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-(으)ㄴ 지

Intermediate · TOPIK IIExpressionForms: -ㄴ 지 · -은 지

An expression used to indicate that a certain amount of time has passed since a certain act mentioned in the preceding statement occurred.

Meaning

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    An expression used to indicate that a certain amount of time has passed since a certain act mentioned in the preceding statement occurred.

    앞의 말이 나타내는 행동을 한 후 시간이 얼마나 지났는지를 나타내는 표현.

Example sentences

  • It has been three months since I started working at this company.

  • This phone broke just one day after I bought it.

  • We decided to get married on the day marking two years since we met.

  • It's been about a year since I came to Korea.

    It's only been a year, but you speak Korean really well.

  • It has now been a month since Minjun quit smoking.

  • Seunggyu spent all his money within a week of getting paid.