B1 ยท IntermediateUnit 14: Complex Grammar

โณKorean Past Tenses

I was doing vs I did โ€” ongoing vs completed

16 words ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korean๐Ÿ“ Grammar: imperfect vs preterite

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Vocabulary โ€” 16 words

~ํ•˜๊ณ  ์žˆ์—ˆ์–ด์š”

was doing

phraseโ–ผ
ํ–ˆ์–ด์š”

I did

verbโ–ผ
~์ด์—ˆ์–ด์š”/์˜€์–ด์š”

was being

phraseโ–ผ
~์— ์žˆ์—ˆ์–ด์š”

I was (for a defined period)

phraseโ–ผ
~์ด/๊ฐ€ ์žˆ์—ˆ์–ด์š”

had

phraseโ–ผ
~์ด/๊ฐ€ ์žˆ์—ˆ์–ด์š”

I had (specific event)

phraseโ–ผ
~์ด์—ˆ์–ด์š”

was

verbโ–ผ
~์ด์—ˆ์–ด์š”

was (event/specific moment)

verbโ–ผ
~ํ•˜๋Š” ๋™์•ˆ

while

conjโ–ผ
~ํ–ˆ์„ ๋•Œ

when

conjโ–ผ
๊ฐ‘์ž๊ธฐ

suddenly

advโ–ผ
๋งค์ผ

every day

phraseโ–ผ
ํ•ญ์ƒ

always

advโ–ผ
๋งค๋…„ ์—ฌ๋ฆ„๋งˆ๋‹ค

every summer

phraseโ–ผ
ํ•œ ๋ฒˆ

once

phraseโ–ผ
๊ทธ ์ˆœ๊ฐ„

at that moment

phraseโ–ผ
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