Learning Korean (한국어 배우기) [COMPLETE]

Unit 1.11 - Time

Vocabulary

Nouns
기회 (gii-hwe) = chance/opportunity
계획 (gye-hwek) = plans
회사원 (hwe-sa-won) = office worker
요리사 (yo-lee-sa) = a cook/chef
운전사 (oon-jeon-sa) = a driver

Verbs
달리다 (dal-lee-da) = to run
요리하다 (yo-lee-ha-da) = to cook
운전하다 (oon-jeon-ha-da) = to drive
죽다 (jook-da) = to die

Adjectives
두렵다 (do-ryeob-da)= to be scared
이상하다 (ee-sang-ha-da) = strange

Adverbs and Other words
동안 (dong-an) = for, during, while
날 = day
하루 = one day
이틀 = two days
사흘 = three days
지난 주 = last week
지난 달 = last month
이번 주 = this week
이번 달 = this month
다음 주 = next week
다음 달 = next month
작년 = last year
올해 (ol-he) = this year
내년 = next year
평생 (pyeong-seng) = in my whole life (kinda like forever)
보통 (bo-tong) = usually

Introduction

Using these words, you will be able to say "I did X for 2 months" or "I didn't do Y last week." You will also learn whether you should use the Native or Sino-Korean numbers when using these different words of time.

The use of Native Korean or Sino-Korean numbers may seem random, but there is a reason for it.
Anytime the 'time' word is of Chinese origin, the Sino-Korean numbers are used.
For example "개월" (month) is counted using Sino-Korean numbers, because "개월" is of Chinese origin and has corresponding Chinese characters (한자 han-ja).
"달" (also meaning month) is a Korean word, and thus, counted using Korean numbers. A lot of Korean words are of Chinese origin However, don't worry bout that for now.

It's a bit difficult to teach everything in this lesson together because you need to have a mutual understanding of all concepts in order to understand one of them.
In order to understand how to use 동안, you need to know how to use 주. But in order to understand how to use 주, you should understand how to use 동안....

Around and around we go.

Anyways, after this lesson, any time you learn about other 'time' grammar concepts, it should be really easy because this lesson will give you a solid base to work from.

"For" a certain amount of time (동안)

동안 is a very useful word that can be used to tell how long something is being done. 동안 gets added after any indication of length of time. For example:

2분 = 2 minutes
2분 동안 = for 2 minutes

이틀 = two days
이틀 동안 = for two days

Those can then be added into sentences to indicate how long one does something for. Notice also that no additional particle is added to 동안. One would think that 에 should be added, but it is not.

저는 30분 동안 공부했어요
= I studied for 30 minutes

While the translation of "동안" in these examples is usually "for", in essence, what you are doing is stating "for that period of time." Understanding this will help you understand later usages of "동안" in future lessons. For example:

저는 30분 동안 공부했어요
= I studied for (a period of) 30 minutes

Remember:

The spacing is different depending on if you write a numeral or a word. If writing the word, there should be a space between the number and the word. For example:

저는 십 분 동안 걸었어요

If writing a numeral, it doesn't matter if you include a space or not. Both are seen as acceptable: