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Korean grammar · Level 3 · 3급

V-자마자

As soon as

In native review Taught in Unit 7: While I was travelling

-자마자 says the second thing happened right after the first. Add it straight to the verb stem with no tense — the last verb carries the past or the future.

Examples

  • 기차가 출발하자마자 잠이 들었어요.

    I fell asleep as soon as the train left.

  • 집에 도착하자마자 전화할게요.

    I'll call you as soon as I get home.

  • 호떡을 사자마자 다 먹어 버렸어요.

    I ate the whole hotteok as soon as I'd bought it.

Practise it in context · Level 3, Unit 7

While I was travelling

A dialogue with audio, practice that checks itself, Hoya’s mistakes, a reading and a writing task.

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