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알았어 info.

Tips to remember the word:
• Think of “알다” (to know) as information stored in your mind; “알았어” shows that you’ve stored or received the info in the past. You might imagine someone saying “Ah, I got it!” with a light “ah” sound similar to “알.”

Explanations:
• “알았어” is the casual past tense form of the verb “알다,” meaning “I understood” or “I got it.” It’s used among friends or in informal settings when you want to confirm that you know or understand something.

Other words with similar meanings:
• “이해했어” (ihaehaesseo) – meaning “understood” or “got it.”
• “알겠어” (algesseo) – although often used for the future or as an expression of agreement (“Okay, I got it”) in informal speech.

Conjugations of the verb “알다” (to know):
• Infinitive/Dictionary form: 알다 (alda)
• Present tense (casual): 알아 (ara) – “I know”
• Past tense (casual): 알았어 (arasseo) – “I knew” / “I understood”
• Future tense (casual): 알겠어 (algesseo) – “I will know” / “I got it”
• Present tense (formal polite): 압니다 (amnida)
• Past tense (formal polite): 알았습니다 (arasseumnida)
• Future tense (formal polite): 알겠습니다 (algesseumnida)

Example sentences:
• 네, 알았어. (Ne, arasseo.) – “Yes, I got it.”
• 내가 말한 거 알았어? (Naega malhan geo arasseo?) – “Did you understand what I said?”
• 선생님 말씀을 듣고 알았어. (Seonsaengnim malsseumeul deutgo arasseo.) – “After listening to the teacher, I understood.”
• 문제를 해결하라고 하자, 모두가 알았어. (Munjereul haegyeolharago haja, modu-ga arasseo.) – “When told to solve the problem, everyone got it.”

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