I’m sorry if I acted rudely at the party last night. Please understand me, I was drunken.

Look! There is a man dancing on the street and he is naked. I think he must be drunken.

I went to the baseball stadium with my girlfriend. During the game, I saw the drunk man dancing on the chair. He was one of my friends.

drunk

adjective

주어의 상태나 성질을 설명해주는 서술형용사(predicative adjective)로 사용된다. (not usually before noun)

drunken

adjective

바로 뒤에 오는 명사를 꾸며주는 한정형용사(attribute adjective)로 사용된다. (only before noun)

I’m sorry if I acted rudely at the party last night. Please understand me, I was drunk.

Look! There is a man dancing on the street and he is naked. I think he must be drunk.

I went to the baseball stadium with my girlfriend. During the game, I saw the drunken man dancing on the chair. He was one of my friends.

동사

동사 ‘drink’의 과거분사(past participle)

e.g) After I had drunk a bottle of so-ju, I started to feel a little dizzy.

명사

술을 많이 마신 사람 혹은 많은 양의 술을 주기적으로 먹는 사람.

e.g) I would never lend her any money because she is a drunk and she spends all her money on drinking so-ju.

서술형용사

포인트 정리(1) 참조^^

원어민 화자들은 ‘술 취한 사람’을 말할 때 오늘 배운 표현 ‘drunken man’ 보다는 명사 ‘drunk’나 ‘drunkard’를 더 선호하는 편입니다. 한 단어로 표현이 되는데 굳이 두 단어를 사용 할 필요가 없는 일종의 경제적 원리라고 보시면 됩니다.

I went to the baseball stadium with my girlfriend. During the game, I saw the drunk dancing on the chair. He was one of my friends.

I went to the baseball stadium with my girlfriend. During the game, I saw the drunkard dancing on the chair. He was one of my friends.