어제
eoje
yesterday
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
어
ㅇ—initial+ㅓeomedial
제
ㅈjinitial+ㅔemedial
Examples
- 어제 영화를 봤어요.I watched a movie yesterday.
- 어제는 아주 바빴어요.Yesterday I was very busy.
Collocations
어제 저녁어제 밤그저께
Mnemonic
eoje "yesterday" is a native word with no hanja. Because it points to the past, it commonly travels with past-tense verbs: eoje bwa-sseo-yo (I saw yesterday). The day before yesterday is geujeokke.
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