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

돌아오다

잠을 자다

English

I

home

to come back

to sleep

I slept as soon as I returned home.

돌아오자마자 자++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.

우리 공항 도착하자마자 택시 타++어요.

그는 편지를 받자마자 읽었어요.

Korean

편지

받다

읽다

English

he

letter

to receive

to read

He read the letter right after she received it.

편지자마자+어요.

저는 직장에서 나가자마자 눈이 내렸어요.

Korean

직장

나가다

내리다

English

I

work place

to go out

snow

to fall

As soon as I left work, it snowed.

직장에서 나가자마자 내리++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 ).