Korean Job Discussion Forums

[nobbyken]

Hello,

Can any grammar people help me explain to students,
what is the the correct (or more common) method for using the the words DRANK & DRUNK.

Thanks in advance,
Ken

[Boodleheimer]

past simple v. past participle

[reactionary]

yep. quite simple.

i drank too much last night.

i've never drunk alcohol (sounds odd, but correct)

[garykasparov]

I was fucking drunk Saturday night.

[faster]

Just like sink/sank/sung or sing/sang/sung.

[The Cosmic Hum]

hmm�.I think there is a little more to this question�I don�t think it is as simple as saying drink drank drunk�.as in sing sang sung�the problem here is �drunk�.
Drunk takes on many forms�as do drunks.
He is a drunk.
He is drunk.
He is a drunken bum.
This last one giving cause for many L2 learners to confuse it with the simple past and past participle�reproducing sentences such as...I was drunken last night�and...I have drunken to many beers.
A good many drunks produce similar sentences when they are drunk.
Now�I think I will get myself a drinks, and when I have drunken enough, enough to feel the stumbling euphoria of a drunkable haze, I will continue to drunk until I pass out and fall down in my drank.

[out of context]

I actually sometimes find myself getting confused over the past participle. "I have drunk" just sounds off for some reason, but most of the time I can just say "I have had" instead.

[wings]

Past participles, such as drunk, can very often be used as adjectives. The work drunk also happens to be a noun when used as He is a drunk.
Explain to your students that these words are obvisously related, but that the noun form is just something they have to remember as a word in it's own right, don't try to confuse it with the verb forms.