usage of 도록
i looked at this website:
http://www.koreangrammaticalforms.com/entry.php?eid=0000000880
in an attempt to figure out how to use it, but i am confused. in some examples it seems like a synonym for 만큼 and in other examples i don't understand why it has to be there at all.

ex.
사흘이 지나도록 is translated as until four days had passed, but in what context does this mean? so confused :( off the top of my head i can't think of a sentence in english that would use that phrase.. so i don't know.

also, this is a somewhat unrelated question but i was wondering what 수록 meant? it just came to me because the two words sound similar haha.

thanks in advance!!!

Question

usage of 도록
i looked at this website:
http://www.koreangrammaticalforms.com/entry.php?eid=0000000880
in an attempt to figure out how to use it, but i am confused. in some examples it seems like a synonym for 만큼 and in other examples i don't understand why it has to be there at all.

ex. 
사흘이 지나도록 is translated as until four days had passed, but in what context does this mean? so confused :( off the top of my head i can't think of a sentence in english that would use that phrase.. so i don't know.

also, this is a somewhat unrelated question but i was wondering what 수록 meant? it just came to me because the two words sound similar haha.

thanks in advance!!!

Answer

The tricky part is that we don't use the past tense here. Well, I'm having a problem understanding the sequence of English tenses, but I'd translate it as "as four days have pass". 

사흘이 지나도록 안 들어왔어. 
S/he hasn't came (home) as four days have pass. 

사흘이 지나도록 안 들어오고 있어. S/he isn't coming (home) as... 

-수록 is used as in the phrase, "The more..., the more..." 

영어를 열심히 공부할 수록 더 혼란스럽다. 
The harder I study English, the more I get confused. 

And it's interesting that -도록 was used as -수록 in Middle Korean.

Answer

The train didn't come even after two hours past its arrival time. 
그 기차는 도착 시간이 두시간이 지나도록 오지 않았다.
This sentence is equal "after two hours" Are you ok?? 
If you have problem, You send me massage.

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