Korean conjuction ~고 나서

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Verb + 고 나서

In the Korean language, -고 나서 is used to say "after doing something" or "after having done something".

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저는 저녁을 먹고 나서 설거지했어요.

Korean

저녁

먹다

설거지하다

English

I

evening, dinner

to eat

to wash dishes

After dinner, I washed the dishes.

저녁고 나서 설거지하++어요.

숙제를 하고 나서 한국어를 공부해요.

Korean

숙제를 하다

한국어

공부하다

English

to do homework

Korean language

to study, to learn

I study Korean after I do my homework.

숙제고 나서 한국어 공부하+여요.

아버지가 잡지를 읽고 나서 출근하셨어요.

Korean

아버지

잡지

읽다

출근하다

English

father

magazine

to read

to go to work

My father went to work after reading the magazine.

아버지 잡지고 나서 출근하+++어요.

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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 ).