How to use Korean Grammar V + 자마자
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Verb + 자마자
The Korean grammar pattern "-자마자" is used to indicate that an action occurs immediately or right after another action. It can be translated as "as soon as" or "right after".
See examples,
저는 집에 돌아오자마자 잠을 잤어요.
Korean
저
집
돌아오다
잠을 자다
English
I
home
to come back
to sleep
I slept as soon as I returned home.
저는 집에 돌아오자마자 잠을 자+았+어요.
우리는 공항에 도착하자마자 택시를 탔어요.
Korean
우리
공항
도착하다
택시
타다
English
we
airport
to arrive
taxi
to take
We took a taxi as soon as we arrived at the airport.
우리는 공항에 도착하자마자 택시를 타+았+어요.
그는 편지를 받자마자 읽었어요.
Korean
그
편지
받다
읽다
English
he
letter
to receive
to read
He read the letter right after she received it.
그는 편지를 받자마자 읽었+어요.
저는 직장에서 나가자마자 눈이 내렸어요.
Korean
저
직장
나가다
눈
내리다
English
I
work place
to go out
snow
to fall
As soon as I left work, it snowed.
저는 직장에서 나가자마자 눈이 내리+었+어요.
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 ).