1. Common Mistakes #11 Drinking Edition

2. 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

3. 2. Last night, I drunk so much!
Last night, I drunk drank so much! drink – drank – drunk / sing – sang – sung swim – swam – swum / ring – rang – rung (i-a-u)

4. 3. I have drunken beer and whiskey together.
I have drunken beer and soju together. I’ve drunk a boilermaker. (whiskey + beer)

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 6. I am expecting this weekend because I will drink with my friends.
I am looking forward to… 
I am looking forward to 명사/동명사…
I am expecting to drink tonight…
I am looking forward to drinking tonight…

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

10. 8. 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.

11. 9. How much can you drink? How often do you drink?
Do you like to drink?

12. “I want to drink whiskey”.
10. 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.”