나 방금 먹었어. I just ate.
걔 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.
저 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.
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