No. 14,087 in Korean
먹으니
"먹으니" means "as/when (someone) eats" or "because (someone) eats."
In a sentence
그가 약을 먹으니 나아지기 시작했다.
As he took the medicine, he started to feel better.
The word '먹으니' is used to describe the act of taking medicine, implying a cause-and-effect relationship.
따뜻한 국을 먹으니 몸이 따뜻해졌다.
Having eaten the warm soup, my body felt warmer.
Here, '먹으니' connects the action of eating warm soup to the resulting feeling of warmth.
매운 음식을 먹으니 눈물이 날 정도로 매웠다.
Upon eating the spicy food, it was so spicy that tears came out.
In this sentence, '먹으니' shows how eating spicy food leads to the consequential experience of spiciness.
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