For a long time in Korean 🇰🇷

오랫동안 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Associate 오랫 (sounds like "oh-raet") with "long" and 동안 with "during/for" to recall it means "for a long time."
• Visualize a long stretch of time and say “oh-raet-dongan” to emphasize the extended period.

Explanations:
• 오랫 (a variation of 오래) means "long" or "a long while."
• 동안 means "during" or "for."
• Together, 오랫동안 literally conveys "for a long time" or "over a long period."

Other Words with Similar Meanings:
• 오랜 시간 (o-raen si-gan) – "a long time" (more literal breakdown)
• 오랜 기간 (o-raen gi-gan) – "a long period"
• 오래도록 (o-rae-do-rok) – "for a long time" or "permanently" (with an emphasis on unbroken duration)

Alternate Meanings/Slang:
• Primarily used in its literal sense; there are no widely recognized slang meanings for 오랫동안. In casual conversation, the word maintains its standard meaning of "for a long time."

Examples of Sentences:
• I lived in South Korea for a long time.
→ 나는 오랫동안 한국에 살았다. (na-neun oh-raet-dongan han-guk-e salatda)

• They talked on the phone for a long time last night.
→ 그들은 어젯밤에 오랫동안 전화 통화를 했다. (geu-deul-eun eo-jet-bam-e oh-raet-dongan jeon-hwa tong-hwa-reul haet-da)

• We waited for a long time at the station.
→ 우리는 역에서 오랫동안 기다렸다. (u-ri-neun yeok-e-seo oh-raet-dongan gi-da-ryeot-da)

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