day 9back in those days
unit 2 · time & amountsback in those days
Say what happened while someone was busy or away with -는 사이에, and talk about the past: back then, around that time, only then, at last.
today’s words
- -간 -gan · -간: for (a period)
- 곧바로 gotbaro · right away, straight
- 그제야 geujeya · only then
- 근래 geullae · recently, lately (formal)
- 금년 geumnyeon · this year (formal)
- 넘기다 neomgida · turn (a page); pass; get past
- 년도 nyeondo · year (with a number: 2026년도)
- 늦추다 neutchuda · delay, put off; slow down
- 단기 dangi · short-term
- 담 dam · next (casual: 담 주)
- 당분간 dangbungan · for the time being
- 당시 dangsi · (at) that time, then
- 도로 doro · back (again)
- 뒤늦다 dwineutda · be belated, late
- 마침내 machimnae · finally, at last
- 무렵 muryeop · around (the time when)
- 문득 mundeuk · suddenly (a thought), all at once
- 미처 micheo · (not) yet, (not) in time
- 밤낮 bamnat · night and day
- 비로소 biroso · only then, for the first time
- 새 sae · moment, short time
sentences
- 제가 캐나다에 있는 사이에 동네가 많이 바뀌었어요. · While I was in Canada, the neighbourhood changed a lot.
- 제가 자는 새에 친구가 왔다 갔어요. · A friend came and went while I was asleep.
- 마침내 이틀간의 시험이 끝났어요. · At last, the two-day exam is over.
- 약속을 담 주로 늦췄어. · I put our plans back to next week.
- 수업이 끝나면 곧바로 단기 아르바이트를 하러 가요. · Straight after class, I go to my short-term part-time job.