먹던

먹던

"먹던" means "was eating" or "used to eat," referring to an action of eating that was ongoing or habitual in the past.

Here, "먹던" is used to describe the food that he was in the process of eating in the past.

그가 먹던 음식을 나에게 주었다.

He gave me the food he was eating.

In this sentence, "먹던" refers to the specific cake the subject was consuming during the previous day, emphasizing the continuation of the eating action.

나는 어제 먹던 케이크를 다 먹었다.

I finished the cake I was eating yesterday.

Here, "먹던" indicates the sesame leaf that someone had previously started to eat, implying the action was incomplete or interrupted.

부엌에 들어가니 누군가 먹던 참기가 있었다.

Upon entering the kitchen, there was a sesame leaf someone had been eating.