🌟 정작

☆☆   Adverb  

1. 실제로 어떤 일이 일어났을 때 생각했던 것과는 다르게.

1. ACTUALLY: In a manner that is different to what one expected.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 정작 시간은 남다.
    There's still time left.
  • 정작 자기는 못 먹다.
    He can't eat himself.
  • 비쌀 것이라고 생각했는데 정작 가격을 확인하니 비싸지는 않았다.
    I thought it would be expensive, but when i checked the price, it wasn't expensive.
  • 시험 점수가 낮아서 걱정하던 친구는 정작 좋은 대학교에 입학했다.
    A friend who was worried about his low test scores got into a really good university.

2. 실제로 어떤 일에 부닥쳐.

2. ACTUALLY: In a manner that one faces a certain thing actually.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 정작 꾸벅꾸벅 졸다.
    I doze off.
  • 정작 시험장에서는 떨다.
    Shivering in the examination room.
  • 나는 군대 가는 날 덤덤했는데, 정작 어머니는 안절부절못하셨다.
    I was calm on the day i went to the army, but my mother was restless.
  • 여행을 간다고 열심히 준비했으나 정작 떠나는 날 아침에는 늦잠을 잤다.
    I prepared hard for the trip, but i overslept on the morning i actually left.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 정작 (정ː작)


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