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✍️ Intermediate Day 9: Talking About Time Passed – ~ㄴ/은 지

📘 Intermediate Day 9: Talking About Time Passed – ~ㄴ/은 지 Welcome to Day 9 of the Intermediate Korean series! 🕒 Today’s lesson will help you talk about how long it has been since something happened or started. The key grammar form we’ll focus on is: ~ㄴ/은 지 – used to indicate how much time has passed since an action or event This structure is commonly used in everyday conversations to say things like “It’s been three years since I started learning Korean” or “It’s been a while since we met.” 📘 1. What is ~ㄴ/은 지? ~ㄴ/은 지 is attached to the past tense verb stem to express the time that has passed since an event occurred. You will often see it with time-related expressions such as ~됐어요 (It’s been...) or ~넘었어요 (It’s been more than...) 🔧 How to use: Verb + ~ㄴ 지 (if the stem ends in a vowel) Verb + ~은 지 (if the stem ends in a consonant) And then add a time expression + 됐어요 (it’s been...) 📌 Vocabulary Table – Time Expressions Englis...