Korean grammar in use beginning to early intermediate

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1 시전에

수업전에

수업(하다)

수업하기전에

하루전에

운동전에

자다

자기전에

口 μ| 다

마시기전에

죽다

죽기전에

짧썽 A 같이 점심식사해요.

A Let’s have lunch together.

B 미안해요. 1시간 전에 식사했어요.

B Sorry. I ate an hour ago.

A 한국에서는 결혼하기 전에 남자가

A In Korea, before getting married ,

집을준비해요.

the groom w ill secure a home.

B 우리 나라에서도 같아요.

B It’s the same in my country.

A 한국에 오기 전에 어디에 살았어요?

A Where did you live before coming to Korea?

g 뉴욕에서살았어요.

B I lived in New York.

What ’5 the Difference?

W hat’'s the d ifference between the expressions 1시 전에 and 1시간 전에?

• 1 시전에오세요. (11 means Ihe person can come any time before i :00, such as 12:50, 12:00, or even 11 :00.)

• 1 시간전에오세요 (11 means Ihe person should come exactly one hour before some previously slated lime. For example, if there is a meeting scheduled for 3:00, Ihen the person should come at 2:00.)

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5. Time Expressions


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