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Verb + ㄴ 후(에) / 은 후(에)
ㄴ 후(에) - if a word ends in a vowel or ㄹ, 은 후(에) - if it ends in a consonant (except ㄹ)
The Korean grammar construction -ㄴ 후에 / -은 후에 is used to indicate that an action takes place after another action is completed.
It can be translated as "after". You can either say 후에 or 후. However, 후에 is most commonly used.
(e.g. After the rain stopped, we went for a picnic.)
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박물관을 방문한 후에 많이 배웠어요.
Korean
박물관
방문하다
많이
배우다
English
museum
to visit
a lot
to learn
After visiting the museum, I learned a lot.
박물관을 방문하+ㄴ 후에 많이 배우+었+어요.
폭풍이 지나간 후에 해가 떴어요.
Korean
폭풍
지나가다
해
뜨다
English
storm
to pass
the sun
to rise
After the storm passed, the sun came out.
폭풍이 지나가+ㄴ 후에 해가 뜨+었+어요.
밥을 먹은 후 공원에 갈게요.
Korean
밥
먹다
공원
가다
English
food, boiled rice
to eat
a park
to go
I'll go to the park after I eat.
밥을 먹+은 후 공원에 가+ㄹ 게요.
Verb + ㄴ 뒤(에) / 은 뒤(에)
It is also possible to use -ㄴ 뒤에 / -은 뒤에 instead of -ㄴ 후에 / -은 후에. Both mean exactly the same thing. However, -ㄴ 후에 / -은 후에 is used more often than -ㄴ 뒤에 / -은 뒤에.
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박물관을 방문한 뒤에 많이 배웠어요.
폭풍이 지나간 뒤에 해가 떴어요.
밥을 먹은 뒤 공원에 갈게요.
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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 ).