Korean word

적

Pronunciation

Romanizationcheok

Meaning

  • nounexperience

Example

그런 적이 있어요?keu reon cheo gi i sseo yo

Have you ever had such an experience?

Illustration for 적 (experience)

More examples

여행을 가본 적이 있어요.yeo haeng eul ka bon cheo gi i sseo yo

I have traveled before.

Core concept

A completed event is treated as one remembered instance, allowing Korean to ask whether that experience has occurred.

Common phrases

  • 그런 적keu reon cheok

    such an experience

  • 해본 적hae bon cheok

    experience of having tried

  • 가본 적ka bon cheok

    experience of having gone

Similar words

경험kyeongheom: What a person learns or feels by living through an event or situation.
체험cheheom: Direct involvement in an activity or event that produces a personal feeling or result.
기억kieok: The stored impression of a past event or piece of knowledge that can return to the mind.

Definition in Korean

앞말이 나타내는 동작이나 상태가 있었던 그때를 가리키는 의존 명사로, 주로 '-(으)ㄴ 적이 있다/없다' 꼴로 그런 일을 한 적이 있는지 말할 때 쓰인다.am ma ri na ta nae neun tong ja gi na sang tae ga i sseot tteon keu ttae reul ka ri ki neun ui jon myeong sa ro chu ro eu cheo gi it tta eop tta kkol lo keu reon i reul han cheo gi in neun ji mal hal ttae sseu in da

Word origin

The historical development of this dependent noun is uncertain, but its modern use is closely tied to a pattern that checks whether a past event occurred.

Usage tips

  • Unlike English, Korean places this noun after a verb in the past form, making the link to an earlier event visible in the sentence.

Other meanings

  • enemynoun

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