How Long Since? -(으)ㄴ 지

It has been a year since you joined the class. A friend suggests celebrating, and you pass that suggestion to another classmate. One pattern measures time since an event; the other reports “let’s”.

Measure From an Event

Use the completed modifier -(으)ㄴ + 지 + duration + 되다 or 지나다: 만난 지 일 년 됐어요. Leave spaces around 지. The event can start a continuing situation: 한국어를 배운 지 일 년 됐어요 means a year has passed since you began learning.

Report a Suggestion

Verb stem + -자고 하다 reports a proposal to do something together: 가자고 했어요, 먹자고 했어요. The reported suggestion has no 요 inside it; the ending on 하다 controls how you address the listener.

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