Ben
만에/오랜만에 I'm a little confused about the meaning of 오랜만에 when seeing it in sentences. For example: (1)오랜만에 집에서 쉬니까 너무 심심해요. Does it means (A)I feel boring because I've been home resting for a long time. (B)I feel boring because it has been a long time since last time I rested at home. My textbook tells me that ~만에 means "something happened after a period of time" so it should be (B) in accordance to that but (A) seems more logical to me, though. And here's another example: (2)오랜만에 이곳에 왔어요 (A)I've been here for a long time (B)It has been a long time since last time I came here. Both (A) and (B) make sense to me but I couldn't figure out which is the correct translation of the sentence. Would someone please tell me the right meaning and usage of 오랜만에 and~만에? 감사합니다.:)
2016년 7월 9일 오후 12:56
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1. 오랜만에 : after a long time (1) 오랜만에 집에서 쉬니까 너무 심심해요. Answer : (B)I feel boring because it has been a long time since last time I rested at home. (2)오랜만에 이곳에 왔어요 Answer : (B)It has been a long time since last time I came here. 2. 오랜만에 & ~만에 1) 오랜만에 : This is just a phrase that means 'after a long period of time'. It once meant something related to '~만에' but now it is just a phrase. So please think it as the meaning itself : 'after a long time'. Also, it is working as an adverb inside a sentence. 2) ~만에 - Meaning : after a certain time has passed - Using inside a sentence : ~만에 + action => Meaning of ~만에 + action : after a certain time has passed, the 'action' happened => So, ~만에 doesn't mean 'something happened a after period of time' it is more closer to the meaning of 'after a certain time has passed, a certain action happened'. I think this is where you got confused. => Also, if you want to use '~만에', the same thing should not be happened during those times. So for example... Ex) 3년 만에 집에서 쉬었어요. (I rested at home after 3 years.) -> 3년 + ~만에 + 집에서 쉬었어요. (action) 1. This sentence specifically means : after 3 years has passed, I rest at home. 2. This also shows that you had never taken any rest at home during those 3 years, not even once. After 3 years you could 'finally' rest at home. Another example... Ex) 2달 만에 오빠를 만났어요. (I met my older broter after 2 months.) -> 2달 + ~만에 + 오빠를 만났어요. (action) 1. This sentence specifically means : after 2 months has passed, I met my older brother. 2. This also shows that you had never met your brother for last 2 months, not even once. After 2 months you could 'finally' meet your older brother. So.. ~만에 implies two things at the same time. 1. After a certain time has passed, the action happened. 2. Same action did not happened for that certain amount of time. Hope it can be a help~! : )
2016년 7월 9일
Yeah I was totally confused when I saw the first example sentence on my book, so I guess it's not my problem haha! Thank you for showing me a better phrase of 오랫동안 to replace the original one. Really learned a thing!
2016년 7월 10일
The first example sentence is a terrible one which is more confusing than clarifying anything. More logical example would 오랜만에 집에서 쉬니까 너무 좋아요, or 너무 오랫동안 쉬니까 심심해요. (오랫동안 means doing something continuously for a long time, almost the opposite of 오랜만에)
2016년 7월 9일
아직도 답을 찾지 못하셨나요?
질문을 남겨보세요. 원어민이 도움을 줄 수 있을 거예요!