day 10as soon as

as soon as

Promise to do something as soon as something else happens with -는 대로, do things “just as” you were told, and talk about these days, someday and within a time.

today’s words

• 대로 daero · (-는 대로) as soon as; just as
• 수년 sunyeon · several years
• 시일 siil · time, days (needed)
• 시점 sijeom · point in time
• 앞두다 apduda · have (an event) ahead
• 앞서 apseo · before, ahead of; earlier
• 어느덧 eoneudeot · before you know it
• 언젠가 eonjenga · someday; once (in the past)
• 여전히 yeojeonhi · still, as before
• 연도 yeondo · year (as a period)
• 오늘날 oneullal · today, nowadays
• 오래도록 oraedorok · for a long time
• 온종일 onjongil · all day long
• 요새 yosae · these days, lately
• 요즈음 yojeueum · these days (a little formal)
• 이내 inae · soon, before long
• 이내 inae · within (a time, an amount)
• 이달 idal · this month
• 이어 ieo · next, following on (formal)
• 이윽고 ieukgo · after a while, at length
• 이제야 ijeya · only now
• 일찍이 iljjigi · early on; ever before

sentences

• 집에 도착하는 대로 연락할게요. · I’ll call you as soon as I get home.
• 서류가 준비되는 대로 보내 드리겠습니다. · We will send the documents as soon as they are ready.
• 약을 먹으니까 이내 열이 내리고 몸이 한결 편해졌어요. · I took the medicine, and the fever soon came down and I felt much better.
• 준비하는 데 시일이 상당히 걸릴 거예요. · It’ll take quite a while to get ready.
• 과장님은 일찍이 여행사 일을 시작하셨어요. · Hyunwoo started in the travel business early on.