day 11early and late

early and late

Say what you did after something with -고서, and “only after” with -고서야; talk about early and late, the start, the middle and the end.

today’s words

• 장기적 janggijeok · long-term
• 재작년 jaejangnyeon · the year before last
• 전후 jeonhu · before and after; around
• 접어들다 jeobeodeulda · enter (a period); turn into
• 제때 jettae · the right time, on time
• 조기 jogi · early, ahead of time (조기 졸업: early graduation)
• 줄곧 julgot · all along, the whole time
• 중반 jungban · the middle (of a period)
• 지금껏 jigeumkkeot · until now, so far
• 직후 jikhu · right after
• 초기 chogi · early stage, beginning
• 초반 choban · the beginning (of a period)
• 최종 choejong · final, last
• 최초 choecho · the first (ever)
• 한창 hanchang · at its height, in full swing
• 간혹 ganhok · occasionally, now and then
• 갈수록 galsurok · more and more as time goes on
• 갑작스럽다 gapjakseureopda · be sudden
• 겹치다 gyeopchida · overlap, clash
• 급격히 geupgyeoki · sharply, rapidly
• 급속히 geupsoki · rapidly, fast

sentences

• 손을 씻고서 밥을 먹어요. · Wash your hands and then eat.
• 숙제를 다 하고서야 잠을 잤어요. · I only went to bed after I’d finished all my homework.
• 요새 날씨가 갈수록 추워지네요. · It’s getting colder and colder these days.
• 겨울에 접어들면서 기온이 급격히 떨어졌어요. · As winter set in, the temperature dropped sharply.
• 최종 결과는 이달 말 무렵에 나와요. · The final results come out around the end of this month.