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Korean Grammar Patterns
-대로
Meaning
According to / as / right after
How to use it
-대로 means 'in accordance with / just as'. After a noun it attaches directly (계획대로 = as planned); after a verb form -는 대로 means 'just as' or 'as soon as'. As a bound noun after a verb it is spaced.
Noun: 약속대로, 마음대로 — joined.,Verb: 도착하는 대로 = as soon as (one) arrives — spaced.
Examples
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 모든 것이 계획대로 잘 됐어요. modeun geosi gyehoekdaero jal dwaesseoyo. | Everything went well as planned. |
| 집에 도착하는 대로 전화할게요. jibe dochakhaneun daero jeonhwahalgeyo. | I'll call as soon as I get home. |
| 네 마음대로 하지 마. ne maeumdaero haji ma. | Don't do as you please. |
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