ppallaehan da-eume oseul osgeorie georeo dwoyo.

After doing the laundry, I hang the clothes on hangers.

Breakdown of ppallaehan da-eume oseul osgeorie georeo dwoyo.

• ~을: object particle
• ~에: location particle
• 옷: clothes
• 옷걸이: hanger

Questions & Answers about ppallaehan da-eume oseul osgeorie georeo dwoyo.

What does 빨래한 다음에 mean literally, and how is it built?

It is built from:

• 빨래하다 = to do the laundry / wash clothes
• 빨래한 = having done the laundry / laundry-done
• 다음에 = after, next

So 빨래한 다음에 literally means something like after doing the laundry or after the laundry is done.

A very natural English translation is just after washing the clothes or after doing the laundry.

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Why is it 빨래한 다음에, not 빨래하다 다음에?

Because 다음 is a noun, and the verb before it has to come in a modifying form.

Here, 하다 changes to 한 to modify 다음:

• 하다 → 한
• 빨래하다 → 빨래한
• 빨래한 다음에 = after doing the laundry

This is a very common pattern in Korean:

• 먹은 다음에 = after eating
• 간 다음에 = after going
• 끝난 다음에 = after it ends

So 빨래하다 다음에 is not grammatical, because the verb has not been changed into the form that can modify 다음.

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Could I also say 빨래를 한 다음에?