conjunctions

There are lots of grammatical patterns in Korean, and a lot of them show how one event follows another.  For instance: -어서, -고, -자, -자마자, -고 나서, etc.  Well 다가 pretty much does the same thing, but with a twist.  You see, 다가 is used when the first action is either interrupted or completed before …

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Today I’m going to try and explain the conjunctions 자 and 자마자.  These are sometimes translated as “after”, “right after”, and “as soon as”.  One important thing to remember here is that they connect two clauses — one which happens after the other.  But, unlike the patterns -고, -어서, and -고 나서, the patterns 자 …

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