먹지 말라고

saying not to eat

→ 먹다

phrase Rare #19,865

saying not to eat Used to report or quote a command telling someone not to eat. It is often followed by 하다 or 말하다, as in 먹지 말라고 했어요, “I told them not to eat.”

KO: 동생에게 과자를 너무 많이 먹지 말라고 했어요.

EN: I told my younger sibling not to eat too many snacks.

너무 많이 먹지 말라고 했잖아요

I told you not to eat too much.

— 공포의 보수 (1953)

먹지 말라고 해

Tell them not to eat it.

— 양철북 (1979)