-고서
goseo
Grammar · 1 sense
Sequence
Examples
저 문을 뚫고서 궁전으로 돌진합시다!
Let's break through that door and rush into the palace!
그 남자는 결혼을 하고서 사람이 달라졌어.
He has changed after getting married.
When you'd hear it
-고서 appears in both speech and writing, but it can sound more emphatic or dramatic than plain -고. It is common in narratives, commands, and descriptions of a later change or consequence, as in dramas or formal storytelling.
What learners get wrong
Learners often treat -고서 as a general equivalent of “and,” but it highlights that the first action is completed before the next one. It overlaps with -고 나서, while -고서 is often shorter and more emphatic.
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