"엄마는 계란을 삶았어요."

Translation: Mom boiled an egg.

[Nate896107]

"Mom boiled the eggs" should be accepted... I mean. Obviously, right?

[ouibeaux]

Ehhh... I guess that all depends on how specific they want to be with things: like using -들 to indicate whether a noun is pluralized, or if that's something that can be inferred from the context of the conversation while the noun stays in its single form?

Haven't come to a solid answer on that myself as of yet, like if the grammar even works that way. Is using -들 the only way to indicate multiples in cases like this?

[pQpQrOPY]

I read somewhere that 들 is only used with words for people (like people, actors, doctors, lesbians, zombies, etc.)

For "things" you can use 몇 - a few; as in 사과를 몇개 샀어요 - I bought a few (some) apples.

[Sandy338798]

Me too

[running-man]

Why is it always the mom whos cooking thooo

[YuraKim7]

Yeah, why not snake or Mr garam. Miss him in the last few quizzes.

[BobPancakes]

I think Mr Garam died after eating plastic.

[imma_potato123]

아이고!이게 뭐야!!!!! 안돼!!!!

[tomiriseu]

가람님은 플라스틱을 먹은 후에 죽었습니다 xD

[YW7k14]

Yea i think so too

[IceCreamCrackers]

Me too.

[Grenoi]

can we use "달걀" instead "계란"?
they have the same meaning?

[ouibeaux]

I think so. This link discusses the two, apparently one is native Korean and one came from Chinese:

https://www.italki.com/question/188336?hl=ko

[mcguirepatr]

Are there two words for boil?

[SvedishPlumber]

According to naver 끓다 is the other one

[Juan738101]

So when do we use 끓다 vs the word in this question?

[BobPancakes]

삶다 - to boil something then discard the water (eg, boil an egg)

끓다 - to boil a liquid (eg, water, milk)

끓이다 - to boil food in liquid but keep the liquid in the dish (eg, soup, noodles)

[ammaaya]

Thank you an for the explanation Mr.Pancakes! It was very helpful

[Azureskies]

Wiktionary says this one is to cook or boil, while 끓다 (intransitive) and 끓이다 (transitive) mean only to boil.

[Sandy338798]

Me too