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[라이브 아카데미] 애매한 시간표현 just,a while ago,some time ago,not long ago,a while back

리내미 2021. 4. 22. 06:31

방금 먹었어. I just ate.

 

방금 갔어(출발했어/떠났어). She just left.

 

나 여기 방금 도착했어. I just got here. (I just arrived.)

 

저 이 동네 잘 몰라요. 이제 막 이사 왔거든요.

I don't know this neighborhood very well. I just moved here.

 

이제 막 알아보기 시작해서 정보가 많지는 않아요.

I don't have a lot of much information right now. I just started looking into it.

*look into ~을 알아보다, 조사하다, 고려하다

 

괜찮아요. (신경 쓰지 마세요) 전 어차피 이제 막 가려던(일어나려던) 참이었어요.

That's okay. (Don't worry about it). I was just about to leave anyway.

 

저도 지금 막 그걸(같은 것을) 물으려던 참이었어요. I was just about to ask you the same thing.

 

 

1. 얼마전에 (어느 정도의 시간이 흐른 시점) some time ago / a while ago

 

I read an article about that a while ago.

I read an article about that online a while ago.

I read an article about it online some time ago.

I read an article about that some time ago online.

 

2. 얼마전에 (오래 되지 않은 과거, 아주 오래 되지는 않은) not (very, too) long ago

recently, lately는 최근에

 

Yeah! I think I heard about that from a friend not (very,too) long ago.

Yeah! I think I heard about that not (very,too) long ago from a friend.

Not (very,too) long ago, I was browsing the Internet and looking for some information about investing and I found this great website.

 

3. 꽤 오래 전에 a while back

Oh, you know, that restaurant already closed a while back.

Oh, that restaurant? They already closed a while back.

a long time ago는 옛날에~라는 어감

 


I just finished my homework.

I was just about to prepare dinner anyways.

I run my business a while ago/some time ago.

Lockdown in canada started not (very,too) long ago.

Vaccination in here started a while back though.