How to use Korean Grammar N + 동안
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Noun + 동안
In Korean, 동안 is used with nouns to express duration.
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오늘은 8시간 동안 일하겠습니다.
Korean
오늘
시간
일하다
English
today
time
to work
I'll be working for 8 hours today.
오늘은 8시간 동안 일하+겠+습니다.
그는 2년 동안 수학을 공부합니다.
Korean
그
년
수학
공부하다
English
he
year
math
to study
He has been studying math for two years.
그는 2년 동안 수학을 공부하+ㅂ니다.
우리가 1시간 동안 체육관에 있겠습니다.
Korean
우리
시간
체육관
있다
English
we
time
gym
to stay
We will be at the gym for 1 hour.
우리가 1시간 동안 체육관에 있겠+습니다.
그는 5분 동안 우리를 기다립니다.
Korean
그
분
우리
기다리다
English
he
minute
we
to wait
He has been waiting for us for 5 minutes.
그는 5분 동안 우리를 기다리+ㅂ니다.
Quick reference (click to open)
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).