for the first time in the dormitory.

5. I was wasted last night and tripped on the road; now my arm is sick. I was wasted last night and fell down; now my arm hurts. I hurt my arm. It hurts. My arm is injured. I am sick (I have a cold, I have the flu)

6. I have so bad hangover. I have such a bad hangover. (such (a) + noun) I am so drunk. (so + adjective)

7. one shot = one chance/opportunity bottoms up / cheers / let’s do/take/have a shot (of…)

8. 양주 and Korean BBQ 양주 – translates as ‘Western alcohol’, however you would not use this word in the West. Instead, call the alcohol by its name. If you are referring to an alcoholic drink with a high percent of alcohol like tequila, rum, vodka, whiskey, etc. then you could say ‘hard alcohol’. In the West you would not say, “I want to drink Western alcohol”, you would say, “I want to drink whiskey”. Likewise, 삼겹살 is translated as ‘Korean BBQ’ in the West but you would not say, “I want to eat Korean BBQ” in Korea, you would say, “I want to eat 삼겹살.”

9. I don’t drink well. I can’t drink much / I don’t drink much. I don’t like drinking / I don’t drink often.

How much do you usually drink? 10. How much can you drink? How much do you usually drink? Can you drink a lot? How often do you drink? Do you like to drink?