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옛날에 | in the past, in the old days |
작년 | last year |
날씬하다 | to be thin, slim |
대학생 | college student |
고장나다 | to break down, to be out of order |
V/Adj/이다,아니다 + -었었- This indicates a past event that is no longer connected to the present. It is similar to the regular past tense, but places more emphasis on the event being in the more distant past, or on the fact that the situation has completely ended or is now different from the present.
옛날에는 CD로 음악을 들었었어요.
In the past, we used to listen to music on CDs.
작년에도 날씬했지만, 대학생 때는 더 날씬했었어요.
I was slim last year too, but I was even slimmer when I was in college.
컴퓨터가 고장났었어요.
The computer was broken.
→ This implies that it is no longer broken now (maybe it has been fixed or discarded). In contrast, “컴퓨터가 고장 났어요” means that it is broken now.
vowel ㅏ,ㅗ | 았었 | ex. 갔었다, 왔었다, 작았었다, 살았었다 |
vowel ㅏ,ㅗ X | 었었 | ex. 먹었었다, 예뻤었다, 길었었다 |
- 하다 | 였었 | ex. 했었다 (하였었다) |
Exception Rule | ex. 들었었다, 추웠었다, 골랐었다 | |
이다,아니다 | (받침O)이었었다/(받침X)였었다, 아니었었다 |
