Breakdown of hugireul ilggo naseo yeyakhaesseoyo.
읽다ilgda
to read
~를~reul
object particle
고 나서go naseo
after
후기hugi
review
Questions & Answers about hugireul ilggo naseo yeyakhaesseoyo.
What does the connector -고 나서 add here?
It means “after doing (and finishing) ….” So 후기를 읽고 나서 예약했어요 emphasizes that the reading was completed first, then the reservation was made.
Can I just say 읽고 예약했어요 instead? What’s the nuance difference?
Yes, 후기를 읽고 예약했어요 is natural and common. -고 already implies sequence. -고 나서 adds a slight emphasis on “after finishing V1,” but in many everyday contexts there’s no big difference in meaning.
How is 읽고 나서 different from 읽은 후(에), 읽은 뒤(에), or 읽은 다음에?
All mean “after reading,” with small nuance/frequency differences:
- 읽고 나서: very common in speech; highlights completion of the first action.
- 읽은 후(에): a bit more formal/literary; widely used in writing.
- 읽은 뒤(에): similar to 후(에), slightly more colloquial feel.
- 읽은 다음에: “next/after that,” very common in speech. All are acceptable here.
If I mean “as soon as I read the reviews,” what should I say?
Use -자마자: 후기를 읽자마자 예약했어요 = “I booked as soon as I read the reviews.”
Why is there no explicit “I” in the sentence?